> Have you tried simply copying something to /dev/lpt2?  I suspect you
> don't have an interrupt configured for that port, and therefore you
> need to use /dev/lpa2.  If you try to open /dev/lpt2 with no interrupt
> configured, you'll get ENXIO.

This reminds me -- has -current sorted out the "dropped characters from
printer driver" problem that was discussed and experimented upon back
in March or so?

--Terry