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Re: [Wlug] USB -> Parellel

by Marc Hughes

I've dealt with HP laserjets experiencing the same problem... they sell a kit to replace the rollers and it's fixed the problem for me 3 out of 3 times. They run around $80. The usb thing... good luck :) -Marc On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 13:22:05 -0400, Chuck Homic <chuck(a)vvisions.com> wrote: > Hi, all... > > I inherited a HP Laserjet 1100 from work, recently. (This model's failure > mode is that you have to feed it one page at a time, since if you put > multiple sheets in the tray, it will grab anywhere from 5 to 20 at a > time.) > > Anywho, it's a nice sweet printer, especially for the price. I'm using it > at work with my WinXP box. However, I'd like to bring it home to use with > my laptop. It has a parallel interface, and my slick, modern laptop is > lacking this. (And I really don't feel like kicking up my 486 each time I > want to print something!) > > Does anyone have any experience with one of those USB to parallel > converter dealies? They seem pretty cheap, but I wonder about driver > support and whatnot. The USS720 driver seems to be the only one I can > find, I assume that Lucent sells that to anyone making such a device, so > it's a matter of finding a list somewhere of devices using that chipset. > > Any ideas here? > > Thanks. > > -Chuck > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Oct. 1, 2004

USB -> Parellel

by Chuck Homic

Hi, all... I inherited a HP Laserjet 1100 from work, recently. (This model's failure mode is that you have to feed it one page at a time, since if you put multiple sheets in the tray, it will grab anywhere from 5 to 20 at a time.) Anywho, it's a nice sweet printer, especially for the price. I'm using it at work with my WinXP box. However, I'd like to bring it home to use with my laptop. It has a parallel interface, and my slick, modern laptop is lacking this. (And I really don't feel like kicking up my 486 each time I want to print something!) Does anyone have any experience with one of those USB to parallel converter dealies? They seem pretty cheap, but I wonder about driver support and whatnot. The USS720 driver seems to be the only one I can find, I assume that Lucent sells that to anyone making such a device, so it's a matter of finding a list somewhere of devices using that chipset. Any ideas here? Thanks. -Chuck

Oct. 1, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Proxy closes connection

by Martin, Eric

Glad to hear :) -----Original Message----- From: Michael Long [mailto:mlong@datalong.com] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 3:26 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: RE: [Wlug] Proxy closes connection Thanks for the tip. All is well now. > Check Keepalive in > /etc/ssh/sshd-config (on your server machine) > try setting it to 0, although that might give you phantom logins if > you have a shaky connection -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Long [mailto:mlong@datalong.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:11 PM > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: [Wlug] Proxy closes connection > > > Hi All, > > I am using openssh on cygwin along with ssh-tunnel (a pearl script > that uses IO and > IO::Select) to tunnel through a firewall in order to gain access to my > desktop at home. I have noticed that recently the behavior has changed > and my connection is broken after 3 seconds of inactivity. How do I, > a) find out what is causing the connection to be broken and/or b) keep > the connection alive. As long as I am actively feeding commands at the > shell prompt the connection stays alive. > > Tia, > Mike > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Oct. 1, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Proxy closes connection

by Michael Long

Thanks for the tip. All is well now. > Check Keepalive in > /etc/ssh/sshd-config (on your server machine) > try setting it to 0, although that might give you phantom logins if you have > a shaky connection > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Long [mailto:mlong@datalong.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:11 PM > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > Subject: [Wlug] Proxy closes connection > > > Hi All, > > I am using openssh on cygwin along with ssh-tunnel (a pearl script that uses > IO and > IO::Select) to tunnel through a firewall in order to gain access to my > desktop at home. I have noticed that recently the behavior has changed and > my connection is broken after 3 seconds of inactivity. How do I, a) find out > what is causing the connection to be broken and/or b) keep the connection > alive. As long as I am actively feeding commands at the shell prompt the > connection stays alive. > > Tia, > Mike > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Sept. 30, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Printing Photos - cropping in gimp 2.0

by Robert L Krawitz

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:45:18 -0400 From: "John Stoffel" <stoffel(a)lucent.com> >>>>> "Andy" == Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> writes: Andy> I believe that the gimp-print plugin will do what you want. It Andy> should be accessible via the File...Print menu from Gimp. It Andy> shows a rather rough thumbnail image within boarders to give you Andy> a feel for where the image will be printed. I've been using this and I think it sucks. Mostly because the images are considered to be at a maximum scale when you goto the plugin, which makes it hard to scale up or down to crop it nicely. But I have to say, I'm still very happy it is there, since it's let me print some nice pictures on my Epson printer. The basic problem here is that the Print plugin isn't designed to crop at all. That's what we need to do with it. -- Robert Krawitz <rlk(a)alum.mit.edu> Tall Clubs International -- http://www.tall.org/ or 1-888-IM-TALL-2 Member of the League for Programming Freedom -- mail lpf(a)uunet.uu.net Project lead for Gimp Print -- http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net "Linux doesn't dictate how I work, I dictate how Linux works." --Eric Crampton

Sept. 30, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Printing Photos - cropping in gimp 2.0

by Chuck Homic

On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 11:47:40PM -0400, John Stoffel wrote: > >From what I've seen on the tool, it really just needs to have some way > of taking the image that's sent to it and scaling it up higher than > 100% of original size. Have you ever used one of those Kodak/Fuji Photo Maker dealies in WalMart? That's totally what I want. Basically the tool locks the aspect ratio to what can be photo printed. (Either 3:2, 7:5, or 5:4 are the most common, for 4x6, 7x5, or 8x10 prints.) You can rotate and scale the printed region, but the aspect ratio stays locked, so that no matter what you do, you don't get any letterboxing on your printed photo. I don't know if that's what y'all were talking about, but that's what I need more than anything. -Chuck

Sept. 30, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Printing Photos - cropping in gimp 2.0

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Robert" == Robert L Krawitz <rlk(a)alum.mit.edu> writes: Robert> This is actually something folks have been requesting, but we Robert> (Gimp-Print project) don't have anyone to implement. The Robert> plugin really needs to be rewritten anyway, since it's such a Robert> mess, but that's another matter. Robert, I wish I had the time/knowledge to do this. I can hack small projects, but I'm not a strong programmer, I'm a SysAdmin! :] Mostly, I have a small attention span. :] >From what I've seen on the tool, it really just needs to have some way of taking the image that's sent to it and scaling it up higher than 100% of original size. Does that make sense? Or maybe if you started out at 75% scale, filling as much of the paper size as possible? And then you can let the user scale up for down to get the cropping they desire. Or maybe I'm just missing the issue here. Thanks for the quick reply though, I do appreciate it! John

Sept. 30, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Printing Photos - cropping in gimp 2.0

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> writes: Andy> I believe that the gimp-print plugin will do what you want. It Andy> should be accessible via the File...Print menu from Gimp. It Andy> shows a rather rough thumbnail image within boarders to give you Andy> a feel for where the image will be printed. I've been using this and I think it sucks. Mostly because the images are considered to be at a maximum scale when you goto the plugin, which makes it hard to scale up or down to crop it nicely. But I have to say, I'm still very happy it is there, since it's let me print some nice pictures on my Epson printer. It's just not as good as I think it should be. All they would really need to do is let the size scale start at 100% and allow you to move it up/down as you like (within reason of course!) since the paper size you select determines the area that will print. Am I being clear here? Hopefully so. I guess I should look to see if there's a better version of the tool out there. Thanks, John

Sept. 30, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Proxy closes connection

by Martin, Eric

Check Keepalive in /etc/ssh/sshd-config (on your server machine) try setting it to 0, although that might give you phantom logins if you have a shaky connection -----Original Message----- From: Michael Long [mailto:mlong@datalong.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 12:11 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Proxy closes connection Hi All, I am using openssh on cygwin along with ssh-tunnel (a pearl script that uses IO and IO::Select) to tunnel through a firewall in order to gain access to my desktop at home. I have noticed that recently the behavior has changed and my connection is broken after 3 seconds of inactivity. How do I, a) find out what is causing the connection to be broken and/or b) keep the connection alive. As long as I am actively feeding commands at the shell prompt the connection stays alive. Tia, Mike _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Sept. 29, 2004

Proxy closes connection

by Michael Long

Hi All, I am using openssh on cygwin along with ssh-tunnel (a pearl script that uses IO and IO::Select) to tunnel through a firewall in order to gain access to my desktop at home. I have noticed that recently the behavior has changed and my connection is broken after 3 seconds of inactivity. How do I, a) find out what is causing the connection to be broken and/or b) keep the connection alive. As long as I am actively feeding commands at the shell prompt the connection stays alive. Tia, Mike

Sept. 29, 2004