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Date:      Wed, 12 May 1999 09:45:11 -0500
From:      Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>
To:        Rodolfo Heitor Gevaerd de Faria <rodolfo@ravel.ufrj.br>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ppbus broken in 3.1-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <373993F7.4D37E7F@math.missouri.edu>
References:  <199905121347.KAA17323@protheus.ravel.ufrj.br>

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Yes I had problems like that.  It seems to have been fixed in STABLE.
For now, I would use the depreciated lpt driver.

Rodolfo Heitor Gevaerd de Faria wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>  Hello,
> 
>   We had a HP LaserJet 4 Plus printer working perfectly in a
> 2.2.6-STABLE system using the old lpt driver. I've changed it
> to a 3.1-RELEASE system and used the new ppbus driver.
> 
>   Then there was a problem in printing that sometimes strange characters
> randomly showed in the printouts, I've tryed everything from changing
> cables, printer memory, ghostscript version, paralel port configuration
> (normal, ECP, EPP), and nothing worked. Finally I've tryed reversing
> to the old lpt driver, and everything worked great.
> 
>   That seemed strange since I've already used a Canon Bubblejet printer
> with the ppbus in an old pre 3.0-RELEASE system, I even had a paralel
> Zip Drive with it.
> 
>   Had anyone out there the same problem ? I believe that's something
> really dangerous, especially since you are planning to disable
> permanentely the lpt driver.
> 
>         Rodolfo H G Faria
>        <rodolfo@ravel.ufrj.br>
> 
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