Anonymous sources within the White House report:
> I'm install a Cannon BJC-5100 under Linux and can't seem to write to the
> device. I get everything loaded and even see the message that lp is using
> parport0. Also my parallel port is setup for ECP+EPP. I am also using an
> IEEE cable. Is there a correct way to load this printer? I'm using Caldera
> 2.2 and kernel 2.2.5.
>
>
> If I do 'ls -l > /dev/parport0' I get 'operation not permitted' and
> sometimes' write error'
I don't know how new your BIOS is, but on my Intel motherboard, I have
to set the parallel port manually to bi-directional - I can't leave it on
auto detect, or I have similar errors.
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