From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 17 02:09:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02A8C16A41F for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:09:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gcorcoran@rcn.com) Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.61]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18A9043D49 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:08:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gcorcoran@rcn.com) Received: from 207-172-224-47.c3-0.tlg-ubr1.atw-tlg.pa.cable.rcn.com (HELO [10.56.78.168]) ([207.172.224.47]) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 16 Nov 2005 21:08:52 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: i="3.97,339,1125892800"; d="scan'208"; a="127314397:sNHT48749928" Message-ID: <437BE5F1.1070606@rcn.com> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:07:45 -0500 From: Gary Corcoran User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: euro@i.com.ua, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org References: <1132156386.875.11.camel@localhost> <20051116.092130.122061736.imp@bsdimp.com> <1132161108.875.20.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1132161108.875.20.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Progress on usb/79524 (printing to Minolta 1300W via /dev/ulpt0) X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 02:09:00 -0000 Eugene Rogoza wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 09:21 -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > >>In message: <1132156386.875.11.camel@localhost> >> Eugene Rogoza writes: >>: Hello everybody, >>: >>: The old issue with 'ulpt' and "device busy" (usb/79524) is slowly moving >>: towards resolution. >>: >>: A brief history: >>: >>: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-usb/2005-March/000695.html >>: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-usb/2005-July/001254.html >>: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-usb/2005-July/001265.html >>: >>: I tried the patch of Mr. M. Warner Losh and voila! No "device busy" >>: anymore, but when sending a print job, the kernel reports: "ulpt0: >>: offline", and stays offline, although the printer is turned on. >> >>Yes. The kernel will say that, and then send the print job anyway. >>Does the job actually print? > > > Nope. Should it print after something like: > > echo "Test" > /dev/ulpt0 ? > > Because if the simple tests fail, then the complex ones (ghostscript -> > PPD -> driver) also fail. But actually I didn't try the whole chain yet. > > > >>: Is it a somewhat known issue, or should I supply additional debug >>: information? >> >>Yes. It is telling you your printer is broken :-). There's no >>software problem here. Your printer stupidly reports offline status. > > > Then I guess the Windows driver is more "kickass" or simply doesn't care > whether the printer is online. Ummmm - aren't the Minolta printers with 'W' in the model number Windows-only printers? That is, they depend on a windows driver for a great deal of their functionality, as I understand it, which is why they are cheaper than the non-W models... Gary