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

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

[Michael Sullivan]

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?



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

[Mick]

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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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Mick

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

[Thomas Kahle]

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Hi,

please check if you have Parallel Port Printing Support enabled in the
Kernel. If as a module, its called "lp". You find the kernel option oder
"Device Drivers" -> "Character Devices" -> "Parallel Printing Support".

hope to help
Tom

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?
|
|
|

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

[Dale]

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?
>
>
>
>   

You may need to set the parport USE flag in make.comf or package.use.  
Mine has it for my HP.

[ebuild   R   ] net-print/hplip-2.7.10  USE="X parport ppds -doc -fax 
-minimal -scanner -snmp" 0 kB

Hope that helps.

Dale

:-)  :-) 
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