[BL] USB printer/keyboard/mouse in BL3.4, was Re: onboard video causes 'attempt to access beyond end of device' in loop linux

David Moberg davidjmoberg at gmail.com
Thu Sep 28 18:33:11 EDT 2006


sindi keesan wrote:
> Do I also insmod lp.o

Only if you want to use a parallel printer. Otherwise, no.

> or is printer.o a substitute?

It is the standard USB printer driver.

> Could someone with a working USB printer try this?

Mine does not support plain text.

> Images can be printed with netpbm's pbmtolj, etc. .

netpbm is compatible with fewer printers than ghostscript, so this
will only work with a few printers. Also, printing plain text (e.g.
with wp) is not supported by all printers.

David



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