Hello Itcons, Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with hplip. You made this bug report some time ago and Ubuntu and hplip have been updated since then.
Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket? If it is still a problem, are you still interested in finding a solution to this bug? If you are, could you let us know and, in the current version, could you run the following (only once): apport-collect 503471 and upload the updated logs and and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue. Thank you again for helping make Ubuntu and hplip better. G [Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager] ** Changed in: hplip (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to hplip in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/503471 Title: pdf printing on karmic fails: Backend "hp" returned status 1 (failed) Status in hplip package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: cups Using cups CUPS Version 1.4.1 from Karmic Koala, I have problems printing PDF Files. The message in the Webinterface is: abgebrochen "/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" Printer is: HP Color LaserJet 2550L This is the /var/log/cups/error_log extract: [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] Starting renderer with command: "cat" D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] Starting process "kid3" (generation 1) D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] Starting process "kid4" (generation 2) D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] Starting process "renderer" (generation 2) D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] JCL: 12345X@PJL D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] <job data> D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] Closing renderer D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] renderer exited with status 0 D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] kid4 exited with status 0 D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] kid3 finished D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] kid3 exited with status 0 D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] pdf-to-ps exited with status 0 D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] Closing foomatic-rip. D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] STATE: +connecting-to-device D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] prnt/backend/hp.c 720: ERROR: cannot open device stat=12: hp:/usb/hp_color_LaserJet_2550_series?serial=00CNHHC16118 D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] Backend returned status 1 (failed) D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] End of messages D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] printer-state=3(idle) D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" D [05/Jan/2010:18:44:01 +0100] [Job 67] printer-state-reasons=none On another note, using the post from the following bugreport fixes the issue: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/407344/ Nevertheless, Downgrading to cups 1.3.9–1 seems not the optimal choice and the bug should be fixed in future releases of Cups. Spent the whole day troubleshooting the printer setup in a network installation, finding out at the end that cups is instable. Please give any comments or hints how I can help in fixing this issue. Thanks. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hplip/+bug/503471/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp