On Tue 24 Nov 2020 at 19:23:43 -0500, Dan Norton wrote: > My printer on the desktop became not ready and my attempts to make it > ready have bit the dust. I don't print much, usually just text, using > the lp command. My printer worked fine until I used gscan2pdf to scan > one page to a pdf for an email. The pdf was created but gscan2pdf did > not terminate cleanly and I had to kill it. Now, print jobs are queued > and do not print.
A red herring. It is highly doubtful that a printing setup would be affected by a scanning issue. IMO, of course. > root@deb4:~# lpq > HP_LaserJet_3050 is not ready > Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size > 1st unknown 493 unknown 1024 bytes > > root@deb4:~# uname -v > #1 SMP Debian 4.19.152-1 (2020-10-18) > > The HP 3050 is a usb-connected legacy printer on my desktop. Functions > include print, fax, and scan. The display window on the printer says it > is ready. The printer prints OK when connected to another PC. Some > things I've tried, not necessarily in order: > > root@deb4:~# systemctl restart cups > root@deb4:~# apt remove hplip # this is the driver for legacy printers > root@deb4:~# apt install hplip > root@deb4:~# /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p "HP_LaserJet_3050" This command doesn't do anything. It needs -v and -m options to be added. > root@deb4:~# /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p HP_LaserJet_3050 -E As above. > root@deb4:~# /usr/sbin/cupsenable --release HP_LaserJet_3050 > lpadmin: The printer or class does not exist. No destination has been setup. See above. > The cups error log (/var/log/cups/error_log) has complaints about blank > Name, unable to encrypt, and no URI. These don't seem relevant to me. Missing URI? Nowhere for the job to go. -- Brian.