Stubborn Printer
Greetings all,
I just got a new printer, a Canon BJC1000 which I got for free,
so I can't complain much. It works fine under windows, and I seemed
to get it all installed correctly under potato, but it refuses to print.
My printcap, etc seems to be all set correctly, the kernel identifies the
printer on bootup thusly:
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2]
parport0: Printer, Canon BJC-1000
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
lpc, etc tell me the print spooler is up, and active.
But anything directed to /dev/lp0 seems to vanish into the bitbucket.
Jobs never show up in the queue, and nothing ever comes out of the
printer.
doing a cat /dev/lp0 produces the following status information coming
from the printer via the IEEE 1284 interface.
#DWS:NO;DOC:4,00,NO;DSC:NO;DBS:NO;#DWS:NO;DOC:4,00,NO;DSC:NO;DBS:NO;
<repeated infinitely>
Anyone have any experience with Canon Bubblejet Printers, etc? I recompiled the
kernel and added all the relevant modules as compiled in code, and the printer
seems to be communicating with the system, but is never initiating the print
process. Any suggestions would be most appreiciated.
Regards,
Todd
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