On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 15:02, Richard Bown wrote: > Hi > this is minor but damn annoying > > After trying to print a jpeg from gimp-1.2.5-6mdk to an Epson C82 > printer using CUPS, instead of a nice piccy of a swiss steam engine I > got > 1 line of about 20 characters mix of german, greek , math symbols. > > on page after page after page. > Flushed the printer queue....no change > removed printer for config.....no change > disconnected the printer......no change > power cycled the printer.... eventually stops > reconnected the printer to PC..... it starts again !!!!!!! > reboot the PC ....its still going > power down the pc ....it stopped > > > reconfigure the printer in CUPs > and print a test page.....working > Thats the first time I've ever seen that.. > OK it may be a coincidence that 9.2 is involved as the other factor is > the new kernel 2.4.22 > > has anyone seen similar ??? > > Richard
One question. How many different "drivers" did drakprint have for your printer. One option could be to try one of the other ones. If this doesn't work..... bugs.mandrakesoft.com is your friend. *grin* James
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