Re: problems with deskjet 500

[Michael Loßin <phallobst@xxxxxx>]

Thomas Harris schrieb:
> 
> Using the  HP DeskJet 500, 3rd party PCL3+
> driver [hpdj_500] elicits a flashing busy light on printer,  if I depress FF
> the printer printeth " **** Unable to open the initial device, quitting. "

Hi Thomas!

That error message seems familiar... I bet you are using ghostscript 6.50,
right? I'd say it's a gs bug, since I encountered that very message as well
(with other drivers, however).

If you are able to do so, please test if the same happens with older versions
of ghostscript (6.01 seems reasonable). The pcl3 driver should work, otherwise
some DeskJet experts will need to help you.


Michael