Sandip P Deshmukh said: > could be. but if i do echo "SOMETHING" > /dev/lp0, what is happening? as > printer doesnt even blink!
your gonna have to try to dig up more info on your printer. since its a "special" printer(being a winprinter), the setup for it will probably be different enough that you'll need more info about it. not to mention the special filter required. nothing is happening when you do the above probably because the printer doesn't understand the input so it just ignores it rather then freaks out. ideally I would just get a new printer, something that supports postscript, but that one should work, just have to find the software for it. doing a quick apt-cache look it seems as if you will need the pnm2ppa package: Package: pnm2ppa Priority: optional Section: text Installed-Size: 747 Maintainer: Chad Walstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 1.04-4 Replaces: pbm2ppa Provides: pbm2ppa Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.3-7), gs Suggests: magicfilter | apsfilter Conflicts: pbm2ppa Filename: pool/main/p/pnm2ppa/pnm2ppa_1.04-4_i386.deb Size: 198424 MD5sum: 9baf8dd61b109e24aa5011ecc7faf8cb Description: PPM to PPA converter Using pnm2ppa it's possible to run HP-GDI printers on Linux. These printers are normally "Windows-only" and use the PPA protocol which is proprietary. pnm2ppa supports color and is supposed to work faster than pbm2ppa. . pnm2ppa supports the following printers: HP Deskjet 7XX Series, HP Deskjet 820 Series and HP Deskjet 1000 Series. setting it up though is another matter, good luck! nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
