Configuring the parallel port on a C3000 for a printer

[Cathy Squires]

Using SAM I want to configure a local printer using the parallel port on a C3000. The machine has a built-in parallel interface (10/0/14/1/3) on the ext_bus. (verified via ioscan)

When I go into sam to configure it, I select configure local printer I get the message that "no parallel interface can be found on this system". When I click on "Diagnose missing card" the system comes back and says the the machine is missing driver CentIF & hpib. I load those in the kernel, reboot the system but when I go back into sam it still says that no card can be found to verify it using either ioscan or verify.

Any ideas on how I can get a local printer loaded?

Thanks in advance
Cathy

[harry d brown jr]

Cathy,

Can you post the output of an "ioscan -fnH 10/0/14/1/3"

And did you run "insf -e" to create the device files?

I've never set up a parallel printer on an HP9000.


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harry

[Cathy Squires]

The output from ioscan -fnH 10/0/14/1/3 was
ext_bus 1 10/0/14/1/3 ScentIF CLAIMED INTERFACE
/dev/c1t0d0_lp

I ran the insf -e and it "Installed the special files for SCentIf instance 1 address" rebooted the system but still no card recognized in sam.

ecs

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA · Accepted solution]

Cathy


You can do like this
/usr/sbin/lpshut
lpadmin -p< printer name> -v/dev/c1t0d0_lp -mrawlp
enable printer name
accept printer name
lpsched
lpadmin -dprinter name


Manoj Srivastava

[harry d brown jr]

Is there a printer attached?

Do you have your system up-to-date in patches?

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harry