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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!cs.umd.edu!haven.umd.edu!ames!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!src.honeywell.com!recnews-2.4 From: englehar@src.honeywell.com (Matt Englehart) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: epson printer Date: 4 Oct 1995 13:03:38 -0500 Organization: mailEnteringNews @ Honeywell Technology Center Lines: 11 Sender: daemon@src.honeywell.com Message-ID: <9510041803.AA04218@johnwayne.src.honeywell.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: moon.src.honeywell.com X-Received: from johnwayne.src.honeywell.com by moon.src.honeywell.com (4.1/smail2.6.3/SRCv0.25); Wed, 4 Oct 95 13:03:32 CDT id AA07204 for comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc at Posted-Date: Wed, 4 Oct 95 13:03:31 CDT Received-Date: Wed, 4 Oct 95 13:03:32 CDT X-Received: by johnwayne.src.honeywell.com (4.1/SMI-3.2) id AA04218; Wed, 4 Oct 95 13:03:31 CDT X-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc I have an epson 9pin printer (MX50+) hooked up to my PC. When I execute lptest > /dev/lpt0 the command hangs until I kill it with a ^C; it never dies and nothing ever comes out of the printer. Can anyone give any insight into this? Thanks, Matt