On Tuesday 03 August 2004 06:36, Frank wrote: > Hoyt Bailey wrote: > >On Tuesday 03 August 2004 03:17, Frank wrote: > >>Keith Powell wrote: > >>>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 > >> > >>Well not for me I'm afraid. Everything seems to be OK within > >>'Configure' but when I try to print, even the test page from within > >>'Configure', all I get is : > >>"Error while reading filter description for true. Empty command > >> line received." > >> > >>Any thoughts about this one? > > > >Revove the true filter. > > 'K..... I think, when sober, you mean "remove", so how to do that? > > I'll be back after a top up. > > SnapafunFrank I use a turboprint driver so the way I do it wont help. Look in your printer driver configration for a funnel, at least that is how the true filter is shown on my stystem, and remove it. -- Regards; Hoyt
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