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> > msiladin@athos.mas.vcu.edu (Marko Siladin) wrote on 18.11.96 in <9611190201.AA16956@athos.mas.vcu.edu>:
> >
> > There *is* a definition on how to handle the different signals on that
> > parallel port. All parties should conform to it, or confusion will result
> > - as happened in your case.
> Perhaps. But then again, there are "definitions" (such as PostScript) which
> are incomplete or inaccurate without reading between the lines and knowing
> what really happens...
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> Does anyone get an "offline" status (presumably from lpq or lpc stat after
> the printer's been offline when lpd wanted to feed it something) from a
> printer which is merely offline, without kernel patches?
>
Yes. I have a DeskJet 660 at home which has always responded
with proper errors and *never "Printer on fire".
Daniel Taylor Digi International Tech Support