From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 10 13:03:13 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0D9516A476 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:03:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: from tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu (smtp.mail.umich.edu [141.211.93.161]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BDF013C46E for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:03:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from web@umich.edu) Received: FROM dell1 (Unknown [141.211.15.39]) BY tombraider.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 46938137.440A6.29669 ; 10 Jul 2007 08:53:11 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:52:57 -0400 From: William Bulley To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070710125257.GA61945@dell1> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Subject: odd HP 1320 printer behaviour... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:03:13 -0000 I have an HP 1320 (only has USB and parallel support) hooked to a FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE box using a USB cable. I have configured /dev/ulpt0 into my /etc/printcap file. Everything works fine and I am happy with this setup except for one odd behaviour. The last page of a multi-page print job will "linger" - somewhere - while the green light on the HP continues to blink -- as if data were being sent to it. The lpq(1) command reports "no entries" when run, and then about a minute or two later, this "last page" gets printed. Is there some configuration that I am missing? Is this an artifact of the USB protocol? Is this the way the HP 1320 laser printer operates? Is this a feature (or bug) of the USB printer driver /dev/ulpt0 that is not documented? I've read the man pages and searched using Google to see if this is a known problem. Any suggestions will be gladly accepted. I can live with this behaviour, but it seems very odd. Regards, web... -- William Bulley Email: web@umich.edu