Very Computer

by **Theo Kante** » Sat, 10 Jan 2004 20:47:50

Crux 1.3 (a slackware-like linux distribution with kernel 2.4.23)
seems unable to detect the printing device attached to the parallel port
(see lpinfo below). The printer in question is an HP Laserjet 1100 which
is IEEE1284 compliant and connects via a bidirectional cable to a
parallel port. The printer is reported to be very well behaved under
Linux and CUPS .

Installed CUPS. I compiled the kernel with parallel port support
including IEEE1284. I switched off Plug&Play in the BIOS and played with
the settings for the parallel port (auto, enable with IRQ=7, Base
Addr=378), but nothing; nothing but 'direct
parallel:/dev/unknown-parallel0' (see below). Have I missed some other
setting in .config?

Grateful for any leads.
--theo

bash-2.05b# lpinfo -v
network socket
network http
network ipp
network lpd
direct parallel:/dev/unknown-parallel0
direct scsi
serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
direct usb:/dev/usblp0
direct usb:/dev/usblp1
direct usb:/dev/usblp2
direct usb:/dev/usblp3
direct usb:/dev/usblp4
direct usb:/dev/usblp5
direct usb:/dev/usblp6
direct usb:/dev/usblp7
direct usb:/dev/usblp8
direct usb:/dev/usblp9
direct usb:/dev/usblp10
direct usb:/dev/usblp11
direct usb:/dev/usblp12
direct usb:/dev/usblp13
direct usb:/dev/usblp14
direct usb:/dev/usblp15
bash-2.05b#

by **Theo Kante** » Sun, 11 Jan 2004 06:37:19

Yes I did niss something in .config (thought enabling parallel support
was enough but learned I had to enable CONFIG_PRINTER as well).

With this a new device appeared after compiling a new kernel: /dev/lp0
and the rest (in CUPS as the driver already had been installed) was easy.

Hope this is useful to someone else as well.

--theo

> Crux 1.3 (a slackware-like linux distribution with kernel 2.4.23)
> seems unable to detect the printing device attached to the parallel port
> (see lpinfo below). The printer in question is an HP Laserjet 1100 which
> is IEEE1284 compliant and connects via a bidirectional cable to a
> parallel port. The printer is reported to be very well behaved under
> Linux and CUPS .

> Installed CUPS. I compiled the kernel with parallel port support
> including IEEE1284. I switched off Plug&Play in the BIOS and played with
> the settings for the parallel port (auto, enable with IRQ=7, Base
> Addr=378), but nothing; nothing but 'direct
> parallel:/dev/unknown-parallel0' (see below). Have I missed some other
> setting in .config?

> Grateful for any leads.
> --theo

> bash-2.05b# lpinfo -v
> network socket
> network http
> network ipp
> network lpd
> direct parallel:/dev/unknown-parallel0
> direct scsi
> serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
> direct usb:/dev/usblp0
> direct usb:/dev/usblp1
> direct usb:/dev/usblp2
> direct usb:/dev/usblp3
> direct usb:/dev/usblp4
> direct usb:/dev/usblp5
> direct usb:/dev/usblp6
> direct usb:/dev/usblp7
> direct usb:/dev/usblp8
> direct usb:/dev/usblp9
> direct usb:/dev/usblp10
> direct usb:/dev/usblp11
> direct usb:/dev/usblp12
> direct usb:/dev/usblp13
> direct usb:/dev/usblp14
> direct usb:/dev/usblp15
> bash-2.05b#

Very Computer

Unable to detect printer on parallel port

Unable to detect printer on parallel port

Unable to detect printer on parallel port