Printing question

[R Kimber]

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 08:41:35 -0600
Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some PCs also seem to have some sort of buffer on the parallel port --
> I had a Compaq Pentium 200 set up as a print server, and while I was
> testing a driver in CUPS for an old Canon inkjet, I would find that
> not only would I have to turn off the printer but I would reboot the
> CPU to clean out the buffer. Quite annoying! I never found any command
> that would purge the buffer, but I found I could unload and reload the
> parallel port kernel module to purge the buffer. That was effective,
> but much more complicated than a reboot!

That might be an explanation, though it's hard to tell.  But see my
other reply about running processes.

> (I ultimately gave up on the free gimp-print driver when I discovered
> a commercial driver that supported the old Canon inkjet very well.)

May I ask what company this was?  I'm always willing to pay (a
reasonable amount of) money for something that will work reliably.

- Richard
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Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/