"Printer not connected" with parallel HP4100 on FreeBSD

[Kurt Pfeifle]

dexter clarke wrote:
>> 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!


Oh, I can give you a more complicated solution next time, if that helps
your believes   :-)

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