Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 5 Jan 2004 11:45:37 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Weird problems with printer using USB |
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On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 08:24:30PM +0100, DervishD wrote: > Hi all :) > > I have a Lexmark E312 laser printer, which comes with both a parallel > port and an USB port. It interprets PostScript, so when I print I > simply 'cat' the file to the printer device (together with some > codes, quite simple). This method works smoothly when using the > printer through the parallel port, no problem, but when I use the USB > port, sometimes I get the following: > > kernel: host/usb-uhci.c: interrupt, status 2, frame# 682 > kernel: printer.c: usblp0: nonzero read/write bulk status received: -110 > kernel: printer.c: usblp0: error -84 reading printer status > kernel: printer.c: usblp0: removed > > I have shown one of each error messages I get in my system logs. > Normally I get a couple or three of the first message, a few of the > last and a good bunch of the another two. Whenever I get the message > about the 'bulk status', the printer dies and I must turn cycle it. > > I'm using kernel 2.4.21, if this matters...
It does. I'd recommend trying 2.4.23-pre3, as it had a usb printer driver update in it.
Or 2.6.0, that also should be better.
Good luck,
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