Printing.. Re: Two Problems

The Linux Doctor wrote:

> Now for the minor problem.
> 
> One bug-boo (is that a word?) that has been a long standing irritant
> for me is printers.  Whether a printer works properly under Linux seems
> to be a matter of the hardware. ...... the printer keeps getting
> over runs. It is almost as if the hardware does not have proper flow
> control or is ignoring it. Now matter what I try to change the driver
> settings at boot time it continues to overflow.

there are single direction and bi-directional centronics printer cables.
 if the port is bi-directional and the cable is not or visa-versa that
could be confusl-ing things.

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