Michael,
> I just upgraded a client's machine from 5.2 to 6.1 and now
> it doesn't print. I've *never had a problem with printing
> failing on upgrade before!...
> Anyway, when I send a job to lp, it goes into the queue,
> but the system just sits there, acting like the printer
> needs to come back online (printer is up and ready to go).
I've seen this same problem on my box, only when going from
5.1 to 6.1. After perusing DejaNews, I changed my
/etc/conf.modules to include:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=7
alias /dev/printers lp
alias /dev/lp* lp
Some of this is probably superfluous, but I was getting
desperate.
Also note that under 5.1, my device was /dev/lp1, whereas
the upgrade to 6.1 moved it to /dev/lp0.
Last thing I tried was changing the BIOS from EPP+??? to the
most generic of settings (ASUS P2B). I wondered whether the
module was not reading the port right. It *used* to work
flawlessly.
I rebooted, and those changes didn't seem to help, restarted
the daemon from the rc files, etc. However, today, it
works. Go figure. I hope it stays working.
I tested with cat test.txt > /dev/lp0, as root (didn't get
EOF, but it worked after I sent another page). Then I used
printtool to check the settings, in my case an HP2100M, set
to PostScript 1200 x 1200. In my case, I had to include
sending an EOF to kick pages out.
HTH,
Jim
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