On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 10:27 -0400, Daniel B. wrote: > Felipe Sateler wrote: > > Daniel B. wrote: > > > >> Can anyone help with this? I got absolutely no replies when I > >> posted it before. Now the problem is much worse, with dozens > >> of errors per page, maybe evening averaging one error per line > >> of text (when printing a plain-text file). > > > > I'm taking a _very_ wild guess here: perhaps you are using the wrong PPD > > file. Have you tried with alternative ones (perhaps downloading a new one > > from linuxprinting.org)? > > I'll double check. However, I'm pretty sure I've got the right PPD > file. > > Also, given that the spurious characters appear at different places in > the printout when I try again suggests that something random is going > on (dropped or extra characters in the output stream), which doesn't > sound like having the wrong PPD file. > > Oh--another thing is that since upgrading to Sarge and 2.6.8 > (2.6.8-2-k7-smp), trying to print occasionally hangs the entire system. > > That suggests a problem with the parallel port driver or something > closer to that later. > > Daniel I don't have an answer, but my experience is "random" errors are due to hardware failing. My lockups have been due to hw/sw misconfiguration e.g. irqs colliding.
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