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Keith klamoured, > Debian User wrote: > > Where can I find some docs on how to install a printer on Debian (woody)? > > I just picked up a Lexmark Optra E312, plugged it in, booted up, and it > > naturally did not work. A couple things to share... > > As a users I typed: cat <file> > /dev/lp1 and received a permission denied > > message. So I tried it as root and was told: /dev/lp1: No such device. Uh > > oh...I have the magicfilter package and lpr installed. > > Can anyone help with this? > For starters, what happens when you do 'lpr <file>'? Let's take a step back further: magicfilter is defaulting to /dev/lp1, which is the *second* parallel port that most computers don't have attached. Most of us need to use /dev/lp0. hawk
