> my printer ( hp deskjet 500, debian hamm ) stops after a few lines and > stays busy forever. I tried dvi and ps via magicfilter. Half of the > page comes out, then the printer stops, busy light on, and nothing > happens. lpq says no jobs. Does anyone know the problem ( and solution )?
If the busy light is on, perhaps it's `thinking' about the second half - i.e. the computer has sent it to the printer, which does stuff to it before printing. Have you tried slink magicfilter? Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/

