"M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 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?
No, and it worked ok some time with the hamm magicfilter. The page to print is a 1300 bytes dvi-file, so there shouldn't be much to think about.
