On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 04:14, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 15:02, Richard Bown wrote: > > Hi > > this is minor but damn annoying > > > > After trying to print a jpeg from gimp-1.2.5-6mdk to an Epson C82 > > printer using CUPS, instead of a nice piccy of a swiss steam engine I > > got > > 1 line of about 20 characters mix of german, greek , math symbols. > > > > on page after page after page. > > Flushed the printer queue....no change > > removed printer for config.....no change > > disconnected the printer......no change > > power cycled the printer.... eventually stops > > reconnected the printer to PC..... it starts again !!!!!!! > > reboot the PC ....its still going > > power down the pc ....it stopped > > > > > > reconfigure the printer in CUPs > > and print a test page.....working > > Thats the first time I've ever seen that.. > > OK it may be a coincidence that 9.2 is involved as the other factor is > > the new kernel 2.4.22 > > > > has anyone seen similar ??? > > > > Richard > > One question. How many different "drivers" did drakprint have for your > printer. One option could be to try one of the other ones. If this > doesn't work..... bugs.mandrakesoft.com is your friend. *grin* > > James > > Just checked there are now only 2 drivers for the Epson C82 the one I was using CUPS +GIMP and ghostscript + gimp, Ive now changed to the latter, and wait see if it happens again. This does look like a wayward process, as once the printer is removed from the config it should stop , but this does'nt, it just keeps spew ing out of the parport... maybe worth trying the printer on the USB port. I does mean I have to watch whats being printed, cant just send it remotely and trust..
else you end up with as much paper as you loaded all with a quarter line of garbage on the top of each sheet. Whats really strange is that rebooting dos'nt stop it onlt power down.. Richard > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Richard Bown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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