M.C. Vernon wrote: > > > my printer ( hp deskjet 500, debian hamm ) stops after a few lines and > > stays busy forever. I tried dvi and ps via magicfilter. Half of the > > page comes out, then the printer stops, busy light on, and nothing > > happens. lpq says no jobs. Does anyone know the problem ( and solution )? > > If the busy light is on, perhaps it's `thinking' about the second half - > i.e. the computer has sent it to the printer, which does stuff to it > before printing. Have you tried slink magicfilter?
I had the same problem with a HP Deskjet 400L. i made the printcap filter through magicfilter using HP DJ 500. It worked but the printer locked up at about 2/3rd of the page, with busy light flashing. I looked over various man pages, 'ause I thought that there was page feed missing. I found in /etc/lpd.conf that page feed was commented (ff setting), I uncommented it and now it works fine! :-) Hope that this solution may be useful... -- Lorenzo Pulici - email: webmaster at weitzmann.it http://www.weitzmann.it http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/9892/ - Milanohockey website
