CUPS 1.4.6 - Fedora 15 -Parallel Port Printer

[roland]

> HP LaserJet 1300 connected via a Belkin parallel-to-USB converter. Installation has proceeded smoothly on previous Fedoras. On Fedora 15 I can't figure out how to enable a directly-connected printer.
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> Local printer - HP Printer (HP LIP)
> Add Printer - looking for a URI but what?
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> Some clues, anybody?

You need to search the announcements, then weigh in.

In a viciously misguided decision, 1.4.6 dropped parallel and serial printer support, despite the millions of printers which are still in use and the tens of millions of 32-bit computers still out there with both serial and PP ports.