From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 6 08:38:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 929F616A4D9 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 08:38:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.broadpark.no (mail.broadpark.no [217.13.4.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12C5343D4C for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 08:38:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no) Received: from kg-work.kg4.no (68.80-202-174.nextgentel.com [80.202.174.68]) by mail.broadpark.no (Postfix) with SMTP id 9B2542C68 for ; Tue, 6 Jul 2004 10:39:08 +0200 (MEST) Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 10:38:25 +0200 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040706103825.58e4a5fe.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> In-Reply-To: <20040706071446.49ba03a4.steve@sohara.org> References: <20040706071446.49ba03a4.steve@sohara.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.11 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) X-Face: "t9w2,-X@O^I`jVW\sonI3.,36KBLZE*AL[y9lL[PyFD*r_S:dIL9c[8Y>V42R0"!"yb_zN,f#%.[PYYNq;m"_0v;~rUM2Yy!zmkh)3&U|u!=T(zyv,MHJv"nDH>OJ`t(@mil461d_B'Uo|'nMwlKe0Mv=kvV?Nh@>Hb<3s_z2jYgZhPb@?Wi^x1a~Hplz1.zH Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: USB 2 HP Laserjet 2550L problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 08:38:41 -0000 On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 07:14:46 +0100 Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > support, so I'm using it as a PostScript printer. > > It /nearly/ works. The first job to the printer prints fine (and > quickly) but the data transfer light keeps flashing and the printer > will not print anything else until a timeout passes, at which point > there's a small clunk from the printer and it will take one more job. > In the interevening period it swallows all the data sent to it but > never prints anything. Here are some hints for tracking the problem down: Some Postscript printers adhere very strict to the "protocol". This means that they will wait (and wait, and wait...) for the end of job character (Ctrl-D) before they think that a job is finished. This is normally included in print filters for Postscript, so if you are using a standard print filter, this probably isn't the problem. Another problem is the "data in print buffer, but I haven received a ff (new page) command / character". Typical of this problem is a flashing or lit "data" light on the printer. Some printers will then swallow data until they get their buffer emptied (new job, new page, etc.). HTH -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen, Norway