I have had what seems to be the same printer problem you describe, ever since I installed Debian Etch in February 2007 on my new computer with an amd64 type processor. My printer is an HP Deskpro 500, and the computer has a Asus p5b mainboard with Intel E6300 processor.
>From time to time I have looked into this problem and finally today solved it after reading this report of Bug #38805 in Debian. https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+bug/38805 I checked my bios setup and under Parellel Port Mode found four choices. Normal, Bi-directional, EPP and ECP. I had the problem with it set at ECP but when I choose Normal, the printer works. Hope this fixes your problem as well, Bob C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
