On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 01:59:09PM -0500, Johnny C. Lam wrote:

 > In response to an inquiry about the USB printer code in CUPS, Michael
 > Sweet, the primary author of CUPS notes:
 > 
 > The FreeBSD USB printer driver resets the USB printer on open,
 > unless you use the "unlptN" device.  This reset prevents some
 > printers from receiving the first bytes of the print job, which
 > then causes lots of spew... :(

Hm, I notice this with my Lexmark E310... Why do we reset the printer
on open, anyway?

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