[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#659736: cups: parallel:/dev/usb/lp0 consumes 100% cpu and never finishes

[vasvir at iit.demokritos.gr]

> Package: cups
> Followup-For: Bug #659736
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>
> The bug you reported is apparently one in cups-filters and should be
> fixed in the next upload to unstable. Please see
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups-filters/+bug/936647
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> and report back if your problem printing is resolved.
>

Hi,

I can confirm that it works for my setup.

Let me restate my setup. The computer has no parallel ports and cups uses
the parallel backend through a usb to parallel cable at /dev/usb/lp0,

Something else:

As a stop gap measure we have switched to usb backend which worked for the
first few jobs and then it stopped working. We had to unplug/plug to USB
and resume printer to continue . I guess that this is a different bug and
I don't know if it is fixed with the latest update and most importantly I
don't even know which backend is recommended to use, but I thought I
should mention it for posterity.

If you want I can retest and submit a new bug report for the usb backend
If it is supposed to work for my setup.

  Thanks a lot.