KDE printer installation wizard - samsung cpl500

[James Richard Tyrer]

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.

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JRT
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