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Date:      Sun, 15 Sep 2002 22:12:56 -0700
From:      "Evan Dower" <evantd@hotmail.com>
To:        neal@nelson.name
Cc:        matt@gsicomp.on.ca, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Printer (lpt0) Device Busy (Epson Stylus Color 740)
Message-ID:  <F73RBrqiigRKtBkAFMr00018b71@hotmail.com>

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Truth is I do have a USB card and a USB camera. The camera gets detected and 
recognized as a USB mass storage device, but I haven't figured out how to 
get it to mount (what with the scsi emulations and crap). Anyway, the hidden 
point here is that I would love to hear how you set it up for USB. Please, 
please, please tell me all about it.
Thanks,
Evan Dower


>From: Neal Nelson <neal@nelson.name>
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>Subject: Re: Printer (lpt0) Device Busy (Epson Stylus Color 740)
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>I've been using an Epson Stylus Color 740 on FreeBSD for ages without 
>problems. However, I'm using the USB interface not parallel with CUPS as my 
>print system. Probably of no help apart from that fact that it can be made 
>to work.
>
>On 2002.09.16 13:52 Evan Dower wrote:
>>Has anyone even gotten an Epson Stylus Color 740 to work on FreeBSD 4.x? 
>>If so, I would love to get in touch with you. I can't seem to get mine to 
>>work regardless of BIOS settings.
>>Thanks a lot,
>>Evan Dower
>>
>>
>>>From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
>>>To: "Evan Dower" <evantd@hotmail.com>
>>>Subject: Re: Printer (lpt0) Device Busy
>>>Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 18:13:57 -0400
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>>>Evan,
>>>
>>>If you've used it this way before with other OSes, then it's most likely 
>>>a
>>>FreeBSD problem.
>>>
>>>I've had problems with some printer when running with EPP/ECP enabled in 
>>>the
>>>BIOS.  I'd try adjusting your BIOS to make your printer port "dumb" and 
>>>see
>>>if that makes things better.
>>>
>>>Matt
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Evan Dower" <evantd@hotmail.com>
>>>To: <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
>>>Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 4:51 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Printer (lpt0) Device Busy
>>>
>>>
>>> > Hmm... I have used it only with MacOS (not X) and Linux, and according 
>>>to
>>> > http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=62112 "Printer
>>>supports
>>> > direct text printing with the `us-ascii' charset." Whether it requires
>>>some
>>> > initial setup I don't know, though it is (very specifically) detected 
>>>at
>>> > startup. Do you know how I could check on that? or what I can do if 
>>>that
>>>is
>>> > the case?
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Evan Dower
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > >From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
>>> > >To: "Evan Dower" <evantd@hotmail.com>
>>> > >Subject: Re: Printer (lpt0) Device Busy
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>>> > >
>>> > > > I am trying to install a printer (Epson Stylus Color 740), but 
>>>FreeBSD
>>> > > > claims that the device (/dev/lpt0) is busy. I began with 
>>>4.6-RELEASE
>>>but
>>> > > > upgrade to -STABLE to see if that would fix the problem (it 
>>>didn't).
>>>My
>>> > > > system is:
>>> > > > $ uname -a
>>> > > > FreeBSD lojak.u.washington.edu 4.7-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 
>>>4.7-PRERELEASE
>>>#0:
>>> > >Thu
>>> > > > Sep 12 00:21:06 PDT 2002
>>> > > > root@lojak.u.washington.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CUSTOM  i386
>>> > > > I even tried using the GENERIC kernel to no avail. I'm fairly 
>>>certain
>>>my
>>> > > > kernel is set up properly anyway since the printer is detected at
>>> > >startup.
>>> > > > $ dmesg
>>> > > > ...
>>> > > > ppc0: <Parallel port> at port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on isa0
>>> > > > ppc0: SMC-like chipset (ECP/EPP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
>>> > > > ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/9 bytes threshold
>>> > > > ppbus0: IEEE1284 device found /NIBBLE
>>> > > > Probing for PnP devices on ppbus0:
>>> > > > ppbus0: <EPSON Stylus COLOR 740> PRINTER ESCPL2,BDC,D4
>>> > > > lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
>>> > > > lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
>>> > > > ...
>>> > > > Yet still, if I try to do a test print, nothing happens.
>>> > > > # echo test > /dev/lpt0
>>> > > > /dev/lpt0: Device busy.
>>> > > > In fact, even just trying to get status info does the same thing.
>>> > > > # cat /dev/lpt0
>>> > > > cat: /dev/lpt0: Device busy
>>> > > > So the device is busy. Certainly, a program must be bogarting it. 
>>>Yet
>>> > >fstat
>>> > > > begs to differ.
>>> > > > $ fstat /dev/lpt0
>>> > > > USER     CMD          PID   FD MOUNT      INUM MODE         SZ|DV 
>>>R/W
>>> > >NAME
>>> > > > That's an empty list of open files named /dev/lpt0.
>>> > >
>>> > >If your Epson print is a "winprinter" (meaning that it requires 
>>>special
>>> > >initialization before it will allow itself to print plain text), then 
>>>the
>>> > >device will show up as busy if you try and do anything with it.
>>> > >
>>> > >--
>>> > >Matt Emmerton
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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