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Subject: kern/10701: ppbus printing problems
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>Number:         10701
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       ppbus printing problems
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Mar 20 16:00:01 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Michael Maxwell
>Release:        3.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
FreeBSD drwho.xnet.com 3.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #1: Tue Mar  9 02:13:08 CST 1999     root@drwho.xnet.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/DRWHO  i386
>Description:
Using a HP Deskjet 672c, with the print filter described in the 
freebsd handbook, problems occur when printing plain text and/or
postscript.  When printing plain text, characters are dropped, or
formatting is broken.  The printer seems to have problems loading
the paper, and the error light comes on.  When printing postscript,
I use GhostScript 5.50 (also tried 5.10) from ports/packages.  I
have tried several printer drivers from gs, but I've always been
able to use "deskjet" printer type.  however, with 3.1-R, the
document does not print properly at all, and usually spews out
unprintable binary garbage about halfway down the page.  

This problem only occurs on FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE.  A 2.2.7-RELEASE
machine does NOT exhibit this problem.

>How-To-Repeat:
Print something.
>Fix:
I wish I knew, but it must have something to do with the new ppbus
parallel port driver.  I will try recompiling the kernel to use the
OLD "lpt" interface instead of "nlpt" to see if that works as a 
temporary fix.

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


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