Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 11:59:28 +0200 From: Thomas Gellekum <Thomas.Gellekum@gmx.de> To: Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [8-STABLE] USB printer disconnecting when trying to print Message-ID: <86r5l5h8xr.fsf@siegel.tg.intern> In-Reply-To: <20100521110459.925a01b9.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> (Torfinn Ingolfsen's message of "Fri, 21 May 2010 11:04:59 %2B0200") References: <86vdahhd4f.fsf@siegel.tg.intern> <20100521110459.925a01b9.torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no>
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Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen@broadpark.no> writes: > On Fri, 21 May 2010 10:29:04 +0200 > Thomas Gellekum <Thomas.Gellekum@gmx.de> wrote: > >> echo "hallo" > /dev/ulpt0 >> [...] >> Any ideas on how to debug this are welcome. > > Most of todays printers do NOT understand plain text, usually you need a driver which transforms whatever you want to print into > the language the printer understands. Sorry, I was a bit too brief here. This "echo" is just to replicate the symptoms as seen from the kernel messages. I get the same behaviour and kernel output from "lpr /some/file.ps" using an input filter. The printer itself is old enough to understand ASCII text ;-). tg
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