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Subject: i386/13021: Parallel port printer driver is flaky
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>Number:         13021
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       Parallel port printer driver is flaky
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Aug  7 22:50:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     George Mitchell
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
Mitchell Voting Products, Inc.
>Environment:

	Pentium 166
	Parallel port on ASUS TXP4 motherboard
	Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 500C

>Description:

	Graphical output, such as from ghostscript, works briefly
	(for about 1/4 inch of output), then printer drops back
	into text mode as if reset by the parallel port, and the
	remainder of the output consists of random garbage.

	Problem appeared when I upgraded from FreeBSD 2.2.7 to
	FreeBSD 3.2.  I tried to configure the deprecated olpt
	device, but it is not there (despite a reference to it
	in the LINT system configuration file).

>How-To-Repeat:

	Send output from ghostscript to a non-PostScript printer
	without a page buffer (such as a DeskJet) on a parallel port.

>Fix:
	
	I wish I knew.


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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