USB printing mangles printjob :-(

[James Tanis]

Can't say I've ever had a problem with my HP DJ5550 on a USB port.

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:26:25 +0200
Bernd Walter <ticso at cicely12.cicely.de> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 04:11:23PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> > On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 13:49:25 +0200
> > Bernd Walter <ticso at cicely12.cicely.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > > If I send that file to the printer via the parallel port, it prints
> > > > perfectly.  If I send it via USB/ulpt there are corrupted bytes in
> > > > the job which mess up the printout in various ways.
> > > 
> > > I've seen this too on current.
> > > It seemed that bytes are lost if output is blocked due to a full
> > > printers input buffer.
> > > I've thought that this was an incompatibility between my USB-printer
> > > adapter and the printer because the adapter works with other printers.
> > 
> > With a May 30 kernel I have no problems with my HP Deskjet 895Cxi.
> > Perhaps it depends on a certain chipset or printer...
> 
> As my Adapter works with some printers my guess is a timing triggered
> bug.
> We will see exactly what it was when it's fixed :)
> 
> -- 
> B.Walter                   BWCT                http://www.bwct.de
> ticso at bwct.de                                  info at bwct.de
> 
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