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mato...@iname.com

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Jun 3, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/3/00
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Hello,

I'm trying to setup an HP DeskJet 970Cxi on my Indigo,
using lpr + apsfilter + ghostscript but it's not working.
I tried the test in apsfilter's SETUP and I get /dev/plp : I/O error
The printer is brand new and does work. Any ideas?

IRIX 6.5.8m
Apsfilter 5.4.2
ghostscript 6.21 (cdj970 driver)


Thanks in advance,

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mato...@iname.com

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Jun 3, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/3/00
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In article <8hbt80$23m$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
mato...@iname.com wrote:

> I'm trying to setup an HP DeskJet 970Cxi on my Indigo,
> using lpr + apsfilter + ghostscript but it's not working.
> I tried the test in apsfilter's SETUP and I get /dev/plp : I/O error

I removed the "dR" flags from /var/sysgen/master.d/hpcplp and
autoconfig'ed and the problem went away at reboot (somehow dynamic
loading of the driver failed apparently because the machine has more
than 128MB RAM).

But it still doesn't work. The apsfilter test sucessfully passes through
ghostscript (1.3 min on this 150MHz R4400 machine), but then sticks at
sending the 3MB of PCL data to the device (I stopped it after half an
hour, with PIO still at 100% on grosview).

Neil Rothwell

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Jun 4, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/4/00
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On Sat, 03 Jun 2000 23:23:41 GMT, mato...@iname.com wrote:

>In article <8hbt80$23m$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
> mato...@iname.com wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to setup an HP DeskJet 970Cxi on my Indigo,
>> using lpr + apsfilter + ghostscript but it's not working.
>> I tried the test in apsfilter's SETUP and I get /dev/plp : I/O error
>
>I removed the "dR" flags from /var/sysgen/master.d/hpcplp and
>autoconfig'ed and the problem went away at reboot (somehow dynamic
>loading of the driver failed apparently because the machine has more
>than 128MB RAM).
>
>But it still doesn't work. The apsfilter test sucessfully passes through
>ghostscript (1.3 min on this 150MHz R4400 machine), but then sticks at
>sending the 3MB of PCL data to the device (I stopped it after half an
>hour, with PIO still at 100% on grosview).

I had a very similar problem with a HP Deskjet 1220C on an Indigo2
parallel port (using lp & ghostscript). Seem these modern HPs are just
not compatible with older SGI parallel ports, perhaps they demand
EPP/ECP. On rare occasions I would get a simple text print but mainly
the print would freeze just after the printer started receiving.

I've now resorted to attaching the printer to a PC and adding
smbclient to my interface script.

Cheers

P.S. This must work somehow as ESPPrint can print to such printer via
SGI parallel ports.
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Neil Rothwell
Freelance Mechanical Design Engineer
E-Mail: ne...@rothers.demon.co.uk
Home Page: http://www.rothers.demon.co.uk
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mato...@iname.com

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Jun 5, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/5/00
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In article <e62kjsc9ssehman0h...@4ax.com>,
Neil Rothwell <ne...@rothers.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I had a very similar problem with a HP Deskjet 1220C on an Indigo2
> parallel port (using lp & ghostscript). Seem these modern HPs are just
> not compatible with older SGI parallel ports, perhaps they demand
> EPP/ECP. On rare occasions I would get a simple text print but mainly

Today I confirmed I have to go with plan B (print server): it's ECP.
[Had to call, not that it figures anywhere in the online or the manual's
spec sheets :-( ]

Thanks,

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