newb help w/hp 1100 on parallel port

rjcrews · 04-12-2004, 09:41 AM

I cant seem to find my parallel port. im using mandrake 10.0 now. Is there a simple way to check and see if the os even sees the port? the gui stuff doesnt seem to work. Any help would be great thanks.

CBlue · 04-12-2004, 10:49 AM

Your parallel port will be /dev/lp or /dev/lp0. Mine is lp0 and it's the only printer I have on my system.

rjcrews · 04-12-2004, 11:47 AM

yea i fiugred that but when i try to mount it i get:

mount: cant find /dev/lp in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

what should i do? thanks

CBlue · 04-12-2004, 12:06 PM

You don't mount it. You just add your printer in your print manager by using lp or lp0 as the path to your printer URI.

rjcrews · 04-12-2004, 12:27 PM

how do i do that?

thanks again

CBlue · 04-12-2004, 03:12 PM

In your menu you should find a link somewhere that says print manager or add printer. That's how you set up your printer if it is not automatically recognized.

rjcrews · 04-12-2004, 03:32 PM

k i did that and it doesnt find the printer, which is on a parallel port. maybe the parallel port is bad?

thanks

CBlue · 04-12-2004, 04:20 PM

If could be your type of printer. I can't get my printer recognize either because it doesn't have a linux driver and it's an out of date printer.