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From: Dan Ts'o <dan@dnn.rockefeller.edu>
Subject: Re: HP JetDirect (2552A): Serious LPD bug
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Date: Wed, 5 Mar 1997 05:25:41 GMT
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In comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote:
: dantso@cris.com (Daniel Ts'o) wrote:
: > Apparently the 2552A *drops* all such jobs after the first one.
: This is a known and fixed bug in the JetDirect firmware. The current
: firmware level is 5.05, and its release notes mention that the bug has
: been fixed there.
Thanks to everyone for pointers on fetching the firmware upgrade.
: Alas, while it's very easy to get new firmware, put it into your
: /tftpboot directory etc., it turned out to be absolutely impossible to
: actually _upgrade_ such a beast.
Yes, I had to (gag) use WinNT to do the upgrade. It worked.
Overall, the JetDirect is not terribly impressive. It works ok, but
in addition to such bugs, for example, if you try to do an lpq while it is
printing, the lpq hangs, waiting for the print job to finish. The thing seems
to have no ability to deal with multiple connections, etc. It seems the
implication is that there is essentially no good way to view the status of the
queue while there actually is a queue.
The Emulex printer server (JetDirect equivalent) is far
more friendly and Unix-happy. Its just that I got a good deal on this
JetDirect card...
--
Cheers,
Dan Ts'o 212-327-7671
Dept. of Neurobiology FAX: 212-327-7671
The Rockefeller University
1230 York Ave. Box 138 dantso@cris.com
New York, NY 10021 dan@dna.rockefeller.edu