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["Greg Mayman" <gmone AT tpg.com.au>]

On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:59:21 +1300, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Greg Mayman wrote:

>> 'insmod parport' gives
>>   Using /lib/modules/2.2.26/misc/parport.o
>>   Using /lib/modules/2.2.26/misc/parport_pc.o

> So far so good.

>> Then 'insmod lp' gives
>>     Using /lib/modules/2.2.26/misc/lp.o
>>     lp: no devices found

> Where is your printer connected?  Is it a standard
> (centronics-type) printer port?  Or a USB port?
> Or perhaps a serial port?

It is connected to the #1 parallel port.

It is a simple 9-pin impact printer, and all it needs is to have
plain ASCII sent to the port.

Under DOS, I can send a file to the printer with any of the following
commands:

print file.txt

copy file.txt LPT1:

type file.txt >LPT1:

Surely there must be something similar in linux. After all, hard copy of
files is such a basic function.