I am failing to get CUPS working with a new Xerox Phaser 6280DN color laser printer connected by USB. The OS is Debian Lenny. The printer and driver seem to be installed OK, and I can successfully queue up print jobs from acroread or with a command such as this:
lpr -P Phaser_6280DN test.ps However, the jobs get queued and don't print. They show as pending (Pages = Unknown). If I try to Reprint from http://localhost:631/, I get an error "Job #12 is not complete!". The reprint request adds the following entries to /var/log/cups/access_log: localhost - root [22/Dec/2009:11:48:30 -0500] "GET /jobs/?op=restart-job&job_id=12&job_printer_uri=/printers/Phaser_6280DN HTTP/1.1" 200 0 - - localhost - - [22/Dec/2009:11:48:30 -0500] "POST /jobs HTTP/1.1" 200 139 Restart-Job client-error-not-possible localhost - root [22/Dec/2009:11:48:30 -0500] "GET /jobs/?op=restart-job&job_id=12&job_printer_uri=/printers/Phaser_6280DN HTTP/1.1" 200 3300 - - Here's some history. The printer was automatically listed in printers.conf when I connected it and turned it on. I installed a driver provided by the Xerox site. It is here: /etc/cups/ppd/Phaser_6280DN.ppd and shows the following: *PCFileName: "FOO2LAVA.PPD" *Manufacturer: "Xerox" *Product: "(Phaser 6115MFP)" http://localhost:631/printers/ shows the following: Description: Xerox Phaser 6280DN Location: (blank) Printer Driver: Xerox Phaser 6115MFP Foomatic/foo2lava Printer State: processing, accepting jobs, published. Device URI: usb://Xerox/Phaser%206280DN The openprinting.org database says to use the foo2lava driver for a Xerox Phaser 6115MFP. I couldn't find any way to send a file directly to the USB port. Establishing a USB connection causes these devices to appear: usbdev5.8_ep00 usbdev5.8_ep01 usbdev5.8_ep82 and lsusb shows "Bus 005 Device 008: ID 0924:3d62 Xerox". But a test like this: cat test.ps >/dev/usbdev5.8_ep00 returns "No such device or address". A few years ago, I could test a USB printer by copying directly to /dev/usb/lp0. Finally, I will mention that I do not have a Windows PC handy to test the new printer itself. I only have a VMware XP client. The driver installed and displays fine, but when I send a print job it gives the blue screen of death. I've had other problems with VMware Server 1 and USB devices. I'd appreciate any advice on how to get this working from Debian. Thanks. ============================================================================= -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org