> There is a simple test to see if ECP support is enabled and working, type
> cat /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/modes
Interesting... BIOS=>modes
SPP=>PCSPP,TRISTATE
EPP=>PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP
ECP=>PCSPP,TRISTATE
ECP+EPP=>PCSPP,TRISTATE
The odd thing is that another system (Jetway 603TCF mainboard) DOES print
correctly in EPP mode, so I don't think it is a cable issue, but it displays
the modes exactly as above, i.e. EPP is detected (and appears to work) but
ECP mode is not detected and ECP+EPP mode gets confused and just becomes
SPP.
I will try the ASUS mainboard again in pure EPP mode to see if it does work
(I'm sure I tried all 4 BIOS options, but I was tearing my hair out at the
time...).
> Another thought before you rebuild things: is it possible under CUPS
> to print to a file?
Yes, my setup actually makes the default printer a Postscript file, but I
also tried using the Epson 480 driver to create a printer dump and this
worked fine and was very fast (the file was full size in under a second), so
I don't think it is a CUPS issue. I will also try confirming where the
problem is by sending the dump to the printer as a raw file.
Thanks for the pointers and I'll let you know how I get on.
Neil.
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