Missing /dev/lp1

[roza9000 at hotmail.com]

Hi,

I'm running Slackware 10.0 with the 2.4.26 kernel. I am trying to serve an HP Deskjet 680C to my home LAN via Samba 3.0 and cups. I can confirm cups support in Samba via:


ldd `which smbd`     <which gives>

libcups.so.2 => ...  <among others>

I have succesfully started cupsd, but before I add a printer to CUPS, the CUPS software administration manual recommends that I run lpinfo -v to completely list available devices.

Indeed, this does list many, many devices...


lpinfo -v

network socket
network http
network ipp
network lpd
direct scsi
serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS1?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS2?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS3?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS4?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS5?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS6?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS7?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS8?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS9?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS10?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS11?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS12?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS13?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS14?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS15?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS16?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS17?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS18?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS19?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS20?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS21?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS22?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS23?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS24?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS25?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS26?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS27?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS28?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS29?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS30?baud=115200
serial serial:/dev/ttyS31?baud=115200
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp0
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp1
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp2
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp3
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp4
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp5
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp6
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp7
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp8
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp9
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp10
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp11
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp12
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp13
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp14
direct usb:/dev/usb/lp15
network smb

...but conspicuously absent is:

direct parallel:/dev/lp1

This is of great intrest to me because I wish to connect my HP Deskjet
680C to the parallel port. If any one knows why or how my /dev/lp1 is
missing I would greatly appreciate their feedback.

Thanks in advance,
roza9000