[ale] parallel port printer

[jimmyc at speedfactory.net (Jim Philips)]

Since I went to kernel 2.6.6, I haven't been able to get my printer to work. I 
compiled in parallel printer support as a module and the module shows up when 
I run lsmod. But if I try to send a file directly to /dev/lp0, I get "no such 
device". And when I run /cat/proc/devices, there is only this:

 1 mem
  4 /dev/vc/0
  4 tty
  4 ttyS
  5 /dev/tty
  5 /dev/console
  5 /dev/ptmx
  7 vcs
 10 misc
 13 input
 14 sound
116 alsa
128 ptm
136 pts
171 ieee1394
180 usb

Needless to say, CUPS doesn't see this printer when I try to set it up. It 
worked fine on my old box and it works fine under WindowsXP. What else can I 
do to get Linux to see this printer?