On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 12:32:06PM -0400, D-Man wrote: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 10:40:33PM +1000, Robert Martinovic wrote: > | Hey, > | > | On the advice of others, I installed CUPS, and have got some results > | for my printing problems. There is still something wrong. > | > | With the cups web interface, I can print a test page ok, but when I > | sent a normal job from a bash prompt - nothing. Funny thing is: > | * cups' web interface registers the job, and says that is printed > | ok > | * i can see on my eth0 that the data actually went from my pc > | (192.168.1.1) to the printer (192.168.1.3) > | * the light on the front of the printer begins to flash as the > | job comes, and then nothing > | > | Any suggestions? > > What kind of printer? Does the printer have an LCD display (like > older or bigger laserjets)?
It is a Lexmark Optra M410, and yes it does have a LCD display. It a networked postcript laser. > I haven't done any configuring of ethernet printers, but I do have an > older Laserjet IIIp and an old Seiko ColorPointPS. I have found that > if I send PS Level2 data to the printer the LED will flash as it gets > data, but the LCD will display "Flushing PS Job" and once the spooler > has sent all the data nothing happens. I would suggest sending a plain > text file to the printer to see what it does, then verify that the > document you tried to send was the proper format (PS Level1 or > whatever). When I send a job, it says "Busy" and then the LED stops flashing and the display reads "Ready". I have tried pdf, txt and ps files, and all the same result Rob > HTH, > -D > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
