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Subject: Re: lpt0 always busy
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> 
> It seriously looks like the printer, cable or port are broken, or the
> printer  is very very special..
> 
> What sort of printer is it?

its a canon lbp 460 - ugly gdi printer :)

> 
> You could try printing to /dev/lpt0.ctl since that will ignore BUSY
> for the  open.

one can print using lpt0.ctl? - thx 4 the hint - i'll check this ...

thx
regards,
stan