>
> > > You could try printing to /dev/lpt0.ctl since that will ignore
> > > BUSY for the open.
> >
> > one can print using lpt0.ctl? - thx 4 the hint - i'll check this ...
>
> Well, I'm pretty sure you can.
> AFAIK the only difference is that lpt0.ctl ignores BUSY on open so
> lptcontrol can u
> >
> > its a canon lbp 460 - ugly gdi printer :)
>
> Aha, that explains wy it will not work. see this:
> http://linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-LBP-460
>
> the printer can print ascii text at all, it is a raster-only win* gdi
> printer. It is the driver who does all the work.
i
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:26:36 +0200
stanley jobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > It seriously looks like the printer, cable or port are broken, or
> > the printer is very very special..
> >
> > What sort of printer is it?
>
> its a canon lbp 460 - ugly gdi printer :)
Aha, that explains wy
On Tuesday 27 September 2005 17:56, stanley jobson wrote:
> > It seriously looks like the printer, cable or port are broken, or the
> > printer is very very special..
> >
> > What sort of printer is it?
>
> its a canon lbp 460 - ugly gdi printer :)
Hmm, well lots of printers these days are raster
>
> It seriously looks like the printer, cable or port are broken, or the
> printer is very very special..
>
> What sort of printer is it?
its a canon lbp 460 - ugly gdi printer :)
>
> You could try printing to /dev/lpt0.ctl since that will ignore BUSY
> for the open.
one can print using lp
On Monday 26 September 2005 01:42, Stanley Jobson wrote:
> > > i have a separate box running win98. from this box i am able to use the
> > > printer with the orig vendor driver without any problem ...
> >
> > Hmm, well it's possible the serial port is broken..
>
> maybe ...
Err parallel port :)
>
> > i have a separate box running win98. from this box i am able to use the
> > printer with the orig vendor driver without any problem ...
>
> Hmm, well it's possible the serial port is broken..
maybe ...
>
> > > Are you sure nothing else is using the port? (lpd, cups, etc)
> >
> > i think so:
Can you get hold of a simpler printer, one that uses
the HP500 driver for example, and test your port? I
tend to think it's a driver issue, at least until you
can rule it out. I've had this problem on a NetBSD
system, for example, which got solved by switching to
just such a simpler printer an
On Sunday 25 September 2005 23:03, stanley jobson wrote:
> i have a separate box running win98. from this box i am able to use the
> printer with the orig vendor driver without any problem ...
Hmm, well it's possible the serial port is broken..
> > Are you sure nothing else is using the port? (lp
> > so it seems that fbsd expects some kind of status reply from the
> > printer - correct?
> >
> > if so: how could i by-pass this? (cause my ugly gdi printer is
> > probably not able to answer correctly) i just wonna have access to
> > my parallel port ...
>
> It expects that your printer will
On Sunday 25 September 2005 17:21, stanley jobson wrote:
> > Usually, if you get "device busy," it means that the printer is simply
> > not on or connected properly. Check your parallel cable.
>
> unfort. my printer is connected properly and it is on while simply
> trying to open it with open(/dev/
> > hi,
> > i am now trying for weeks to get my lpt0 working without any success
> > :(
> >
> > i always get "device busy" (running lptcontrol, lptest,
> > open(/dev/lpt0)). i found a lot of questions about this via google
> > and some hints too (e.g. excluding device ppi from kernel) but all
> >
On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 06:09:09PM +0200, stanley jobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
was witnessed plotting the following conspiracy:
> hi,
> i am now trying for weeks to get my lpt0 working without any success :(
>
> i always get "device busy" (running lptcontrol, lptest,
> open(/dev/lpt0)). i found a
hi,
i am now trying for weeks to get my lpt0 working without any success :(
i always get "device busy" (running lptcontrol, lptest,
open(/dev/lpt0)). i found a lot of questions about this via google and
some hints too (e.g. excluding device ppi from kernel) but all this
didnt help :(
i should me
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