Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Jun 1998 01:03:23 -0700 (PDT) | From | Derrik <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.10[56] parallel port problems - starts with 2.1.104 |
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On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Henrik Storner wrote:
> That I can use interrupt-driven mode is actually an improvement - until > now, that mode has always been 100% broken with my system. And indeed, > the patch does include a note that the interrupt handling was modified > to cater for a "buggy handshake" on some HP and Epson printers. > > >The printer is an Epson Color Stylus II. > > The parallel port is built into the motherboard, an FIC PA-2007 using > the VIA VP2 chipset. The BIOS setup of the parallel port is > * I/O port 0x378, IRQ 7 > * EPP/SPP mode > * EPP type 1.9
Try using EPP 1.7 mode. Or, maybe turn off EPP more altogether and try straight bidi mode, or maybe PS/2 parallel port mode if your BIOS supports it.
Derrik Pates dpates@kalifornia.com dpates@acm.org
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