I've come across an issue that I'd like to solve, but I need a little advice before I start to go nuts with it. I've got an Oki OL600e LED page printer, which as far as I can tell, is not supported in Linux. The 600e is supposed to have an HPIIp emulation mode, but whenever I try to print a document, the text is spread out over multiple pages. Searching the net, I have found several other users with the same issue, none of whom have solved it yet. Here is what I believe to be the problem: The Ol600e does not have a physical control panel, but instead uses an (annoying) desktop control panel that runs under Windows. If you try to close the 600e control panel, the software complains and warns that "printing might not work correctly" with the panel closed. My guess is that on power-up, the 600e is not using the HPII emulation mode, but rather the proprietary Okidata 600e mode. or, there is some other magic that the panel performs to initialize the printer. Note that the OL400e (and others perhaps) use this same control scheme. I guess it was to save the cost of real control hardware. Does anyone know A) What sort of data is being sent by the panel to configure the printer, or how I might discover this myself? and B) what would it take to create a Linux (X or console) version of the Control Panel applet. It would seem that once the protocol was learned, that the actual control applet would be a piece of cake; all it does is allow you to change parameters, and then it forwards them to the printer when you hit OK. Anyone feel like getting involved? -- Bill Layer Sales Technician <b.layer at vikingelectronics.com> +----------------------------------+ Viking Electronics, Inc. 1531 Industrial St. Hudson, WI. 54016 - U.S.A 715.386.8861 ext. 210 <http://www.vikingelectronics.com> +----------------------------------+ "Telecom Solutions for the 21st Century" Powered by Slackware Linux 7.1.0