On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 11:51:57 EDT, David wrote: > I was printing a rather large label job from a local debian machine to a > remote debian machine that has an old dot matrix printer attached to it. > After about 10 minutes of printing to the remote printer, the message "lp0 > on fire" popped up on the remote machine's terminal and the printer stopped > for a minute or so. The printer then continued, but the "lp0 on fire" > message keeps coming up every several minutes along with the corresponding > pause in printing. I did not find a similar message on the local machine. > > I do not recall this message when I would attach the dot matrix printer to > the local debian machine and use the printer as a local printer. > > Any ideas what is happening? BTW, the print job came out fine. >
I get this message whenever my Epson Stylus Pro 850 has any error, such as out of ink, out of paper, overheating, etc. My other printer, an Epson dot-matrix printer causes these messages on very hot days and during very big print runs, but seldom fails to complete the print job. I assume that "lp0 on fire" is how lpd reports any error message from the printer. I could be wrong though - anyone got more/better info? It does get one's attention quite efficiently. --ptw It sure does get ones attention though. -- Paul T. Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -currently seeking employment-
