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Topic: what directory is my usb printer at, printer support in dsl .5.1

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Tachyon man Offline

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Posted: Dec. 10 2003,02:38

I downloaded .5.1 last night and tried to set up my printer but how do I know where my usb printer is located in apsfilter.

thanks in advance

PS I thought I would miss nedit but scite is better. oh, I was dragging windows from virtual to virtual in the last versions too it's a in the fluxbox config menu

John

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Posted: Dec. 10 2003,08:00

I don't have a usb printer to test on, but you may want to try this.

Get in as root and try these commands:
echo "test1" > /dev/usb/lp0
echo "test2" > /dev/usblp0

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