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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 22:53:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Pete de Zwart <dezwart@froob.net>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.19: drivers/usb/printer.c usblpX on fire
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On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, Pete de Zwart wrote:

> Around about 1010h 09/08/2002, Samuel Flory emitted the following wisdom:
> >   The printer on fire message is the traditional Un*x error message for
> > unknown error on a printer.
> 
> 	What I don't understand is why the misleading message is sent
> instead of the printer driver stating that it has received an unknown printer
> error code and printing the code number.

See the paragraph you quoted.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

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