Linux printer HP1020 driver bug ?

[C M Reinehr]

On Wednesday 02 May 2007 11:27, Vu Pham wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-02 at 11:13 -0500, C M Reinehr wrote:
> > Vu,
> >
> > On Wednesday 02 May 2007 10:19, Vu Pham wrote:
> > > Ubuntu detects this printer immediately the first time I plug it into
> > > my workstation and it prints just fine. But I just found out a problem
> > > with the driver as follows :
> > >
> > > If I turn off the printer and turn it on, my workstation won't print
> > > again although it keeps showing the printer status Ready.
> > >
> > > To fix this, I have to plug the printer cable to a Windows system and
> > > print something ( the Windows system has no problem printing to this
> > > printer at all ). After that, replug the printer cable back to the
> > > Linux workstation, then it will print just fine again.
> > >
> > > It looks like to me that some initializing code must be sent to the
> > > printer first before sending the print jobs  and this code is kept by
> > > the printer until it is turned off.
> > >
> > >
> > > Vu
> >
> > You haven't given us much to work on, i.e., distribution, firmware,
> > interface, software, etc. In any case, see if you get any ideas from
> > reading this:
> >
> > http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_1020
> >
> > HTH
>
> This happens to me on both Suse 10.2 and Ubuntu 7.04.
>
> I could only accidentally found how to fix it when my son, who was so
> frustrated waiting for me to fix the printer, used the Windows notebook
> to print his project. After that I could print from Linux ( Ubuntu or
> Suse ).
>
> Ahhhh, I just read your URL and found this note:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> The firmware of the printer must be uploaded after turning it on. You
> can use a hotplug/udev script which comes with foo2zjs, or do it
> manually: "cat /usr/share/foo2zjs/firmware/sihp1020.dl > /dev/usb/lp0".
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This confirms my thought. I am going to try it tonight. My son asked me
> to install Windows before I leave for SF next week if I cannot fix this
> problem. Now I think I can. :)
>
> Thanks, CM.
>
> Vu

What possible reason could there be for not storing the firmware in 
non-volatile memory??? Did it let them save $0.25 on each printer?

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