Problems with /dev/lp

[carroll at m.cs.uiuc.edu]

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I'm trying to install a printer to my Interactive 386/ix V.3.2.
I want to use the parallel port.

When I try to send something to /dev/lp, I get error msg this way:

/dev/lp: cannot create

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lp0 is the parallel port on a mono/parallel card. LPT1: is lp1, e.g. your
first parallel card. Speaking from experience, printing runs a lot better
on the parallel card (lp1).

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