Turns out I spoke too soon about the problems
with the Epson 900 printer being solved.
The simultaneous usb-parallel connection was
not the problem after all.
After going into Win98 (again after printing was
working fine in Linux) printing again does not work.
There is simply no response from the printer even
to files directed to /dev/lp0. However, if we turn
the printer off, power down, printer back on, and
then reboot, everything works fine. So apparently,
every boot into W98 screws up the Epson in some way
so that it will not respond to Linux. The only fix
appears to be to shut it down and reboot (simply turning
it off and on while in Linux does not fix the problem).
Any idea what is going on?? Since my friend has to
use W98 frequently, he is not too thrilled about having
to remember to always turn his printer off between the
boots.
Again, thanks for any assistance.
Norm Carver
