[gentoo-user] Re: CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer [SOLVED, but new problem now]

[gentoo-user] Re: CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer [SOLVED, but new problem now]

[Michael Sullivan]

On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 12:25 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> We got a new printer today.  It's the same model as our old printer, so it
> should work, right?  I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point
> where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface.  It
> does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device.  My kernel is
> built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and
> parport_pc:
> 
> catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport
> parport_pc             32868  0
> parport                26696  1 parport_pc
> 
> And dmseg is aware of the printer:
> 
> catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print
> parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88
> 
> But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from
> 
> AppSocket/HPJetDirect
> Backend Error Handler
> HP Printer (HPLIP)
> Internet Printing Protocol (http)
> Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
> LPD/LPR Host or Printer
> SCSI Printer
> Serial Port #1
> 
> but no parallel port.  It used to be on there.  How can I get it back, or
> is parallel port called something else now?
> 
> 

I didn't have parallel printer character support compiled into the
kernel.  It works now, but how do I print from a remote computer?  I've
set up the security on the host that has the printer hooked up to it,
but how do I configure remote hosts running Linux so that they know
about it?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer [SOLVED, but new problem now]

[Michael Sullivan]

On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 14:17 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 12:25 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > We got a new printer today.  It's the same model as our old printer, so it
> > should work, right?  I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point
> > where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface.  It
> > does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device.  My kernel is
> > built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and
> > parport_pc:
> > 
> > catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport
> > parport_pc             32868  0
> > parport                26696  1 parport_pc
> > 
> > And dmseg is aware of the printer:
> > 
> > catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print
> > parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88
> > 
> > But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from
> > 
> > AppSocket/HPJetDirect
> > Backend Error Handler
> > HP Printer (HPLIP)
> > Internet Printing Protocol (http)
> > Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
> > LPD/LPR Host or Printer
> > SCSI Printer
> > Serial Port #1
> > 
> > but no parallel port.  It used to be on there.  How can I get it back, or
> > is parallel port called something else now?
> > 
> > 
> 
> I didn't have parallel printer character support compiled into the
> kernel.  It works now, but how do I print from a remote computer?  I've
> set up the security on the host that has the printer hooked up to it,
> but how do I configure remote hosts running Linux so that they know
> about it?
> 

Maybe I should mention that I'm using gnome:

camille ~ # emerge -pv gnome

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] gnome-base/gnome-2.20.3  USE="cdr cups dvdr
-accessibility -esd -ldap -mono" 0 kB 

I did find the Main Menu->System->Preferences->Printers and it detects
my printer, but it asks me to put in make and model information even
when I select the printer (which is already set up.)  and I don't see
the model of my printer listed.  It's an Epson Stylus C88.  Is that
called something else in the printers interface?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer [SOLVED, but new problem now] [SOLVED]

[Michael Sullivan]

On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 14:26 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 14:17 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 12:25 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > > We got a new printer today.  It's the same model as our old printer, so it
> > > should work, right?  I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point
> > > where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface.  It
> > > does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device.  My kernel is
> > > built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and
> > > parport_pc:
> > > 
> > > catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport
> > > parport_pc             32868  0
> > > parport                26696  1 parport_pc
> > > 
> > > And dmseg is aware of the printer:
> > > 
> > > catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print
> > > parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88
> > > 
> > > But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from
> > > 
> > > AppSocket/HPJetDirect
> > > Backend Error Handler
> > > HP Printer (HPLIP)
> > > Internet Printing Protocol (http)
> > > Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
> > > LPD/LPR Host or Printer
> > > SCSI Printer
> > > Serial Port #1
> > > 
> > > but no parallel port.  It used to be on there.  How can I get it back, or
> > > is parallel port called something else now?
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > I didn't have parallel printer character support compiled into the
> > kernel.  It works now, but how do I print from a remote computer?  I've
> > set up the security on the host that has the printer hooked up to it,
> > but how do I configure remote hosts running Linux so that they know
> > about it?
> > 
> 
> Maybe I should mention that I'm using gnome:
> 
> camille ~ # emerge -pv gnome
> 
> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
> 
> Calculating dependencies... done!
> [ebuild   R   ] gnome-base/gnome-2.20.3  USE="cdr cups dvdr
> -accessibility -esd -ldap -mono" 0 kB 
> 
> I did find the Main Menu->System->Preferences->Printers and it detects
> my printer, but it asks me to put in make and model information even
> when I select the printer (which is already set up.)  and I don't see
> the model of my printer listed.  It's an Epson Stylus C88.  Is that
> called something else in the printers interface?
> 
Nevermind.  It was right there in the guide...

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