[OT] Wireless camera/webcam

[Vu Pham]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org 
> [mailto:linux-users-bounces at linux-sxs.org] On Behalf Of Alma J Wetzker
> Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 7:52 PM
> To: Linux tips and tricks
> Subject: Re: [OT] Wireless camera/webcam
> 
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> 
> It might be easier to use the parallel port/network interface 
> to get the printer status.  That might tell you what is 
> 'broke' better than the webcam.
> 
> It has been a while since I used a parallel port or serial 
> port for printing, but even then, the printer could report 
> some of what was wrong.  Network printers can generally say 
> exactly what is wrong, often with a web interface.

All these printers are network printers, and many times I use the web
interface to find out the problems. But today's problem, which is described
in my reply to Keith, is really weird.

Vu