Peter Simons wrote
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In the meantime I have tried a gazillion IRQ and jumper settings,
> kernel options and other stuff and I have managed to make the printer
> work. Via /dev/lpa0 I can print.
> 
> Nonetheless I still get the "lpt0: printer offline" error from the
> kernel. I have tried it with an external parallel io card and had the
> same problem, so I am pretty sure that I can rule out hardware defects
> or irq collisions.
> 
> Does anyone know of a bug or problem in the irq-driven parallel
> driver? The polling version seems to work, even though it complains
> about numerous things, such as "printer offline" or "out of paper". I
> have even tried a different printer and a different cable, all with
> the same result.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 

Your are not alone with this problem... I am getting the printer of
line message every so often which I have learned to ignore ;)

cheerio Berndt
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