[cups.general] LPT! printer in Ubuntu 12.10

[Johannes Meixner]

Hello

On Oct 25 14:02 venik wrote:
> This should have been the easiest thing in the world,
> but when I connected a parallel printer (HP Laserjet 4100)
> Ubuntu 12.10 did not see it.
> Almost every time Ubuntu comes out with a new version,
> CUPS does not see the printer, and eventually something
> is updated, and then everything is OK.
> However, until that miracle happens here is my question:
> What do I enter in the url field of CUPS?  I tried several
> things: LPT1://, lpd, etc., but none worked.
> Any ideas?

Regardless that this is not an Ubuntu complaints forum:

Have you already asked on an appropriate Ubuntu forum?
If yes, what was their reply? (Preferably post an URL.)

How did you come to the conclusion that CUPS is the root cause
when your particular printer model is not accessible via your
particular kernel on your particular hardware?

I don't know how Ubuntu does the kernel module loading stuff
regarding the parallel port - nevertheless the underlying basics
are more or less the same in Linux - therefore it might even help
in your case to have a look at "Parallel port printers" in
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Installing_a_Printer


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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