Data send to printer via /dev/lpt0 in 6.1-STABLE hangs

[Kees Plonsz]

On Friday 18 August 2006 14:50, Kees Plonsz wrote:
> A bitmapfile for a printer send to /dev/lpt0 doesn't do anything,
> it just hangs:
> 
> # cat bitmapfile  > /dev/lpt0
> 
> No error reports anywhere.
> Cannot be interrupted with ^C or ^Z
> Any other mode with "lptcontrol" does not have any effect.
> 
> Same configuration in 6.1-Release works o.k.

Found it.
plip0 interface was default "up". Should be default "down"
My Canon printer was seen as a point to point interface.
Nice joke :-)