[3995] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Printing problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stanley Clark)
Tue Nov 12 00:47:10 1996
From: "Stanley Clark" <stanclrk@linknet.net>
To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 23:41:25 -0600
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Thanks for responding, Michael!
> >I get this message:
> >
> >lp: Driver configured but no interfaces found.
>
> That means that the parallel port driver could not find a parallel
> port in your machine. I'm not sure how that could happen. Is this
> a laptop machine, by any chance?
Nope, it's a Cyrix 6x86-166+
> If not, do you have just the printer connected to the port, or is
> there something else?
Just the printer.
> Is this one of those printers that has no power switch, and "magically"
> turns on when the computer talks to it?
No, it's got a power button and I can turn it off when the computer is on.
> What happens if you unplug the printer from the computer and reboot?
> Do you still get that message?
Yes.
> Do you by any chance know what I/O address your parallel port is
> at?
LPT1 at 0378, according to Win 95.
> >I have tried repeatedly to print using lpr to no avail.
>
> No printing program will be able to print until that message goes
> away, and I'll probably need more information to help make it go away.
> If you can answer the questions above, I'll try to help.
Yes, I've figured out that first part :-)
I'm including my printcap file (sorry about the length; apsfilter installed
most of it).
## /etc/printcap
##
## Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are doing!
## Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict
format!
## Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
##
## This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.
#
###PRINTTOOL## LOCAL cdeskjet 600x600 letter {}
#lp:\
# :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
# :mx#0:\
# :lp=/dev/lp1:\
# :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:\
# :sh:
NOTE: I originally just had the above. The rest was added by the apsfilter
setup.
# LABEL apsfilter
# apsfilter setup Mon Nov 11 15:41:50 CST 1996
#
# APS_BASEDIR:/usr/local/lib/apsfilter
#
#
ascii|lp1|cdeskjet-letter-ascii-mono|cdeskjet ascii mono:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-letter-ascii-mono:\
:lf=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-letter-ascii-mono/log:\
:af=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-letter-ascii-mono/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-cdeskjet-letter-ascii-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp|lp2|cdeskjet-letter-auto-mono|cdeskjet auto mono:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-letter-auto-mono:\
:lf=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-letter-auto-mono/log:\
:af=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-letter-auto-mono/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-cdeskjet-letter-auto-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp3|cdeskjet-letter-ascii-color|cdeskjet ascii color:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-letter-ascii-color:\
:lf=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-letter-ascii-color/log:\
:af=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-letter-ascii-color/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-cdeskjet-letter-ascii-color:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp4|cdeskjet-letter-auto-color|cdeskjet auto color:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-letter-auto-color:\
:lf=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-letter-auto-color/log:\
:af=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-letter-auto-color/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-cdeskjet-letter-auto-color:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
raw|lp5|cdeskjet-letter-raw|cdeskjet auto raw:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-raw:\
:lf=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-raw/log:\
:af=/usr/spool/cdeskjet-raw/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-cdeskjet-letter-raw:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
Once again, thanks for responding Michael. Also thanks to a couple of
redhatters that e-mailed me direct.
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