[cups.general] no parallel port

[Matt Hull]

and i sse /dev/usb/lp0 as you tried to use /dev/lp0

also, did you put parallel port support in the kernel, maybe with 1284 ( i
think thats it )

matt

On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, Anonymous wrote:

> Hi, I'm new to linux printing so my question may sould silly.
>
> For installing my Brother HL-5250DN via parallel, lpadmin kept giving me an error.
>
> >/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p hl5250 -E -v parallel:/dev/lp0 -m /usr/share/cups/model/BR5250_2.PPD
>
> lpadmin: add-printer (set device) failed: client-error-not-possible
>
> I noticed parallel port is not recognised at all!
>
> >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
> ..
> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp0
> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp1
> ..
>
>
> It's strange as I made sure parallel port is ECP+EPP in bios and compiled kernel with parallel port support. Is there something I'm missing?
>
> Thanks in advance.
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