Craig, Thanks for the suggestion to look at my bios... I am using a laptop... I had my parallel port turned off to conserve battery power. Printing great now! THANKS FOR YOUR HELP! Lynn Craig White wrote: >On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 00:04 -0400, unixprgrmr01@netscape.net wrote: > >> Thanks for the suggestions... did: >> yum install gimp-print >> setup >> I am using the parallel port... >> did ls -l /dev/lp0 it is there... >> did cat /var/log/dmesg + | grep lp0 nothing there... >> configured printer with the gimp-print driver then >> removed the printer and reconfiguried with gimp-print-ijs >> neither worked! no printer output... >> >> I have tried cat /etc/hosts > /dev/lp0 also... no output... >> >> Other thoughts???? >> > >----- >first - just a stupid thoughts that you might have overlooked... > >BIOS - built in devices - parallel port ? >enabled ? >ECP ? >IEEE-1284 cable ? > >Finally, how about this ? >http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/sysadmin- >guide/ch-printing.html > >Craig > __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss