[plug] printer newbie question

[Kimberly Shelt]

I could be wrong but I didnt see the responses on the list ?
So I assume John got his fix privately :)

I have no problem with folks doing private replies..but
isn't it a good idea to dump suggestions into the list anyway.
thus other folks can learn too ?

/me with linmag hat off.. 
I have picked up a heap of things from this and other lists,
now tucked away in "to learn" folders.. for the future .)

I thought this was one of the things..
PLUG (and some other LUGS are all about) sharing and learning etc.. 

But this brings us to the question..
Just what is PLUG to you ?

I would very much like to know as I am working on some ideas
for the PLUG pages, and what you want is what you get.. but
you will only get it..if you speak up :)

Kim

On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 11:15:26PM +0800, John Knight wrote:
> Cheers Craig and Alan, I'll try it all out in the next few days and get back 
> to ya. :)
> 
> tah muchly!
> 
> Make lunch, not war.
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >Alan Graham wrote:
> >>I haven't seen any better qualified replies, so I'll give it a go.  The
> >>first problem you have is that it's a usb printer.  /dev/lp0 is the
> >>device address of the parallel printer port.  To find the address given
> >>to your usb printer, you need to have a look in your syslog out put.  I
> >>can't rmember the default syslog file for RH 7.3 (/var/log/messages ?),
> >>but you can find out by looking at /etc/syslogd.conf.  If you can't find
> >>it there then make sure the USB printer is switched on and connected,
> >>reboot, and have a look at the output of dmesg.  Try 'dmesg | grep usb'
> >>
> >>If you don't get any output from dmesg, or there's nothing in the
> >>syslog, then you don't have usb support in the kernel and you'll have to
> >>compile it in.
> >
> >... or its built as a module and not being loaded - try "modprobe uhci" or 
> >"modprobe usb-uhci". There's also a USB printer module that you'll need to 
> >load - I have the funny feeling its called "printer" but I can't remember, 
> >nor can I presently check.
> >
> >You may also need to set usbdevfs to mount on /dev/usb if it isn't 
> >automatically. I can't help you there sorry, I'm still mostly in the dark 
> >ages of PS/2 and all my USB stuff works via HID and the input core in 
> >/dev/input using devfs :-)
> >
> >>BTW, consider installing cups and gimp-print (remove lpd, bsd-lpd
> >>first), as it's a lot easier in the long run to administer printers with
> >>cups.
> >
> >Hmm... I've been using CUPS at work and have found it good, but far from 
> >solid. The web front end sometimes crashes out and kills cupsd ; certain 
> >ppds kill it dead ; setting the default printer seems to only work using 
> >"lpadmin", etc. OTOH this is the version of CUPS in deb. woody which is a 
> >bit old now.
> >
> >
> 
> 
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