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  From: Robert Thomas <4first@tpg.com.au>
  To  : David Drury" <idavid@smug.adelaide.edu.au>, "Tim <idavid@smug.adelaide.edu.au>
  Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 18:07:40 +1030

Re: Printtool

I also have had the same problem with Redhat 6.1 not recognising my
printer - on two different machines. Likewise it was recognised in Redhat
6.0. I have now tried all modes available for the printer port under the
BIOS but still no success. Just to make sure I also made sure that I have
the latest release from Redhat for lpd. Using an HP Deskjet 400. One of the
machines is a dual boot with win98 and there are no problems printing from
there. Any suggestions of where to start?

Robert Thomas
4First Accounting Services
Ph: (08) 8357 1729
Fax: (08) 8357 1983
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Drury" <idavid@smug.adelaide.edu.au>
To: "Tim" <saf@penguinpowered.com>
Cc: <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 3:21 PM
Subject: 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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> David Drury
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