On Apr 14, 2012 4:59 AM, <ny6...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 03:39:12PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hi, all. > > > > My printing's not working. I've got cups-1.4.8-r1 installed. > > > > If I attempt to print from (say) Mozilla, everything appears to go fine > > up to the actual printing. I do > > > > # lpq > > > > , then I get this: > > > > ML-1450 is ready and printing > > Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size > > active acm 44 Lernen im Internet - Anmeldung 94208 bytes > > > > . > > > > However the printer isn't actually printing. I know there's nothing > > wrong with the printer or USB cable as such, since I can do > > > > $ echo printing^L > /dev/lp0 > > > > , and a page with "printing" on it comes out of my printer. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > -- > > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). > > > > Have you checked the cups setup - http://localhost:631 - and looked at all > the setup settings and the Jobs queue? Sounds like a driver issue to me, but > I always use HP printers, and hplip takes care of the drivers. I'm not > familiar with the drivers for Samsung products. > > Perhaps someone will come along who has that printer that can assist you. > Also you might ask on freenode IRC, channel #gentoo. That is a very helpful > resource. Good luck! > > Terry >
The backend driver might be failing. See cups error log. -- Nilesh Govindrajan http://nileshgr.com
