Back-channel

[Michael Sweet]

angelb wrote:
> Hello all;
> 
> I've not paid much attention with the back-channel message before but
> can I presume it's there to tell me the printer is ack'ing all data
> was received for printing?
> 
> I [20/Jul/2006:09:25:38 +0000] [Job 68642] Received 23 bytes of back-channel data!
> 
> Any ideas, suggestions?

Backchannel data is sent for a variety of reasons, depending on the
printer and driver being used.

If you can provide more information (what printer, what PPD file,
etc.) then I can provide more specific advice...

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