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From: Harold Sargeant
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 1999 00:00

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On 07 Apr 1999 23:48:17 +0100, Tommy Kelly <tommyk@localhost.localdomain> wrote:
>RedHat 5.2
>
>I can't get any response from my new HP Deskjet 710c.
>Using the printer setup tool I try moving it
>around from /dev/lp0 to /dev/lp2 and printing test pages
>to its queue and direct to the port.  Only /dev/lp1
>does not give a device error, but even it doesnt print.
>
>It works fine on Win98.
>
Under win98 which LPT port are you using? They correspond to the
same numbers. You are more than likely using LPT1 which will be
/dev/lp1 under Linux.

Try (as root) to print a text file by typing
cat file > /dev/lp1
and see what you get. You may get a staircase effect and the rest
blank but it is a start.


-- 
Harold Sargeant

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