HP LaserJet 4050 help
Wade Smart
wade at wadesmart.com
Mon Jul 16 22:05:01 UTC 2007
David Ford wrote:
> Wade Smart wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> 07162007 1651 GMT-6
>>
>> Ok. I fixed the no system default destination.
>> I did this: root at wadesmart:~# echo "Printer" >/dev/lp0
>> and nothing happened except the printer said: Data Received.
>> I reached over to hit a button and accidently hit GO and it printed out
>> the page. So, it got the information but it just wont print.
>>
>> Why would that be?
>>
>> wade
>>
>>
>>
>
> On this particular event, try adding a form feed at the end of "Printer"
> such as echo -ne "Printer\n\f" .. and it should print and eject the
> page. Until the FF is received, the printer assumes more data will be
> arriving for the page and waits.
>
> -david
>
>
07162007 1703 GMT-6 DST
Holly Smokes! It worked.
But, when I try to print from any application I still get:
Jul 16 17:00:57 wadesmart parport0: INFO: open print channel failed;
will retry in 30 seconds...
in my Error message.
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