Hi listers. I recently connected a printer to my linux box and wanted to see if I can get it to print. I have looked at the printing-howto and the printing-usage howto, but I wonder if there's a way to have Linux check to see if the printer is there? I looked in /dev and I see /dev/lp0 /dev/lp1 and /dev/lp2, but I don't know what they are for. I'm running kernel 2.4.5, and when I compiled it I enabled parallel printer support as well as parallel port support. In the howto, it mentions /dev/lp, but there isn't one and before I start tinkering around, I was wondering if anyone has had experience with this. thanks.
