"Printer not connected" with parallel HP4100 on FreeBSD

[dexter clarke]

> 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")

THANK YOU!

I've spent all day on this one, I can't believe the solution was
that simple!

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