Can't print to parallel port with Fedora 14

Colin Paul Adams colin at colina.demon.co.uk
Sat Feb 5 16:51:18 UTC 2011


>>>>> "Frank" == Frank Elsner <frank at moltke28.B.Shuttle.DE> writes:

    Frank> On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 16:25:40 +0000 Colin Paul Adams wrote:
    >> I have a laser printer which was working fine. Unfortunately the
    >> computer to which it was attached (which was running Fedora 12)
    >> proved to be sick.
    >> 
    >> So I've tried moving the printer to two other computers in turn
    >> (one 32-bit, one 64-bit) running Fedora 14. I cannot get it to
    >> work on either of them.
    >> 
    >> I get the message:
    >> 
    >> lp: driver loaded but no devices found

    Frank> The parallel interface may be disabled in BIOS.

Thanks Frank. That was indeed the case.
Working now.
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