On 3/18/02 4:54 PM, "Jima" <jima at beer.tclug.org> wrote: > Okay, I'm forwarding this from a friend of mine. I'm stumped, so I > thought I'd pass it on to the list. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> Okay. One problem with Linux. If my printer is plugged in, it prints >> reams of gibberish, unbidden. I have to take all the paper out of it >> Totally unbidden ? What action preceded this happening for the first time ? Sound a lot like what happens when you try to print a postscript test page to a non-postscript printer. What print driver did they select during set-up ? I don't know that the generic postscript driver works with HP PCL language (used by that printer ?). MJF