Ed K wrote:
> I'm using a Belkin F5U002 USB to parallel adapter cable and a
> Panasonic KX-P1150 dot-matrix printer. With the printer.o module
> installed (thanks to Kevin) I can simply plug the cable in (as Yan
> suggested) and the printer (or more accurately the CABLE) magically
> appears as /dev/usb/lp0. That's the interesting part: whether or not
> the printer is plugged in or on-line, the system thinks there's a
> printer at /dev/usb/lp0 as long as the cable is plugged in.
As someone else mentioned, you are probably seeing /dev/usb/lp0 whether the
printer is attached or not as Linux is seeing the presence of the USB to
parallel adapater.
I am using a USB based printer and find that the device node appears and
disappears depending on whether the printer is connected or not.
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Cheers!
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