From kde Sun Apr 25 19:39:51 2004 From: James Richard Tyrer Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 19:39:51 +0000 To: kde Subject: Re: [kde] KDE printer installation wizard - samsung cpl500 Message-Id: <408C1407.1020808 () acm ! org> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde&m=108292201700423 John wrote: > Hi > I have managed to install the printer driver with the KDE wizard. All the > printer properties and settings etc are available but I can't print a test > page or this mail. It looks like nothing is actually getting out of the > parallel port allthough KDE reckons it has sent it "ok". I couldn't install > the driver with yast (suse 9) as it wouldn't except it. > In the Local Port Selection the uri (its cups) is parallel:/dev/lp0 on > Parallel Port #1. I've seen a port number mentioned somewhere. At the end of > the local port list a canon and epson printer are shown also on Parallel Port > #1 under Others. There doesn't seem to be any way of removing these. > Anybody have any thoughts? Mainly on what I need to do to get it all to work. > > On the driver - I found a windoze ppd for a samsung printer on adobe. This > allowed me to add a few lines to the one that came with the printer. I can't > sort out how to add the PageRegion that the yast install reckoned to be > missing. The one in the windoze ppd is beyond me. The KDE install didn't > object to the file with the DefaultimageableArea added though. That one was > simple/ In general, Parallel Port #1 is /dev/lp0 so I doubt that that is the problem. OTOH, what are the permissions for: /dev/lp0? You can just set them to 666 to test it. -- JRT ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.