Re: [hpoj-devel] hpo bug (sane 1.0.4)

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Ben "Obi-Wan" Hollingsworth wrote:
> Printing to /dev/lp0.
> 
> There are a number of related entries in a number of different log
> files, but I was messing with the config all night, and this was a
> few days ago, so I don't remember which messages apply to my current
> configuration.  I'll try it again tonight (hopefully) and see what
> the logs turn up.
> 
> This is a Debian 2.2 (unstable) distribution, BTW.
Hi, "Obi-Wan".  :-)  Since you're running "unstable" Debian, then perhaps
you should try "unstable" hpoj from CVS.  It has a new user-mode I/O driver
(ptal-mlcd), which I expect will either work better or at least will provide
better diagnostics.

Note that once you have the hpoj software running, you should print to
/dev/ptal-printd/XXXXXX ("XXXXXX" varies between hpoj-0.7 and hpoj-CVS)
instead of /dev/lp0.

> I would also like to add that I think this HP/Linux co-venture for
> drivers is awesome.  I bought my PSC 500 some time ago, against the
> advice of some who knew better than I, and I had been regretting it
> almost from day one because scanning didn't work & printing was crappy.
> With the new HPIJS driver, printing is now great, and I anticipate
> scanning will work equally well before long.
Thanks for your comments.  I'm glad that you're now happy with your PSC 500
(pending further setup of scanning, of course).

> I wish I had the time
> to code to the project.  I've got the skills, but not the time.
Even if you don't have time for coding, any testing/feedback you can give
on the development code in CVS will be extremely valuable as I prepare for
the next stable release (0.8) in the next few months.

David