Re: Printer stops after half of page
"M.C. Vernon" <mcv21@cus.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> > my printer ( hp deskjet 500, debian hamm ) stops after a few lines and
> > stays busy forever. I tried dvi and ps via magicfilter. Half of the
> > page comes out, then the printer stops, busy light on, and nothing
> > happens. lpq says no jobs. Does anyone know the problem ( and solution )?
>
> If the busy light is on, perhaps it's `thinking' about the second half -
> i.e. the computer has sent it to the printer, which does stuff to it
> before printing. Have you tried slink magicfilter?
No, and it worked ok some time with the hamm magicfilter. The page to
print is a 1300 bytes dvi-file, so there shouldn't be much to think
about.
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