Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 09:18:24 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: scanner@jurai.net Cc: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ARGH! Stupid LPD error... Message-ID: <20010418091824.B4712@itouchnz.itouch> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104171709350.42409-100000@sasami.jurai.net>; from scanner@jurai.net on Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 05:13:36PM -0400 References: <20010417160730.A20235@dan.emsphone.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104171709350.42409-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 05:13:36PM -0400, scanner@jurai.net wrote:
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>
> > Is the printer offline maybe? Try running "lptcontrol -p" to set the
> > printer device to polled mode. That has helped for me in the past.
>
> GRRR. open-systems# lptcontrol -p
> lptcontrol: open: Device busy
Um. Make sure the cables and connections are seated firmly? The printer
should be holding one of the pins down to indicate online mode, otherwise
/dev/lpt0 will report device dead/offline; ie exactly what you're
seeing.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>
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