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<h3>gimp-installInitScript / askPrinter</h3>
<b>Only for Linux</b><br>
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These utilities are helpers and used for creating of the configuration file
/etc/mtinkd.conf.<br>
The file /etc/mtinkd.conf is used for starting of the mtinkd daemon and contain
the arguments passed to the server.<br>
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AskPrinter use special call in order to retriewe the identity of the devices
attached to the usb or parallel ports.<br>
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Example:<br>
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askPrinter /dev/usb/lp0<br>
askPrinter /dev/lp0<br>
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If a printer is detected, the identification string will be returned.<br>
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Asking for the printer identification on the USB port will only work on newer
2.4 kernels.<br>
For the parallel port. the ppdev kernel module must be installed.<br>
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<h4>Bugs:</h4>
While asking for the description of the printer on the parallel port, askPrinter
use /dev/parport* and /dev/parports/* instead of /dev/lp* and the script
gimp-installInitScript assume that the port number is the same for
both devices.<br>
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<h4>Author:</h4>
Jean-Jacques Sarton<br>
jj.sarton@t-online.de<br>
http://xwtools.automatix.de<br>
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