"Printer not connected" with parallel HP4100 on FreeBSD

[Kurt Pfeifle]

dexter clarke wrote:

> I can print to the printer using the raw device:
> 
> cat test.ps > /dev/lpt0
> 
> But cups always complains that "Printer not connected; will
> retry in 30 seconds...".
> 
> Output of various lp commands:
> 
> $ lpstat -v
> device for hp4100: parallel://dev/lpt0

Make that read 'parallel:/dev/lpt0' (one slash only) and try again.

(You can use, as root: "lpadmin -p hp4100 -v parallel:/dev/lpt0 -E")


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