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  From: David Drury <idavid@smug.adelaide.edu.au>
  To  : Tim <saf@penguinpowered.com>
  Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 15:21:41 +1030 (CST)

Re: Printtool

Hi,

> I have a Redhat 6.1 machine with a HPDeskjet 660c printer in (dos
> port) lpt1.  However, printtool cannot detect any printers attached to the
> /dev/lp* devices.  But during an install of RH 6.0 on the same machine,
> the printer setup did detect one on /dev/lp0.
> 
> Does anyone have any alternative ways of setting up the printer, or, is
> the printer setup from the old RH 6.0 install anywhere on my system?

Check your BIOS settings and your printer manual. Some printers require
the parallel port to be set to diferent modes (ECP, EPP, normal etc). I've
found on occasions with an HP printer and windows NT, applying a service
pack was enough to break it till I reset the port mode.

Possibly something similar is happening here.

If this fails, do you have an old DOS disk lying around. Try booting to it
and type the command.

copy <some text file> lpt1:

Need a text file, try config.sys, or create one.

This'll confirm printing is working from your PC, and its possibly some
other problem.

cya

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