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From: bill@zycor.UUCP (bill)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Microport V/AT Printer Spooler non-Problem
Keywords: Microport lp hangs non-bug
Message-ID: <122@zycor.UUCP>
Date: 5 Dec 88 15:49:36 GMT
References: <1559@ssc.UUCP>
Reply-To: bill@zycor.UUCP (bill)
Organization: zycor, Inc. - Omaha, NE
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In article <1559@ssc.UUCP> fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes) writes:
}           I suggested they swipe a printer from their DOS machine to get
} things running.  They have a Brother printer.  When they plugged it in
} printing took off.
} 
} About 1 hour later they called back.  Things had stopped working.  An
} lpstat showed the old "printer spooler bug" - idle printer but files in
} the queue.  This is only one data point but it sounds to me like there is
} a difference between Centronics and Centronics compatible.

I have a Epson Rx-80 and a Panasonic KX-P3151 for nice output. The
Epson works fine. If I plug in the Panasonic instead, the system
prints for about 2 minutes then crashes. This is with a Herc graphics
card (mono). I have not tried swapping cards yet... In any case, this
would lead me to the same conclusion as above - there is some difference
between compatible and compatible. 

-- 
Bill Mahoney
bill@zycor.UUCP
Sorry Sen. Bison, but you're no Yacc Kennedy...