k32018d@kaira.hut.fi (Timo Hyv|nen) (03/09/90)
Terve! I'm trying to install a printer to my Interactive 386/ix V.3.2. I want to use the parallel port. When I try to send something to /dev/lp, I get error msg this way: cat foobar > /dev/lp /dev/lp: cannot create So, the port won't work. What is the problem? Have I configured something wrong? I did chmod 777 /dev/lp but it didnt help. What would?? Timo I i tsh@otax.tky.hut.fi I I Once I thought I was wrong... i mcvax!santra!otax!tsh I I ...but I was mistaken. i Timo Hyv|nen I I i Call! +358-0-468 2241 I
stecz@hotwheel.dell.com (John Steczkowski) (03/09/90)
In article <1990Mar8.162155.6327@santra.uucp>, k32018d@kaira.hut.fi (Timo Hyv|nen) writes: > cat foobar > /dev/lp > > /dev/lp: cannot create > > Timo try cat foobar > /dev/lp1 John Steczkowski Dell Unix Customer Support P#: (512) 343-3571 9505 Arboretum Blvd. !s: uunet!dell!hotwheel!stecz Austin, Texas 78759 @s: stecz@hotwheel.dell.com
hkhenson@cup.portal.com (H Keith Henson) (03/10/90)
John Steczkowski suggest:
>try cat foobar > /dev/lp1
If that doesn't work either, be sure the printer driver is included
in by invoking kconfig.
Keith Hensoncarroll@m.cs.uiuc.edu (03/11/90)
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I'm trying to install a printer to my Interactive 386/ix V.3.2.
I want to use the parallel port.
When I try to send something to /dev/lp, I get error msg this way:
/dev/lp: cannot create
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lp0 is the parallel port on a mono/parallel card. LPT1: is lp1, e.g. your
first parallel card. Speaking from experience, printing runs a lot better
on the parallel card (lp1).
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CS Grad / U of Ill @ Urbana ...{ucbvax,pur-ee,convex}!cs.uiuc.edu!carrolllws@comm.WANG.COM (Lyle Seaman) (03/14/90)
k32018d@kaira.hut.fi (Timo Hyv|nen) writes: ... >When I try to send something to /dev/lp, I get error msg this way: ... >So, the port won't work. What is the problem? Have I configured something >wrong? I did chmod 777 /dev/lp but it didnt help. What would?? Other responses have mentioned using lp1. On my machine (running SCO) with only one parallel port, there are jumpers on the motherboard which select the IRQ to use for the parallel port. This may be relevant to your problem. -- Lyle sendmail.cf under construction, pardon the From: lws@comm.wang.com (or, uunet!comm.wang.com!lws) (508) 967-2322