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Running SCO 5.0.5 with all the updates available on a Compaq 800 and just ran into this problem of the printer that is hooked up to /dev/lp0 &or /dev/lp. The printer has been working fine for 5 plus years and still works on another machine. I've uninstalled & re-installed the parallel port and tested it with a new cable. It just gives the message above and then "stopped with printer fault". I've also set up other printers on the same parallel port and it gives the same message.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Craig
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ASKPRINTER(8)							  [FIXME: manual]						     ASKPRINTER(8)

NAME
askPrinter - Program to detect the name of your EPSON printer SYNOPSIS
askPrinter [dev-path-to-printer] DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the askPrinter command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. askPrinter is a helper program to help you configure Mtink. OPTIONS
These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. Options for askPrinter dev-path-to-printer Specify the device file associated with the printer. Depending on what kind of printer you have, it could be /dev/parport, /dev/usb/lp0... LICENSE
This manual page was written by Sylvain Le Gall gildor@debian.org for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; considering as source code all the file that enable the production of this manpage. SEE ALSO
/usr/share/doc/mtink/html/index.html, mtink (1) AUTHOR
Sylvain Le Gall <gildor@debian.org> Author. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Sylvain Le Gall [FIXME: source] Nov 17, 2006 ASKPRINTER(8)