Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Friday 07 March 2008, 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?

Haven't tried it myself, but have you tried HPLIP?  Also, check gentoo-wiki 
for configuring it.
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Regards,
Mick

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