On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:28:19 -0500 Doug McGarrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It drives me crazy. I can't seem to print from Suse 9.3. My main machine is > down with unknown problems, and I have only the Suse machine. I brought the > HP 970 Cxi color printer over, plugged it in, Suse found new hardware, > printed > most of a test page, and then decided to spit everything out and not touch > it again. 9.3 should have no problem printing via the USB or parallel. The proper driver is the HPIJS driver (or the HPLIP driver). The problem appears to me to be hardware related. Make sure you have sufficient ink. You might also force the printer to go into a self-test and cleaning mode manually. Then deinstall the printer, and go into YaST and install the printer from scratch. There is a limit to the length of the USB and parallel cable, but in the past I have used a 30 ft. parallel with no problem, but for an initial test, use a known good cable well within the maximum length. IEEE 1284 I believe is 30ft. USB length should be within 5 meters (about 16 feet). -- Jerry Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9
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