Configuring the Printer
At this point, we are going to assume that you have a relatively recent printer that is plugged in to your computer's parallel port. We aren't going to cover serial printers, which are relatively obsolete.
The first thing you will want to do is set the parallel port mode.
Configuring the Parallel Port
The lptcontrol program can be used to configure the mode of the parallel port. You will need to be logged in as the root user to do this. In its basic form, lptcontrol is run with an option that you wish to set on the port. The following options are supported:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -i | Sets interrupt driven mode |
| -p | Sets polled mode |
| -e | Sets extended mode |
| -s | Sets standard mode (that is, turns off extended mode) |
The option you will probably ...
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