Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Michael K. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: Printer on fire - I feel like an idiot | Date | Tue, 19 Nov 1996 12:03:02 -0500 |
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"Marko Siladin" writes: >But the problem is that my printer was - off-line and that the driver >did not detect that. Now I understand that there are many printers out >there and that it is not easy to write an universal driver. But the >point is that lp did not recognize that my printer was off-line. >The pause button on the printer is the closest thing I >can see to an off-line (except the power switch :) )
The printer signaled the off-line condition in a non-standard way, or you have a non-standard cable. The condition that was created was not defined by any specification (as of the time I worked on the driver) and therefore could mean anything at all -- it's an unspecified error.
michaelkjohnson
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