From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain (1490223.cipherkey.com [64.114.149.223]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A9634829 for ; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 00:48:13 -0700 (MST) Received: from vilmos.org (my [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h0A7d50v010598 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 23:39:05 -0800 Received: (from vilmos@localhost) by vilmos.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id h0A7d5JW010596 for parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 23:39:05 -0800 Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 23:39:05 -0800 From: Vilmos Soti Message-Id: <200301100739.h0A7d5JW010596@vilmos.org> To: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Printing problem with HP9000 712/80 Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hello, Thanks all of you for the answers. Now at least I know that the unaligned access message is normal and the harmony is full duplex. About the printer. This is a full-blown (not windows only) printer. I tried to connect it to another Linux box, and I could print a pcl file by catting it to /dev/lp0. I could also print a text file (/etc/passwd and an ^L at the end) by sending it to /dev/lp0. However, when I connect it to the HP9000 712/80 box, then nothing happens even if I tried to cat the same pcl file to the printer port. I massaged the connectors to make sure that there is no contact error. This is not the case since the printer works perfectly on the two other boxes. On the other hand, I do have an old Panasonic dot matrix printer, and if I connect that printer to the box, and send a text file with an ^L at the end, it does print. So now I am in the situation that the HP computer doesn't talk to the HP printer but to the Panasonic one. The printer has only one connector which seems proprietary, but the other end of the end of the cable is parallel. Thanks, Vilmos