Re: [PARPORT] printer *Additional Information*

From: David Bronson (dbron@roman.net)
Date: Tue Jun 06 2000 - 12:51:20 EDT

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    The distribution is SuSE 6.3. The updated kernel is from kernel.org. It
    came with 2.2.13 and the one I am trying to install is 2.2.14.

    DB

    On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Tim Waugh wrote:

    > On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 10:15:19AM -0400, David Bronson wrote:
    >
    > > I was told to install lpr with magicfilter which I haven't completed, but
    > > if I'm not mistaken the cat ... /lp0 bypasses the printcap file
    > > altogether.
    >
    > It does. You ought to be able to print using cat > /dev/lp0.
    >
    > What's different with the kernel you are running now, compared to the
    > one that came with your distribution? What version is it, for
    > instance? (Sorry if you've told me this already.)
    >
    > Tim.
    > */
    >

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