How to solve hanging printer problem?

[Mike McCarty]

Deepak Shrestha wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have a HP Deskjet printer attached to FC4 machine. I
> have no idea why printer hangs when printing images or
> long documents (like around 10 pages plus).
> What I mean by hang means:
> ----------------------------
> printer prints few lines and stops and printing head
> goes back to parking position as if it has finished
> the printing job. To eject the paper I have to cancel
> the printing job and remove the power chord and put it
> back again.
> ---------------------------
> Is this related to CUPS driver or printer memory?

It sounds like communication failure. Are any lights flashing
on the printer? HP has a website where you can find what the
flashing lights mean.

I'd suspect that perhaps you are not using an IEEE compliant
cable, as that can cause problems like this.

Mike
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