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[Ranko Sredojevic]

On 11/27/05, Roland Smith <rsmith at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 03:10:29PM -0500, Ranko Sredojevic wrote:
>
> > Any ideas on lpd/lpq problem? I sent various things out to print... More
> or
> > less succesfully... :\
> > I use the simplest filter: cat, trying to send .ps to the printer.
> Sometimes
> > it prints the whole
> > document... sometimes just part of it... (for longer ones) I haven't
> managed
> > to get more
> > than 8 pages (4 sheets) in one print? Any ideas?
>
> Is it a parallel port printer? If so, set your parallel port into
> polling mode: lptcontrol -p -d /dev/lpt0.ctl
>
> If that works, set the following in /boot/device.hints:
>
> hint.ppc.0.flags="0x20"
>
> and it will be put into polling mode at boot.


No, it is network printer...  Sorry,  I forgot to mention.

Some documents (smaller ones) it prints fine. Some other: it just
doesn't print ... or prints the error message I already sent ... or part
of it... depends on mood I guess :)

rasha