Cliff Sarginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Some time ago a discussion took place here on the inability to use an > Epson 740 printer on a USB port, it was a case of "it used to work" and > then "it does not anymore" after some updates later. > I gave up trying. > Well, I tried again..now months later..and guess what, it works but *only* if the > printer > is plugged into the USB port and turned on at the time you boot the > machine. If you turn it on later, things get queued for mail, but never > printed until after a reboot...previously things got queued and then > disappeared from the queue as though they had been printed. > > Conclusions ? >
I remember having those exact symptoms, until I switched to the parallel cable a good few months ago. I tested over USB just now, on a 4.8-PRERELEASE, and it seems to work for me either way: - printer off when system boots - printer on when system boots -- Dan Pelleg To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
