Re: [MAYBE NOT SO] Bug on lp.o? on kernel-2.2.15

[Pablo Baena]

Uhmm, now I remembered that I changed my computer this days. A small
detail. :) Well, I had my BIOS in EPP v1.9, I changed it to Normal and
the printer works just fine.

Is it still a bug? I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
                                                                Pablo.

Pablo Baena <[e-mail]> writes:

> Hello!
>         I know nothing about programming so forgive me if this report
> sounds stupid. I have this problem. I used to do a
> 
> cat myfile.txt > /dev/lp0
> 
> without a problem before (before 2.2.xx I think). Now I get
> 
> cat: write error: Input/output error
> 
> after a while, and the file doesn't completes printing.
> It starts printing all right but doesn't finish.
> I have a dot-matrix printer (Citizen GSX-190), and I don't use
> continuous feed paper, I use individual paper, so when I change
> pages it takes a while to put the other page and put the printer
> back on-line. Maybe thats the problem. Perhaps adding more timeout?
> 
> Again, sorry if this is stupid, I've been tracking the bug down since
> quite a long time. First lpr didn't work and I thought lpr was the problem,
> and I've spent thousands of pages until I realized that I had a 
> input/output error when writing directly to the device, so then I
> realized it could be a kernel problem. My printer works fine with
> Windows 98, so there's no way it is failing for other reason.
> 
> Please do not hesitate to ask me to elaborate on my bug report.
> I don't know what else could be relevant.
> 
> Thanks for your time.
>                                                 Pablo.
> 
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> "Es América Latina, la región de las venas abiertas."
> 				Eduardo Galeano

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