[Samba] Samba's Printer Going Off-Line (after a Win98 Machine speaks to it)

[James Hubbard]

Sorry,  I just noticed that you said 5L, I was thinking of the larger 
ones with a LCD on the front.  It does have a power save mode that kicks 
in instantly.  Have you tried reinstalling the drivers or checking for 
newer ones?  You might try using an old LaserJet driver that is 
compatible with the printer.  A laserjet II or III driver might work.

James



Elizabeth Barham wrote:
> James Hubbard <jhubbard at mcs.uvawise.edu> writes:
> 
> 
>>It sounds like a power management problem on the printer.  Have you 
>>tried disabling power save.  I think that model has one.
>>
>>James
> 
> 
> Hi James,
> 
>    Thank you for responding so quickly.
> 
>    I have not seen any power management option on any of the
> printer-related dialogs. The closest I can find to anything remotely
> like a "put printer in powersave mode" is found in win.ini under
> [PrinterPorts]:
> 
> // Read PrinterPorts from win.ini.Returned string should be of the 
> // form "driver,port,timeout,timeout", such as "winspool,LPT1:,15,45".
> 
> From: <http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:puy-J3mEMk0C:msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/gdi/prntspol_27uc.asp+printerports+win.ini+site:msdn.microsoft.com&hl=en&ie=UTF-8>
> 
>    But that may be in reference to timing out as when the printer does
> not respond or some other possible error condition:
> 
> <http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:Px6cAqvYsuoC:msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/wceddk/htm/_wceddk_global_printer_settings.asp+site:msdn.microsoft.com+timeout+printer&hl=en&ie=UTF-8>
> 
>    Elizabeth
>