On Thu, 20 Aug 1998 10:43:18 +0200 
 Michael Lorenz <ml@wisent.de> wrote:

 > OK, you MAY have success with the following: compile a evice called ppi =
 > ( parallel printer interface ) into your kernel, hardwired to - maybe - =
 > hpib0/id5. Printers will not be detected on startup but with the ppi =
 > driver you can send data to a printer on the hpib-id compiled into your =
 > kernel. But beware, it's slow and may slow down or lock up your machine =
 > when the printer tries to report error conditions and so on, so don't =
 > try it when compiling a kernel...
 > 
 > sending raw data to my thinkjet works but lpd locks up...

If anyone would like to debug this, I would be most grateful... I don't have
any HP-IB printer hardware at all....

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