[nmglug] "all-in-one" printer puzzler

[Lee Einer]

HP 5SI. Supposed to be a "jetdirect" but I can't get the thing to
network, either. Don't know what the RAM is, but it can't be much.

Lee

Tim Emerick wrote:
> Ahhh...Junk printer woes.  When I used to have a "junky" printer I found that it was actually economical (toner and time wise) to just send a PDF to Kinko's or another local printer.  I could then go pick up my large print jobs about an hour later.  After figuring toner costs and costs associated with hassle's I found the increase cost was actually rather measly.
> 
> FWIW, what kind of printer do you have?  Sometimes an increase in memory or a network card might speed things up.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Lee Einer <Lee at dosmanosjewelry.com>
> To: NMGLUG.org mailing list <nmglug at nmglug.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 1:46:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [nmglug] "all-in-one" printer puzzler
> 
> 
> OK, answered my own question.
> 
> The Linux Box had a print job running to another printer (on a parallel
> printer port) and for some reason this was blocking the PC and the
> scanner from talking to one another.
> 
> Sadly, our laser printer is such a junker that when we run flyers with
> graphics it can take us a day or more to run a hundred pages. So we will
> have to plan our scanning around this.
> 
> Lee
> 
> Lee Einer wrote:
>> I hooked up an "all-in-one" printer (Epson CX6400 usb printer and
>> scanner) to a PC running Mepis 6.0 at our local Peace & Justice center
>> recently. The printer works flawlessly. The scanner is another story.
>>
>> First time around, the Scanner autodetected and worked great, even
>> scanning into OpenOffice documents without a hitch. But the second time
>> I fired up the PC, the damn thing would not work and I have had buzzard
>> luck getting it to work since.
>>
>> The device is read at the USB port. xsane-find-scanner detects the
>> scanner immediately. But scanimage -L simply hangs, even if I run it as
>> root, and neither xsane nor scanimage will activate the scanner.
>>
>> The all-in-one unit has an option for either scan to memory card, scan
>> to PC or scan to e-mail. The scanner will not accept any option now
>> except scan to memory card.
>>
>> The fact that it worked the first time out tells me that the problem is
>> not an issue of configuration of the PC. But what is causing the problem
>> and how do I fix?
>>
>> Lee
>>
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