Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 19 Nov 1996 16:18:53 -0600 (CST) | From | "Daniel A. Taylor" <> | Subject | Re: Printer on fire - I feel like an idiot |
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On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Keith Rohrer wrote:
> > > msiladin@athos.mas.vcu.edu (Marko Siladin) wrote on 18.11.96 in <9611190201.AA16956@athos.mas.vcu.edu>: > > > > There *is* a definition on how to handle the different signals on that > > parallel port. All parties should conform to it, or confusion will result > > - as happened in your case. > Perhaps. But then again, there are "definitions" (such as PostScript) which > are incomplete or inaccurate without reading between the lines and knowing > what really happens... > > Does anyone get an "offline" status (presumably from lpq or lpc stat after > the printer's been offline when lpd wanted to feed it something) from a > printer which is merely offline, without kernel patches? > Yes. I have a DeskJet 660 at home which has always responded with proper errors and *never "Printer on fire".
Daniel Taylor Digi International Tech Support
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