USB 2 HP Laserjet 2550L problem

[Steve O'Hara-Smith]

On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 10:38:25 +0200
Torfinn Ingolfsen <torfinn.ingolfsen at broadpark.no> wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 07:14:46 +0100
> Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve at sohara.org> wrote:
> 
> > support, so I'm using it as a PostScript printer.
> > 
> > 	It /nearly/ works. The first job to the printer prints fine (and
> > quickly) but the data transfer light keeps flashing and the printer
> > will not print anything else until a timeout passes, at which point

<snip>

> Some Postscript printers adhere very strict to the "protocol". This
> means that they will wait (and wait, and wait...) for the end of job
> character (Ctrl-D) before they think that a job is finished. This is

	One nail hit squarely on the head - thank you Torfinn.

	I added this script as the if and all is now well:

#cat /usr/local/libexec/lpr/if-ps 
#!/bin/sh
/bin/cat
/bin/echo -n ^D

	PS to all -stable users - count this as a success story for USB 2
support under -stable :)

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