On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 14:03 -0600, Norman Carver wrote:
> Hey, here's an even stranger finding on the
> W98-mdk/usb-parallel Epson printer saga:
>
> If you have both the usb and parallel cables
> connected to the Epson, but you only use the
> usb associated printer in W98 to print, then
> parallel port printing works fine when you switch
> to Linux. However, if you do any W98 printing
> via the printer queue associated with the parallel
> port, then the printer will not work in Linux
> unless the printer is powered down prior to
> rebooting the PC. Bizarre!
>
> BTW: the same problem affects Caldera OL2.3--so
> not suprisingly not a mdk-specific problem.
IMHO it still is not a Linux problem at all. Windows is talking
to the printer in different ways than Linux does. So all data
which Windows stores in the printer's memory has to be erased
before you can use it with Linux.
wobo
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