On Monday 02 Aug 2004 14:04, PM wrote: > On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 15:44, Keith Powell wrote: > > I have an Epson Stylus 670 printer and it has suddenly stopped printing > > from Mandrake (although it will still print correctly from other > > distros). I haven't altered anything since it printed correctly in > > Mandrake yesterday! > > > > I have tried Open Office, Abiword, KWord, KWrite and printing from a > > terminal. None will print :-( > > > > This is the error message I get: > > > > > > A print error occurred. Error message received from system: > > > > cupsdoprint -P 'EPSONStylusCOLOR670' -J 'Untitled' -H 'localhost:631' -U > > 'keith' -o ' copies=1 cpi=12 lpi=7 > > multiple-document-handling=separate-documents-collated-copies > > orientation-requested=3 page-bottom=36 page-left=36 page-right=36 > > page-top=36 scaling=100 wrap=true' '/tmp/kde-keith/kdeprint_7KoTFRaB' : > > execution failed with message: > > server-error-not-accepting-jobs > > > > > > Can anyone help, please? > > > > Many thanks > > > > Keith > > use cups to re-start the print server. > > If you are using KDE, open the menu, configure, printing, cups WWW > admin, admin, manage printers, start printer. > > You might need to check 'jobs' first and remove any that are stuck in > there, if so, you may not need to go into admin.
Many thanks for your help, PM. The printer is now working. I followed your instructions and started the printer - nothing. So I clicked on Accept Jobs and it sprang into life. However, I probably needed to start the printer as you suggested, before telling it to accept jobs. Thanks again. Cheers Keith
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