[97918] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Epson Stylus 800 slowness
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rob@scalas.com)
Thu Nov 5 19:40:36 1998
From: rob@scalas.com
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Nov 1998 17:19:41 EST."
<Pine.LNX.4.02.9811051711200.1088-100000@marble.elanco.k12.pa.us>
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 19:39:53 -0500
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
Reply-To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Kevin,
I have the same printer and the same problem. I understand that the lp driver
in kernel 2.0.35 is the culpret, and that either going back to 2.0.34 or up to
2.0.36 will fix it. I haven't had time to try either.
Rob
> Hi,
>
> I've been playing remote sys admin for my brother who is at college,
> having built and setup a RHL box for him. I got him an Epson Stylus 800
> printer because it appeared to be a decent printer and it was supported by
> RHL 5.1. He was home a few weekends ago and took it back and I walked him
> through the setup steps. However, he's got a bit of a problem (and I
> quote from an email he sent me):
>
> Kevin,
>
> All seems well with the printer except for one thing. Right now, a page
> takes about 5 minutes to completely print. The printer prints a line
> and waits about 10 seconds until it prints the next line. Can you
> remedy this problem, what's the problem, or can you tell me what to
> check or change to fix the problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Joel
>
> At this point, not being there, I don't know if I can isolate the problem
> as being hardware or software and I was wondering if anyone on the list
> can help me out. According to specs for that printer, it has an IEEE1284
> Bi-directional Parallel interface and I thought I bought the proper cable
> for that. Before I run around troubleshooting hardware, I would like to
> know if there's a known software glitch with RedHat's printer drivers.
>
> This is a system running RHL 5.1 with all the latest updates.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Kevin
>
> --
> Kevin M. Myer
> Technical Services Specialist
> ELANCO School District
>
>
>
> --
> PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
> http://www.redhat.com http://archive.redhat.com
> To unsubscribe: mail redhat-list-request@redhat.com with
> "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
>
--
Robert Scala
Player Systems Corp.
860-443-5702 voice and fax
--
PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
http://www.redhat.com http://archive.redhat.com
To unsubscribe: mail redhat-list-request@redhat.com with
"unsubscribe" as the Subject.
