Please, do not be offended but an introductory book to Unix may help you
here (to a degree).
> 1. I didn't have lp installed since the installation parameter screen
> for this said "line printer", not just "printer".
``Line printer'' is as valid in Linux as a ``tty'' device name. We do
not have
Eddie Maddox wrote:
> 1. I didn't have lp installed since the installation parameter screen
> for this said "line printer", not just "printer".
>
> Having been a computer operator in times past I KNOW my little HP Deskjet 500
> is NO "line printer".
I agree that the use of the term "line printer"
Try /dev/lp0, /dev/lp1, and /dev/lp2 . I don't think the print screen
button works, but you can print any of the virtual screens (the ones
that you access by pressing Alt-F1 through Alt-F12) with the command
(as root) "cat /dev/vcs0 >/dev/lp0" . Change the vcs and lp numbers
as appropriate.
1. I didn't have lp installed since the installation parameter screen
for this said "line printer", not just "printer".
Having been a computer operator in times past I KNOW my little HP Deskjet 500
is NO "line printer".
2. I ran: insmod lp
the result:
Module:#pages: Used by:
lp
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