HP PSC 500

Hello list,

is there any hope for the following printer config problem? I don't
know what I did wrong: 

Hp psc 500 connected via parallel to a gentoo linux (2.6.10-ck5) box
running cups (1.1.23) and having libusb 0.1.8 on it. First
hpoi-0.91-r3 didn't want to compile; here is a small report about what
the linker complained: 

Configuration done.  Created Makefiles using the following substitutions:
  SUBDIRS               = lib/hpojip lib/ptal lib/sane mlcd apps/cmdline
  bindir_program        = apps/cmdline/ptal-connect apps/cmdline/ptal-device apps/
cmdline/ptal-devid apps/cmdline/ptal-pml apps/cmdline/ptal-hp apps/cmdline/hpojip-
test
  sbindir_program       = mlcd/ptal-mlcd apps/cmdline/ptal-printd apps/cmdline/pta
l-photod scripts/ptal-init scripts/ptal-cups
  includedir_data       = include/hpojip.h include/ptal.h
  VAR_RUN_PREFIX_CFLAGS = -DVAR_RUN_PREFIX="\"/var/run\""
  PAR_PLATFORM          = LINUX
  USB_PLATFORM          = LINUX
  MLCD_OBJS             =  ParPort.o
  MLCD_CFLAGS           =  -DHAVE_LIBUSB 
  MLCD_LFLAGS           =   -lusb
  DEFINES_CMDLINE       = 
  INCLUDE_CMDLINE       = -I/var/tmp/portage/hpoj-0.91-r3/work/hpoj-0.91/include
  LIBRARY_CMDLINE       = -L/var/tmp/portage/hpoj-0.91-r3/work/hpoj-0.91/lib/hpoji
p -L/var/tmp/portage/hpoj-0.91-r3/work/hpoj-0.91/lib/ptal -L/var/tmp/portage/hpoj-
0.91-r3/work/hpoj-0.91/lib/sane
  LIBSNMP_CMDLINE       = 
  CUPS_BACKEND_DIR      = /usr
  SANE_BACKEND_DIR      = /usr/lib/sane
  SANE_ETC_DIR          = /etc/sane.d
  LIBQT_CMDLINE         = 
  QT_MOC                = 

[...]
g++ -I/var/tmp/portage/hpoj-0.91-r3/work/hpoj-0.91/mlcd -I/var/tmp/portage/hpoj-0.
91-r3/work/hpoj-0.91/mlcd/transport -O -g -Wall -DEX_TRANSPORT_UNIX_PORT -DPAR_PLA
TFORM_LINUX -DUSB_PLATFORM_LINUX -DJD_DEBUGLITE  -DHAVE_LIBUSB  -DVAR_RUN_PREFIX="
\"/var/run\"" -c -o transport/ExMlcCommandChannel.o transport/ExMlcCommandChannel.
cpp
g++ -lusb -o ptal-mlcd ExMgr.o ParPort.o transport/ExTransport.o transport/ExMlcTr
ansport.o transport/ExMlcCommandChannel.o 
ExMgr.o(.text+0xb17f): In function `UsbMgr::llioInit()':
/var/tmp/portage/hpoj-0.91-r3/work/hpoj-0.91/mlcd/ExMgr.cpp:3945: undefined refere
nce to `usb_init'
ExMgr.o(.text+0xb1f5): In function `UsbMgr::llioGlob()':
/var/tmp/portage/hpoj-0.91-r3/work/hpoj-0.91/mlcd/ExMgr.cpp:3959: undefined refere
nce to `usb_find_busses'

[...etc. (more usb-stuff)]

I changed the following line in mlcd/Makefile.in:

--- Makefile.in.orig    2005-01-04 13:48:51.259014296 +0100
+++ Makefile.in 2005-01-04 13:49:28.096414160 +0100
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 all:           $(GOAL)
 
 $(GOAL):       $(OBJS)
-               $(CXX) $(LFLAGS) -o $(GOAL) $(OBJS)
+               $(CXX) -o $(GOAL) $(OBJS) $(LFLAGS)
 
 clean:
                rm -f $(OBJS) $(GOAL)

Install was fine then. Configuration: 

init.version=2
init.mlcd.append+=-devidmatch "MDL:PSC 500;"
init.mlcd.append+=-devidmatch "SERN:MYJ06E19V3WZ;"
init.mlcd.append+=-base 0x378 -basehigh 0x778 -device /dev/lp0

ps -ef:
root     10735     1  0 16:58 ?        00:00:00 ptal-mlcd mlc:par:PSC_500 -devidmatch MDL:PSC 500; -devidmatch SERN:MYJ06E19V3WZ; -base 0x378 -basehigh 0x778 -device /dev/lp0
root     10742     1  0 16:58 ?        00:00:00 ptal-printd mlc:par:PSC_500 -morepipes 9 -like /etc/ptal/ptal-printd-like

Now the printer prints -- but only the first half of a side and only
for the first time after boot. Sometimes there is an error message at
boot up, if not, then after printing...:

Not using the printd didn't change much. Maybe some lines more of the
first page.

Starting hpoj ...      [ ok ] 
Starting cupsd ...

ptal-mlcd: ERROR at transport/ExMlcCommandChannel.cpp:251, dev=<mlc:par:PSC_500@/dev/lp0>, pid=10735, e=11, t=1108051107
Command reply timeout on port=0, count=1, lastRequest=0x00!

ptal-mlcd: ERROR at ExMgr.cpp:871, dev=<mlc:par:PSC_500@/dev/lp0>, pid=10735, e=11, t=1108051107
exClose(reason=0x3002) [ ok ] 

xsane recognizes the scanner.

Is it still a compile/linking problem or is it due to wrong config?

Any help is welcome. Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,
Johannes
-- 
      Fröhlich lass sein in dir, die deinen Namen lieben!

      Psalm 5,12


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