Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 17 Jul 1996 11:34:35 +0100 (BST) | From | Bryn Paul Arnold Jones <> | Subject | Re: lp1 strangeness |
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On Tue, 16 Jul 1996, Baard Johannessen wrote:
> > Can somebody please tell me why all of a sudden (never before with the same > > setup) I have the following message continually logging in /var/log/messages > > every 5-10 seconds? > > > lp1 out of paper. > > > Yes there is paper there. > > Is it working? If so, I have no idea, but if its not, there is probably some > other problem and one of to things could have happened: > > 1) There is some error condition in the printer, and it signals it to > your box by saying "Out of paper". > > 2) The printer is sending some other error signal to your box, and the the > driver dont know what to say, so it says "lp1 out of paper". > > Anyway, the messages will proably go away if you delete the printjob waiting > to be printed to that port. > > Then again, I might be all wrong :) > > [Flames via eMail] (TM) > > Regards > bardj > Have you checked the cable, has it got kinks or been squashed ? Is it pluged in properly ?
Oh, don't play with the cable while everything is switched on, I've been told that the chips that run things are sensitive to playing, unlike serial cables .... Bryn -- PGP key pass phrase forgotten, \ Overload -- core meltdown sequence again :( | initiated. / This space is intentionally left | blank, apart from this text ;-) \____________________________________
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