Jason R Thorpe wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 01:59:09PM -0500, Johnny C. Lam wrote:
>
>  > In response to an inquiry about the USB printer code in CUPS, Michael
>  > Sweet, the primary author of CUPS notes:
>  >
>  > The FreeBSD USB printer driver resets the USB printer on open,
>  > unless you use the "unlptN" device.  This reset prevents some
>  > printers from receiving the first bytes of the print job, which
>  > then causes lots of spew... :(
>
> Hm, I notice this with my Lexmark E310... Why do we reset the printer
> on open, anyway?

Because lpt does.  Maybe it's time to remove the reset?


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