> > It seriously looks like the printer, cable or port are broken, or the > printer is very very special.. > > What sort of printer is it? its a canon lbp 460 - ugly gdi printer :) > > You could try printing to /dev/lpt0.ctl since that will ignore BUSY > for the open. one can print using lpt0.ctl? - thx 4 the hint - i'll check this ... thx regards, stan