On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 11:20:24AM -0500, Don Montgomery wrote: > This is a belated follow-up to my amd64 Samsung printer > trouble postings. After pursuing every avenue suggested > on this list, and doing some reinstalls, and looking at > how Knoppix successfully recognized the printer, I finally > gave up for a while. > > I came back to the problem a couple of days ago, and reset > the server config file to default. I then tried to set up > the printer. Although the printer was recognized by name, > it would not do more than warm up and sit idle. This > time, though, I noticed two other entries in the printer > list, a Canon and an Epson (don't ask, I do not have such > printers, and I have no idea how they got there). Just > for fun, I made the Epson the default. Lo and behold, the > Samsung is operating just fine. Go figure. > > Thanks for all the suggestions, and also for a truly fine > distribution. The machine is a pleasure to use.
I believe the epson and canon entries are specific ways to drive a parallel port. I think they do the handshaking lines a bit differently or something like that. Never really bothered to find out for sure since I only use network and usb printers anymore. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
