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Re: [MiNT] Printer spooling

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Subject: Re: [MiNT] Printer spooling
From: Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no>
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:51:40 +0100
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On Mon, 2012-01-09 at 16:05 +0100, Heinz Schmidt wrote:

> That's what I was asking myself as well. I've not yet found any
> information just that lp.xdd is a buffered centronix driver ... what
> ever this means. To me it sounds like a driver for prarallel printers.
> So it might be the reason for my problem described yesterday. 
> 
> Since lp.xdd provides /dev/lp and I set the lpd device to /dev/lp as
> well in the /etc/printcap, both might interfere. I'll check that
> tonight, when I'm back home.

lp.xdd is a pure Centronics printerdriver for ST and Falcon. Do not mix
it with a true lp device.

Jo Even

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