Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 17142
no printing even after fixes recommended by RedHat
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:37:58 EDT
* upgraded from 5.2 to 6.1 * no printing, parallel ports unknown * went to RedHat tech support * added to /etc/conf/modules: alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc * parallel port /dev/lp0 is recognized * cat file.txt > /dev/lp0 prints the text file * lpr file.txt nothing * lpc no daemon running * downloaded latest lpr package, installed * lpr file.txt makes printer to spit few empty pages. * printtool - selected printer, - test ASCII - prints an empty page
Which printer are you using? What are your BIOS settings for the parallel port?
Hi bero, I made some progress. It turns out that I did not upgrade ghostscript. After the upgrade to ghostscript 5.10 here is what happens: * printtool * test ; ASCII * printer prints this " If this is all you see, try enabling 'LF->CR/LF' translation in printtool..." * Delete printer * Add printer - but nowhere do I see anything where I could add the above translation. ??? How do I do this? By the way, my printer is HP DeskJet 600C, printing to /dev/lp0. Thanks for help, Vit Novak
All works. In printtool I selected the printer driver for HP Jet 600C.
If its working on your end, I am going to resolve it. Open the bug back up if something else comes up.