On 2020-11-01 00:08, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 10/31/20 11:50 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>> On 2020-10-31 23:36, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>>>> If I do the modprobe will above, lpt1 (lp0) shows up in
>>>> both printer admin and CUPS. Otherwise not.
>>>
>>> Why do you say "lpt1"? I have 4 lp[0-3] devices in /dev, but I
>>> have no actual parallel port hardware.
>>> I suspect by force loading the driver with settings like that, it
>>> will assume there's actually a port at that address. It will be
>>> writing to nothing.
>>
>> It is a CUPS and Printer Admin thing. I find it a bit
>> annoying myself. They should use Linux terms, not
>> Windows terms.
>>
>> See for yourself:
>>
https://ibb.co/Gv770CF
>
> I don't think it's originally a windows term. It's actually "LPT
> #1", similar to the following "Serial Port #1". "LPT"
stands for
> "line printer" for those of us old enough to remember when printers
> could only do lines of text.
I wonder what it was called back in the UNIX days?
According to The Waite
Group's UNIX Primer Plus, Second Edition, it was
called lpr, for line printer.
--doug
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