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Re: SL 6.0 printer-configuration problems
From:
Alan Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
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Alan Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:06:00 +0000
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On 18 March 2011 20:08, Spencer Buckner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 03/17/2011 05:21 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Spencer Buckner <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:

> I am using System->Administration->Printing to configure an HP DeskJet 500
> printer connected to the parallel port of a stand-alone computer (not part
> of a network). The HP DeskJet 500 is the only printer connected to the
> computer and is specified to be the default printer.

> SL6 does not have parallel port support (it was dropped upstream). But
> ELRepo comes to the rescue :-)
>
> http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-lp

> After installing kmod-lp and configuring the printer again, printing the
> test page worked on the first try!

Excellent news. Thanks you for reporting back with details of your success.

Alan.
(On behalf of the ELRepo Project.)

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