Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Printer problems on recent 2.1 kernels | From | Christoph Lorenz <> | Date | 27 Mar 1998 09:27:15 +0100 |
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Hi,
once again, there's a new kernel out, before I was able to post my bug report, but I still do it:
In all recent kernels (tested 2.1.82 - 2.1.90), I had problems with printing through lpr.
My printer, a plain old Deskjet 500, is connected on /dev/lp0, all printcap entries are OK.
When I, for example, want to print something through ghostscript (the output device is "| lpr"), in 50% of all times, it works without any problems, but the other 50%, it simply doesn't print. In these cases, it's reported, that "lp0 is offline". BUT: the printer (which is definitely connected on /dev/lp0) is definitely NOT offline. But something is still strange - the printer is somehow locked. I cannot put him offline (!) with the keys on the printer.
I have no clue, what is wrong. Sometimes, printing works, sometimes not.
Do you know, what may go wrong here?
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