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Re: IBM Infoprinter 20 under Linux with lprng

#637
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Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:57
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No it`s not plug and play you dumbfuck.
It`s help to fix what doesn`t work.

It`s all free (so far) your contribution is always helpful!

"Terryc" <newsfourspam-spam@woa.com.au> wrote in message 
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> Looking for clubies on getting an IBm Info printer 20 running under Linux 
> Debian with lprng.
>
> Basically it has postscript so there shouldn't be any problems, but zip, 
> zilch nothing from it thru it or out of it in relationship to linux.
>
> Basically a hand me down  that floated around as ballast in the vehicle 
> until the HP4v said it might need a couple of parts replacing. bugger 
> that, sothe Infoprt was lugged into the print area and connected up via 
> its TCP/IP jack.
>
> arp -s <ip-number> mac-address and various linx boxen were happily 
> piniging it. No luck with web interface, as it has a password set and 
> search engines don't return any concept of a default pass words for it.
>
> Investigate front panel and find I can set ip, netmask and gateway there, 
> so problem is solved.
>
> Rolled printool and zip, zilch nothing.
>
> Treid a second config on /dev/lp0 and after nothing thru the printtol 
> config, tried direct feeding various file thru /dev/lp0 and again zip 
> zilch nothing, Not a squark from printer.
>
> Meanwhile did the fudge config of a remote (non-workgrp) printer under 
> win2000 and ye olde test page is barfed up by printer with out a blink,
>
> Sigh, looking for clubies.
>
> And no, I don't want the brainless twit suggestion of upgrading to the 
> latest linux printing bloatware. This is a postscript printer dammit, it 
> shoud just work under linux lprng.
>
> T.I.A. 
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