On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 12:18:26AM +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
-> On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 14:03 -0600, Norman Carver wrote:
-> > Hey, here's an even stranger finding on the
-> > W98-mdk/usb-parallel Epson printer saga:
-> >
-> > If you have both the usb and parallel cables
-> > connected to the Epson, but you only use the
-> > usb associated printer in W98 to print, then
-> > parallel port printing works fine when you switch
-> > to Linux. However, if you do any W98 printing
-> > via the printer queue associated with the parallel
-> > port, then the printer will not work in Linux
-> > unless the printer is powered down prior to
-> > rebooting the PC. Bizarre!
-> >
-> > BTW: the same problem affects Caldera OL2.3--so
-> > not suprisingly not a mdk-specific problem.
->
-> IMHO it still is not a Linux problem at all. Windows is talking
-> to the printer in different ways than Linux does. So all data
-> which Windows stores in the printer's memory has to be erased
-> before you can use it with Linux.
It may still be a Linux problem. If the USB protocol has a "reset"
command, and Linux is not issuing it, that could cause the problem you are
seeing. I've seen bugs like this before. :-)
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