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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm trying to configure an old Canon bj-200ex
printer. When I use system-config-printer and </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>specify Locally-connected printer the ap can't see
the printer which is attached to the parallel</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>port. Eventually I specify /dev/lp0 (or
/dev/parport0) by handand continue with the installation but</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm unable to print to the printer. Is there
any way of testing that the port is working at</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a very low level before I spend more time with the
installation? I tried cat fil.nam >/dev/lp0 but</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>that didn't work.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robert Cahn<BR>Gipsy Trail Club<BR>Carmel, NY
10512<BR>845-225-0265, 917-312-3409 (cell)<BR><A
href="mailto:rcahn@ieee.org">rcahn@ieee.org</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>