Re: Printing in Gnome via the serial port

[Brett Castleberry <bcc9746 garnet acns fsu edu>]

James Flanagan wrote:

> I'm new to the list so please be gentle. ;']
>
> I have Red Hat 7, with Gnome installed.  I don't know what version right 
> off hand.
>
> I'm trying to setup my Linux box to print over any/all of the possible 
> ports.  The only port I haven't figured out is the Serial port.  I'm 
> printing to a Lexmark Laser printer so the language isn't a concern.
>
> The main thing I need to know is how to setup Gnome <or RH linux> to 
> print over the serial port.  I've been told that Com1 's Linux 
> equivalent is ttyS0.   How do I set the baud,parity, and data bits?  For 
> what I'm wanting to do with the serial port I need to be able to change 
> these to match the printer.
>
> I appreciate any help you can give me!  even pointing me to the correct 
> how-to would help.
>
> Nezeray


Is this what you want?

http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/RHL-7-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-printing.html

Brett Castleberry