$ lsmod | grep lp lp 11908 0 parport 40528 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc $ lsmod | grep ppdev ppdev 8232 2 parport 40528 3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc $ dmesg | grep par [ 0.280434] Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware [ 0.312836] pci 0000:00:14.4: transparent bridge [ 0.360626] hpet0: 4 comparators, 32-bit 14.318180 MHz counter [ 0.736934] ahci 0000:00:11.0: flags: 64bit ncq sntf ilck pm led clo pmp pio slum part [ 3.070613] PM: Resume from partition 8:5 [ 18.162241] parport_pc 00:06: reported by Plug and Play ACPI [ 18.162298] parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE] [ 18.235062] Either Enable ECC in the BIOS, or use the 'ecc_enable_override' parameter. [ 18.263826] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver [ 18.301273] parport0: Printer, Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 5L [ 18.301524] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). [ 32.208267] vboxdrv: echo 2 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_counter_paranoid [ 32.480181] parport0: no more devices allowed $ lpinfo -v direct scsi file cups-pdf:/ network smb network http network beh serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 network ipp network lpd network socket