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????
> 

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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