Disabling printer->CUPS communication

[Helge Blischke]

Julius Schwartzenberg wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I seem to have a hardware problem, when trying to print to my Hewlett
> Packard Deskjet 697C. I often get the following error in my logs when
> trying to print:
> Error: /rangecheck in .installpagedevice
> Everything used to work without problems, but suddenly it started giving
> this error. It sometimes does work, but most of the time it does not.
> I've tried it on both my Slackware 10.0 x86 system and on my SPARC system
> with Solaris 9. They both give the same error. When I disconnect the
> printer and then start the job, it just sits in the queue and then gives me
> the error at the point I connect the printer.
> 
> I've currently connected the printer to a MS Windows 98 system, and there I
> was able to get it to work though! It was detected as a 'HP Deskjet 690C'
> and using a generic driver it seems to print without problems!
> 
> I'm suspecting that somehow there is a communication error between the
> printer and CUPS/the printerdriver and that the generic MS Windows driver
> hasn't got any support for the extra communication between the printsystem
> and the printer. I thought it might be possible to disable this extra
> communication and to allow the printer to work.
> I haven't been able to figure out how to do this though.
> Does anybody have any idea how to do this or maybe recommend another
> (generic) driver that I could use?
> 
> Thanks a lot in advance,
> Julius

You didn't tell anything about your configuration, so it is hard to give
any
advice.

Look at the linuxprinting.org web site and compare your configuration
with the 
recommendations given there.

Helge

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