Cannot print more than a handful of pages

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Sun Mar 26 06:07:53 PST 2006


hmauchle at magnet.ch wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> My printer (Samsung CLP-550, CLP-550ps.ppd) doesn't print documents with
> more than about 5 pages. It is attached to a U.S. Robotics
> Swtich with a parallel printer port.
> 
> The configuration is
> URI: lpd://192.168.1.4/lp
> where 192.168.1.4 is my switch.
> 
> Small files are no problem, but when printing
> for example 10 pages of a PDF document, the printer
> starts to blink but not one page comes out.
> 
> After a while CUPS GUI says "Remote host did not accept data file (32)",
> the printer is stopped.

Sounds like either the printer or the switch don't like talking to
each other.

The first place I'd look is the switch - upgrade to the latest
firmware, if possible, and then look at the parallel port
configuration settings - speeds, bidirectional support, etc.

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