After reading postings like this, I think it is time to double the strenth
of my migraine medication.
Patrick ("Malformed packets... sigh...") Powell
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed May 1 13:06:21 2002
> From: "Keith Rinaldo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: LPRng: HP Laserjet 8150
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 12:14:31 -0700
>
> We set our 8150's to Panic Behavior=DUMP_AND_REBOOT
>
> This works /most/ of the time... the printer will delete the job and reset
> itself. Sometimes it doesn't work.
>
> We get the 79.00FE with things other than PDF printing as well.....
> sometimes even a student printing a text file from a Windows machine (using
> the PostScript driver) will hang the printers with the 79.00FE. It's
> strange. HP can offer no help.
>
> While it /may/ be related to Code Red activity, we keep very careful logs of
> all "hack attempts" against our network... Code Red activity has been fairly
> non-existant lately around here and the printers still act up.
>
> Here's the best part -- one of our 8150DN's is far worse about this than the
> other. We've patched the firmware on them both to the same, latest
> revisions... explain that one!!!
>
> Strangely enough, I /only/ have this problem with the 8150's when *nix is
> involved in the mix. But the funny part is, it's typically people printing
> from the Windows workstations that lock the printers up! Many of my clients
> have simple Win2K servers with 8150's or 5000's attached on the network
> (shared through the Win2K server), and anywhere from 5 to 50 Windows
> workstations printing to the printers... they never get the error.
>
> My prayer is that SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE will track this down and figure out
> what the heck is going on.
>
> ---
> Keith Rinaldo
> Systems Administrator
> College of Engineering
> University of Nevada, Las Vegas
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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