[indiana-discuss] A Couple of Newbie Questions

[Andrew Gabriel]

Dave Miner wrote:
>>One other Solaris/CUPS related question.  When I get to the device 
>>selection page in the CUPS web interface, it lists for parallel ports:
>>
>>Sun IEEE-1284 Parallel Port #1
>>Sun IEEE-1284 Parallel Port #1(CANNON)
>>Sun IEEE-1284 Parallel Port #1(EPSON)
>>PC Parallel Port #2
>>PC Parallel Port #2(CANNON)
>>PC Parallel Port #2(EPSON)
>>
>>My PC only has one parallel port.  If use the Sun IEEE-1284 Parallel Port 
>>#1, the CUPS Printers page shows the device as parallel:/dev/ecpp0.  If I 
>>try the PC Parallel Port #2, it shows parallel:/dev/lp1.  Which one should 
>>I use?


/dev/ecpp0 and /dev/lp1 are almost certainly the same device (do an "ls 
-l" to confirm). /dev/lp* is the name PC unixs generally used and was 
the name of the old lp driver on Solaris x86. The driver has been 
replaced by ecpp (the Sparc driver), but the old name is also retained 
for reasons of familiarity and backwards compatibility.

-- 
Andrew