I have a canon BJC 3000 connected locally by parallel cable. I am
trying to configure it with the GUI on the panel with cups. It does
not give me options to configure it under a parallel cable? Only
serial, USB and scsi.
If I send this command to the printer as root "ls > /dev/lp0" the
printer will start up. Wish that really meant something to me.
I have searched but can't find any thing that helps.

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pemrich@earthlink-dot-net.no-spam.invalid (razor) writes:
> If I send this command to the printer as root "ls > /dev/lp0" the
> printer will start up. Wish that really meant something to me.

If nothing else, it shows that there is truly a printer at
/dev/lp0 and the hardware is functioning correctly. All
you left to do is the easy part: configure it so the
os can use it.

Now we need more info:
Which GUI? Which panel?

Jack
--
First, they fear you. Then they match you. Then they laugh at you.
Then they ignore you. Then you lose.

Sorry for the post as I have it figured out. I needed to uncomment the
parallel printing support in /etc/rc.d/ rc.modules.

Thanks,
razor

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