Re: cups printer problems with osx clients
On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:42:20 -0400, Guy Gold wrote: > On Fri,Aug 10 02:35:PM, Camaleón wrote: > >> Anyway, being a MacOS client, you should be able to use IPP and thus >> avoiding messing up with another client/server protocols that may >> require setting up the correct credentials for accessing the printing >> resources (e.g., samba). > > It is a good solution if a narrow list of options is needed from the > printer. In my environment , if I use the 'narrow' direct IP printing, > then, I'm not able to use the duplexer, and some other options that are > offered by the printer- if I'm using the Samba share to add the printer > I can use the full set of features (just like a Windows machine would) The options are provided by the driver in use, it's independent of the connection method. Check if the drivers for the printer instances are all the same and also check for their settings. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k03a1a$qus$8...@dough.gmane.org
Re: cups printer problems with osx clients
On Fri,Aug 10 02:35:PM, Camaleón wrote: > Anyway, being a MacOS client, you should be able to use IPP and thus > avoiding messing up with another client/server protocols that may require > setting up the correct credentials for accessing the printing resources > (e.g., samba). It is a good solution if a narrow list of options is needed from the printer. In my environment , if I use the 'narrow' direct IP printing, then, I'm not able to use the duplexer, and some other options that are offered by the printer- if I'm using the Samba share to add the printer I can use the full set of features (just like a Windows machine would) -- Quick and simple Linux solutions Blog - http://www.at4me.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120810144220.gc25...@glen.eglb.local
Re: cups printer problems with osx clients
On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:57:48 -0300, David Roguin wrote: > I have a debian server which have an epson printer installed to it. The > printer works fine with windows and linux clients but when I try to > print with a mac it asks for a password and then the printer stops with > the error > "/opt/epson-inkjet-printer-201101w/cups/lib/filter/epson_inkjet_printer_filter > failed" > > Anyone with a similar layout who can help me? Thanks! How is the printer being shared? I mean, is it a local printer (USB/LPT...) or it has some network capabilities (socket/ipp...)? Anyway, being a MacOS client, you should be able to use IPP and thus avoiding messing up with another client/server protocols that may require setting up the correct credentials for accessing the printing resources (e.g., samba). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/k03670$qus$3...@dough.gmane.org
Re: cups printer problems with osx clients
On 09/08/12 03:57 PM, David Roguin wrote: Hello, I have a debian server which have an epson printer installed to it. The printer works fine with windows and linux clients but when I try to print with a mac it asks for a password and then the printer stops with the error "/opt/epson-inkjet-printer-201101w/cups/lib/filter/epson_inkjet_printer_filter failed" Anyone with a similar layout who can help me? Thanks! No direct comparison, but it sounds like it could be a permissions problem. I think the Mac is different enough that it is using different groups from Linux. Are your Windows users part of a domain? If so, they would be linked to Linux groups and possibly even Linux accounts on the server, so Windows printing will work. Your Mac might need something similar, although I've never had much luck getting Linux accounts to join my domain. Instead, my groups and accounts use the same numbers between systems. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50241c7f.3090...@rogers.com
cups printer problems with osx clients
Hello, I have a debian server which have an epson printer installed to it. The printer works fine with windows and linux clients but when I try to print with a mac it asks for a password and then the printer stops with the error "/opt/epson-inkjet-printer-201101w/cups/lib/filter/epson_inkjet_printer_filter failed" Anyone with a similar layout who can help me? Thanks! -- David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cagajj4jr_9au2xb5sypbkr76c+n0drbog1+zpoujogxwo37...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Re: Printer problems from a newbie
Thanks. That was a great lead!
Re: Printer problems from a newbie
Clyde Wilson wrote: I have installed Debian 3.1 r1 and I am not able to print anything. I've used CUPS, Kprinter, and others, read the howto's and the mailing list, but nothing seems to work. My printer, Epson Stylus C68, seems to install, but when I print something it just disappears. It prints just fine under Knoppix 4.0.2 but only when installed to harddisk. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Have a look at http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Setting_up_a_parallel_printer_using_CUPS Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer problems from a newbie
Thanks Mark, that did the trick. I appreciate it! --- Mark Grieveson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - On 2/21/06, Clyde Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I have installed Debian 3.1 r1 and I am not able to print anything. I've used CUPS, Kprinter, and others, read the howto's and the mailing list, but nothing seems to work. My printer, Epson Stylus C68, seems to install, but when I print something it just disappears. It prints just fine under Knoppix 4.0.2 but only when installed to harddisk. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Install , and run printconf (apt-get install printconf, then type "printconf" in your terminal as root). That should fix things. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer problems from a newbie
I used printconf and it got me going...thanks for your help! --- Grant Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What type of driver are you using for the printer? > Usually I am able to get generic printing > functionality fro CUPS by choosing > the Raw printer option. > It should be the one that states no driver is > needed. > Also, I usually add my user account into the lpadmin > group. > > How are you connecting to your printer? USB, > ethernet, parallel port? > > Hope any of this helps > > On 2/21/06, Clyde Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have installed Debian 3.1 r1 and I am not able > to > > print anything. I've used CUPS, Kprinter, and > others, > > read the howto's and the mailing list, but nothing > > seems to work. My printer, Epson Stylus C68, > seems to > > install, but when I print something it just > > disappears. It prints just fine under Knoppix > 4.0.2 > > but only when installed to harddisk. Any > suggestions > > would be appreciated! > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer problems from a newbie
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 04:57:47PM -0800, Clyde > Wilson had the following words of wisdom... > > I have installed Debian 3.1 r1 and I am not able > to > > print anything. I've used CUPS, Kprinter, and > others, > > read the howto's and the mailing list, but nothing > > seems to work. My printer, Epson Stylus C68, > seems to > > install, but when I print something it just > > disappears. It prints just fine under Knoppix > 4.0.2 > > but only when installed to harddisk. Any > suggestions > > would be appreciated! > > Does the usb device still exist? > Check /proc/bus/usb/devices and look for a device > under /dev/usb. > And make sure the usblp module is loaded. > Everything seems to be there...printconf got me working. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer problems from a newbie
On 2/21/06, Clyde Wilson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have installed Debian 3.1 r1 and I am not able to print anything. I've used CUPS, Kprinter, and others, read the howto's and the mailing list, but nothing seems to work. My printer, Epson Stylus C68, seems to install, but when I print something it just disappears. It prints just fine under Knoppix 4.0.2 but only when installed to harddisk. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Install , and run printconf (apt-get install printconf, then type "printconf" in your terminal as root). That should fix things. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer problems from a newbie
What type of driver are you using for the printer?Usually I am able to get generic printing functionality fro CUPS by choosing the Raw printer option.It should be the one that states no driver is needed.Also, I usually add my user account into the lpadmin group. How are you connecting to your printer? USB, ethernet, parallel port?Hope any of this helpsOn 2/21/06, Clyde Wilson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have installed Debian 3.1 r1 and I am not able toprint anything. I've used CUPS, Kprinter, and others,read the howto's and the mailing list, but nothingseems to work. My printer, Epson Stylus C68, seems to install, but when I print something it justdisappears. It prints just fine under Knoppix 4.0.2but only when installed to harddisk. Any suggestionswould be appreciated!--To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printer problems from a newbie
I have installed Debian 3.1 r1 and I am not able to print anything. I've used CUPS, Kprinter, and others, read the howto's and the mailing list, but nothing seems to work. My printer, Epson Stylus C68, seems to install, but when I print something it just disappears. It prints just fine under Knoppix 4.0.2 but only when installed to harddisk. Any suggestions would be appreciated! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer problems
On 6/27/05, Ernst-Magne Vindal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Strake wrote:> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:09:13 -0400> From: Strake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: debian-user < debian-user@lists.debian.org>> Subject: Re: Printer problems> Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 05:09:19 -0500 (CDT)> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org >> From: Strake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Date: Jun 27, 2005 6:08 AM> Subject: Re: Printer problems> To: hacker < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> On 6/26/05, hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> >> > On 6/26/05, Strake <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:> > > HP PSC 1350 all-in-one. Connected using USB. I tried printing with both> > lpr> > > and Firefox (neither works).> >> > Are you using cups? Did you install the cupsys-client in addition to > > the cupsys package?> >> > Could be a permission problem with your /dev/usb/lp0 port .. try> > 'chmod 666 /dev/usb/lp0' and see if that helps. Also, you can> > 'adduser lpadmin' and reboot. If you're running a 2.6> > kernel with udev enabled, you'll have to modify some> > /etc/udev/..files.. to get the changed permissions to come back on the> > next boot.> >> > regards,> > > >> I installed cupsys and cupsys-client and tried printing as root (using the> lpr command) but the same thing happens - it gets stuck on the spool.>> --> No place like ~/ >> --> No place like ~/>>Have you tryed to print a testpage from the web interface,http://localhost:631 and have you checked /var/log/cups/error_log - access_log ? /ernst-magneRemember NOT to TopPost on Reply: http://ursine.ca/Top_Posting--To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]Test page also gets stuck in spool. I checked on linuxprinting.org and apparently there is no driver for my model of printer. -- No place like ~/
Re: Printer problems
On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Strake wrote: > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:09:13 -0400 > From: Strake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user > Subject: Re: Printer problems > Resent-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 05:09:19 -0500 (CDT) > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > From: Strake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Jun 27, 2005 6:08 AM > Subject: Re: Printer problems > To: hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 6/26/05, hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 6/26/05, Strake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > HP PSC 1350 all-in-one. Connected using USB. I tried printing with both > > lpr > > > and Firefox (neither works). > > > > Are you using cups? Did you install the cupsys-client in addition to > > the cupsys package? > > > > Could be a permission problem with your /dev/usb/lp0 port .. try > > 'chmod 666 /dev/usb/lp0' and see if that helps. Also, you can > > 'adduser lpadmin' and reboot. If you're running a 2.6 > > kernel with udev enabled, you'll have to modify some > > /etc/udev/..files.. to get the changed permissions to come back on the > > next boot. > > > > regards, > > > > > I installed cupsys and cupsys-client and tried printing as root (using the > lpr command) but the same thing happens - it gets stuck on the spool. > > -- > No place like ~/ > > -- > No place like ~/ > > Have you tryed to print a testpage from the web interface, http://localhost:631 and have you checked /var/log/cups/error_log - access_log ? /ernst-magne Remember NOT to TopPost on Reply: http://ursine.ca/Top_Posting -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer problems
On (27/06/05 06:09), Strake wrote: > On 6/26/05, hacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 6/26/05, Strake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > HP PSC 1350 all-in-one. Connected using USB. I tried printing with both > > lpr > > > and Firefox (neither works). > > > > Are you using cups? Did you install the cupsys-client in addition to > > the cupsys package? > > > > Could be a permission problem with your /dev/usb/lp0 port .. try > > 'chmod 666 /dev/usb/lp0' and see if that helps. Also, you can > > 'adduser lpadmin' and reboot. If you're running a 2.6 > > kernel with udev enabled, you'll have to modify some > > /etc/udev/..files.. to get the changed permissions to come back on the > > next boot. > > > > regards, > > > > > I installed cupsys and cupsys-client and tried printing as root (using the > lpr command) but the same thing happens - it gets stuck on the spool. Have a look at: Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO http://excess.org/docs/linux_windows_printing.html Although it talks about windows, the cups info is great irrespective of networking with Windows PCs. Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer problems
From: Strake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Date: Jun 27, 2005 6:08 AMSubject: Re: Printer problemsTo: hacker < [EMAIL PROTECTED]>On 6/26/05, hacker < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/26/05, Strake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> HP PSC 1350 all-in-one. Connected using USB. I tried printing with both lpr > and Firefox (neither works). Are you using cups? Did you install the cupsys-client in addition tothe cupsys package?Could be a permission problem with your /dev/usb/lp0 port .. try'chmod 666 /dev/usb/lp0' and see if that helps. Also, you can 'adduser lpadmin' and reboot. If you're running a 2.6kernel with udev enabled, you'll have to modify some/etc/udev/..files.. to get the changed permissions to come back on thenext boot. regards,I installed cupsys and cupsys-client and tried printing as root (using the lpr command) but the same thing happens - it gets stuck on the spool.-- No place like ~/ -- No place like ~/
Re: Printer problems
On 6/26/05, Strake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HP PSC 1350 all-in-one. Connected using USB. I tried printing with both lpr > and Firefox (neither works). Are you using cups? Did you install the cupsys-client in addition to the cupsys package? Could be a permission problem with your /dev/usb/lp0 port .. try 'chmod 666 /dev/usb/lp0' and see if that helps. Also, you can 'adduser lpadmin' and reboot. If you're running a 2.6 kernel with udev enabled, you'll have to modify some /etc/udev/..files.. to get the changed permissions to come back on the next boot. regards,
Re: Printer problems
On 6/26/05, Steve Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 04:35:13PM -0400, Strake wrote:>I'm running Sarge, and I can't print. My printer's on, and try to print>something but nothing happens. It gets stuck as a job on the spool and>doesn't print. Well, what kind of printer?, how is it connected?, what printing systemare you trying to use?, etc. You've got to give a little moreinformation than "I can't print" or no one will be able to help you. --Steve Blockhttp://ev-15.com/http://steveblock.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]--To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Srry. HP PSC 1350 all-in-one. Connected using USB. I tried printing with both lpr and Firefox (neither works).-- No place like ~/
Re: Printer problems
On Sun, Jun 26, 2005 at 04:35:13PM -0400, Strake wrote: I'm running Sarge, and I can't print. My printer's on, and try to print something but nothing happens. It gets stuck as a job on the spool and doesn't print. Well, what kind of printer?, how is it connected?, what printing system are you trying to use?, etc. You've got to give a little more information than "I can't print" or no one will be able to help you. -- Steve Block http://ev-15.com/ http://steveblock.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printer problems
I'm running Sarge, and I can't print. My printer's on, and try to print something but nothing happens. It gets stuck as a job on the spool and doesn't print.-- No place like ~/
Re: Printer Problems
Clive Menzies wrote: On (19/11/04 14:29), Noah Durell wrote: Hello, I seem to be getting this error when I try to add a network printer to my printer list in KDE: Unable to retrieve the printer list. Error message received from manager: Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is correctly installed and running. Error: the IPP request failed for an unknown reason. This is actually a new error for me. But before when the server was working I tried to add a printer and it would work for printing test pages but not for printing in other programs. I am pretty sure that the CUPS is installed and running because I can see it running in top. Any help with this would be most appreciated. Hi Noah FWIW I could never get IPP printing to work and resorted to setting up network printers via Samba (smb) protocol. The device URI is: smb: The network printer needs to be made available via smb.conf Hava a look at: http://www.cups.org/sam.html HTH Clive Cool thanks. I'll give that a shot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer Problems
On (19/11/04 14:29), Noah Durell wrote: > Hello, > I seem to be getting this error when I try to add a network printer to > my printer list in KDE: > > Unable to retrieve the printer list. Error message received from manager: > Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is > correctly installed and running. Error: the IPP request failed for an > unknown reason. > > This is actually a new error for me. But before when the server was > working I tried to add a printer and it would work for printing test > pages but not for printing in other programs. I am pretty sure that the > CUPS is installed and running because I can see it running in top. Any > help with this would be most appreciated. Hi Noah FWIW I could never get IPP printing to work and resorted to setting up network printers via Samba (smb) protocol. The device URI is: smb: The network printer needs to be made available via smb.conf Hava a look at: http://www.cups.org/sam.html HTH Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printer Problems
Hello, I seem to be getting this error when I try to add a network printer to my printer list in KDE: Unable to retrieve the printer list. Error message received from manager: Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is correctly installed and running. Error: the IPP request failed for an unknown reason. This is actually a new error for me. But before when the server was working I tried to add a printer and it would work for printing test pages but not for printing in other programs. I am pretty sure that the CUPS is installed and running because I can see it running in top. Any help with this would be most appreciated. -Noah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printer Problems
Hello, I seem to be getting this error when I try to add a network printer to my printer list in KDE: Unable to retrieve the printer list. Error message received from manager: Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is correctly installed and running. Error: the IPP request failed for an unknown reason. This is actually a new error for me. But before when the server was working I tried to add a printer and it would work for printing test pages but not for printing in other programs. I am pretty sure that the CUPS is installed and running because I can see it running in top. Any help with this would be most appreciated. -Noah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HP 2210 USB printer problems in Sid
> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh was heard > to say: >See the kernel logs. You need to find something like this: >Oct 3 15:28:52 khazad-dum kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB >Bidirectional >printer dev 13 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6004 dmesg did show disconnect and reconnect messages for both the printer and the scsi port for the various memory card slots available in the printer. However, > /sbin/MAKEDEV usb will create the usb stuff in /dev. I executed this command, then "/etc/init.d/hpoj setup" to see if that would make the difference, and it did. So it seems that this magic "MAKEDEV" command wasn't automatically run during installation this time. The joys of running "unstable", I guess. -- Probe for USB-connected devices ([y]/n)? Probing "/dev/usb/lp0"... Found "PSC 2200 Series" with serial number "MY26EB24980G". This device will be set up as "mlc:usb:PSC_2200_Series". Press alone to continue or to skip this device, or enter a different desired name suffix (without the "mlc:usb:" prefix) here ---> Setting up as "mlc:usb:PSC_2200_Series". Enabling ptal-mlcd and ptal-printd. Enabling ptal-photod. -- The "mlc:" printer still didn't show up in KDE CUPS printer control, so I rebooted the machine and watched the boot messages. Everything was detected, the "mlc:" printer definition too, and this time CUPS detected the printer. I'm looking at the test page right now, in beautiful colour and crisp black. Many thanks Henrique, again, for your assistance. Peace, may your aim never waver, Curt- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HP 2210 USB printer problems in Sid
On Sun, 03 Oct 2004, Curt Howland wrote: > On Sunday 03 October 2004 14:11, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh was heard > to say: > > Is usblp loading and finding the printer ? It needs to. > > usblp is loaded, but this is all I can find: See the kernel logs. You need to find something like this: Oct 3 15:28:52 khazad-dum kernel: printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 13 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6004 When the printer is connected/turned on. My HP DeskJet 5550 likes to disconnect and reconnect itself every time I push the on/off button (be it "on" or "off"). > # lsmod > usblp 13088 0 That's normal, unless something is actively using the device. > > Is /dev correctly configured for usblp? > > I find no usblp entry in /dev at all. > > /dev# ls -al *lp* > crwxrwxrwx 1 root lp 6, 0 Jun 13 2001 lp0 > crwxrwxrwx 1 root lp 6, 1 Jun 13 2001 lp1 > crwxrwxrwx 1 root lp 6, 2 Jun 13 2001 lp2 See that you have lp entries under /dev/usb, or look for where the USB devices end up if you are using udev (I am still using kernel 2.4, so no udev). Make sure you have usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) mounted, as well. Your printer must be listed in /proc/bus/usb/devices when it is connected to the USB bus. /sbin/MAKEDEV usb will create the usb stuff in /dev. -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HP 2210 USB printer problems in Sid
On Sunday 03 October 2004 14:11, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh was heard to say: > Is usblp loading and finding the printer ? It needs to. usblp is loaded, but this is all I can find: # lsmod usblp 13088 0 How do I access it to see what it sees? There's no man page for it, and as you can see lsmod is not showing it in use. That may be what you mean. > Is /dev correctly configured for usblp? I find no usblp entry in /dev at all. /dev# ls -al *lp* crwxrwxrwx 1 root lp 6, 0 Jun 13 2001 lp0 crwxrwxrwx 1 root lp 6, 1 Jun 13 2001 lp1 crwxrwxrwx 1 root lp 6, 2 Jun 13 2001 lp2 -- September 11th, 2001 The proudest day for gun control and central planning advocates in American history -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: HP 2210 USB printer problems in Sid
On Sun, 03 Oct 2004, Curt Howland wrote: > correct new ports. USB thumb-drives and memory-sticks function. By > this I assume that the usb subsystem is working. Probably it is. > However, hpoj simply does not detect the printer. Is usblp loading and finding the printer ? It needs to. Is /dev correctly configured for usblp? -- "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HP 2210 USB printer problems in Sid
Hi, all. Sid, latest 2.6.8-1-686 kernel. I went back through the archives and found where I had asked about getting this printer connected before, and followed those directions, but it's failing right at the outset. The hpoj documentation suggests ensuring that the USB drivers are compiled for earlier kernels, that ohci/uhci be loaded. The 2.6.8 autodetection is loading all those drivers: # lsmod usbcore 119012 6 ehci_hcd,usb_storage,usblp,ohci_hcd usbview displays the printer information just fine, as does KDE Infocenter. When I pull the cable out of one USB port and stick it in another since my laptop has 3 to choose from, usbview, Infocenter and dmesg all show the printer disconnecting and connecting to the correct new ports. USB thumb-drives and memory-sticks function. By this I assume that the usb subsystem is working. However, hpoj simply does not detect the printer. Any suggestions? Curt- -- September 11th, 2001 The proudest day for gun control and central planning advocates in American history -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Massive Printer Problems
On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 05:19:56PM -0700, Clyde Wilson wrote: > I have installed Woody rev 1 and have not been able to setup my Epson > C42UX. I've read the Debian reference manual and How-to's until I think > I'm going blind. Do you have any suggestions? Find a good collection of printer drivers (not open source, though) at http://www.turboprint.de HTH -- Joachim Fahnenmüller # Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into # your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Clyde Wilson wrote: I have installed Woody rev 1 and have not been able to setup my Epson C42UX. I've read the Debian reference manual and How-to's until I think I'm going blind. Do you have any suggestions? Hope this helps:- http://linuxprinting.org/printer_list.cgi Regards, David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: printer problems
Darik Horn escribió: You need to install a print filter, which is much like a print driver under Microsoft Windows. I use ApsFilter with my HP printers. Run this command as the root user to install the package: # apt-get install apsfilter IIRC, the ApsFilter installer will print a colorful test page. If you get that far, then it should be easier to get additional instructions about how to configure the print subsystem from Google. terryfitzgerald wrote: where would i go in google to set my hp deskjet 400 printer so i can print out colored pages? it will not allow me to print,it come's out in all nothing but green green blotches,the picture will not print. my settings are properly set.can you help me? thank-you so much. yours truly terry. You can try CUPS too See http://am.xs4all.nl/phpwiki/index.php/MorphixHdFaqUsing Regards. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: printer problems
You need to install a print filter, which is much like a print driver under Microsoft Windows. I use ApsFilter with my HP printers. Run this command as the root user to install the package: # apt-get install apsfilter IIRC, the ApsFilter installer will print a colorful test page. If you get that far, then it should be easier to get additional instructions about how to configure the print subsystem from Google. terryfitzgerald wrote: where would i go in google to set my hp deskjet 400 printer so i can print out colored pages? it will not allow me to print,it come's out in all nothing but green green blotches,the picture will not print. my settings are properly set.can you help me? thank-you so much. yours truly terry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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where would i go in google to set my hp deskjet 400 printer so i can print out colored pages? it will not allow me to print,it come's out in all nothing but green green blotches,the picture will not print. my settings are properly set.can you help me? thank-you so much. yours truly terry.
Re: Mozilla printer problems
On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 05:09:06AM -0400, Brad Sawatzky wrote: > Hi Tom, > > Perhaps your Mozilla build requires the Xprint package. Try installing > xprt-xprintorg (and its depends) and see if mozilla can print. > Additionally, I found I needed cupsys-bsd (mentioned in the xprt-xprintorg notes somewhere) for things to work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mozilla printer problems
On Sunday 24 August 2003 16:27, Kevin McKinley wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 13:58:42 -0400
>
> Mike Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Saturday 23 August 2003 09:37, Tom Allison wrote:
> > > this is my current printer configuration in Mozilla.
> > > lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
> >
> > Firebird would not print for me. I use cups. Changing "lpr" to "lp"
> > enabled printing for me.
>
> Did you leave the rest of the line as above?
>
> Kevin
Roger that. Affirmative.
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 13:58:42 -0400
Mike Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 23 August 2003 09:37, Tom Allison wrote:
> > this is my current printer configuration in Mozilla.
> > lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
>
> Firebird would not print for me. I use cups. Changing "lpr" to "lp"
> enabled printing for me.
Did you leave the rest of the line as above?
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On Saturday 23 August 2003 09:37, Tom Allison wrote:
> this is my current printer configuration in Mozilla.
> lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
Firebird would not print for me. I use cups. Changing "lpr" to "lp" enabled
printing for me.
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Hi Tom,
Perhaps your Mozilla build requires the Xprint package. Try installing
xprt-xprintorg (and its depends) and see if mozilla can print.
-- Brad
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, Tom Allison wrote:
> I'm having difficulties getting my cups printer to work with Mozilla.
>
> The printer is located on a different box (server). But for this client, I
> can successfully print using 'cat foo | lpr' and Open Office documents as
> well..
>
> But Mozilla tends to hang. There is a lot of traffic to the server in the
> ipp port, but nothing ever gets printed and Mozilla is effectively toast at
> this point. I have to 'kill' it.
>
> my variable $MOZ_PRINTER_NAME seems to be null as far as I can tell. I
> started up Mozilla from a xterm window and the variable had no definition
> in the same xterm windows (mozilla; echo ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME})
>
> I have found this mentioned a few times on Debian and Suse lists from
> google-ing, but I don't seem to find anyone who has resolved the matter.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> this is my current printer configuration in Mozilla.
> lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
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Mozilla printer problems
I'm having difficulties getting my cups printer to work with Mozilla.
The printer is located on a different box (server). But for this client, I
can successfully print using 'cat foo | lpr' and Open Office documents as well..
But Mozilla tends to hang. There is a lot of traffic to the server in the
ipp port, but nothing ever gets printed and Mozilla is effectively toast at
this point. I have to 'kill' it.
my variable $MOZ_PRINTER_NAME seems to be null as far as I can tell. I
started up Mozilla from a xterm window and the variable had no definition in
the same xterm windows (mozilla; echo ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME})
I have found this mentioned a few times on Debian and Suse lists from
google-ing, but I don't seem to find anyone who has resolved the matter.
Can anyone help?
this is my current printer configuration in Mozilla.
lpr ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
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Re: Printer Problems
A further update. I started double checking everything. I proofread mime.convs and mime.types again, then ran dpkg -l|grep -i cups and started running debsums with the "a" option which I hadn't used before. debsums -as cupsys debsums: checksum mismatch cupsys file /etc/cups/cupsd.conf debsums -as libcupsys2 debsums: checksum mismatch libcupsys2 file /etc/cups/client.conf Next I tried apt-get --reinstall install cupsys and then repeating debsums -as cupsys with the same result as above. What might I do to correct these mismatches? Tom George PS I removed both my printer definitions and re-installed lp with the CUPS+GIMP-print v4.2.2-pre2 driver. It still doesn't work from a terminal - same old error - but I found that I could open the /etc/cups/ppd/lp.ppd file with mozilla and print it! I used the printout to double check against the ppd lines in the last message. With this workaround I presumably can print any file I want but its awkward. For example, I can't print a message directly from mutt. tg On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 09:23:36PM -0500, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 09:58:31AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > > This latter is the one I use with my Epson 860 without having errors > you report. > > > *PPD-Adobe: "4.3" > > *%PPD file for CUPS/GIMP-print. > > *%Copyright 1993-2001 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved. > > *%This PPD file may be freely used and distributed under the terms of > > *%the GNU GPL. > > *FormatVersion: "4.3" > > *FileVersion: "4.2.2-pre2" > > *LanguageVersion: English > > *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 > > *PCFileName:"escp2-860.ppd" > > *Manufacturer: "EPSON" > > *Product: "(GIMP-print v4.2.2-pre2)" > > *ModelName: "escp2-860" > > *ShortNickName: "EPSON Stylus Color 860" > > *NickName: "EPSON Stylus Color 860, CUPS+GIMP-print v4.2.2-pre2" > > *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 550" > > *LanguageLevel: "2" > > *ColorDevice: True > > *DefaultColorSpace: RGB > *FileSystem:False > *LandscapeOrientation: Plus90 > *TTRasterizer: Type42 > *cupsVersion: 1.1 > *cupsModelNumber: "16" > *cupsManualCopies: True > *cupsFilter:"application/vnd.cups-raster 100 rastertoprinter" > *cupsFilter:"application/vnd.cups-command 33 commandtoepson" > *OpenUI *PageSize: PickOne > *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageSize > *DefaultPageSize: Letter > etc. > > The error you reported in prior email thread is a typical ghostscript > error that results if you try to display a nonpostscript file. It > seems that the cups filter is not converting your text file to > postscript before passing it to gs-esp. That sound like a mime > definition problem, but we already checked the cups mime definitions. > > Just on a lark, do you get the same error with "lpr printtest" and > "lpr -p printtest"? > > -- > Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Yes. The same error with lpr. On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 09:23:36PM -0500, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 09:58:31AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: > > This latter is the one I use with my Epson 860 without having errors > you report. > > > *PPD-Adobe: "4.3" > > *%PPD file for CUPS/GIMP-print. > > *%Copyright 1993-2001 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved. > > *%This PPD file may be freely used and distributed under the terms of > > *%the GNU GPL. > > *FormatVersion: "4.3" > > *FileVersion: "4.2.2-pre2" > > *LanguageVersion: English > > *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 > > *PCFileName:"escp2-860.ppd" > > *Manufacturer: "EPSON" > > *Product: "(GIMP-print v4.2.2-pre2)" > > *ModelName: "escp2-860" > > *ShortNickName: "EPSON Stylus Color 860" > > *NickName: "EPSON Stylus Color 860, CUPS+GIMP-print v4.2.2-pre2" > > *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 550" > > *LanguageLevel: "2" > > *ColorDevice: True > > *DefaultColorSpace: RGB > *FileSystem:False > *LandscapeOrientation: Plus90 > *TTRasterizer: Type42 > *cupsVersion: 1.1 > *cupsModelNumber: "16" > *cupsManualCopies: True > *cupsFilter:"application/vnd.cups-raster 100 rastertoprinter" > *cupsFilter:"application/vnd.cups-command 33 commandtoepson" > *OpenUI *PageSize: PickOne > *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageSize > *DefaultPageSize: Letter > etc. > > The error you reported in prior email thread is a typical ghostscript > error that results if you try to display a nonpostscript file. It > seems that the cups filter is not converting your text file to > postscript before passing it to gs-esp. That sound like a mime > definition problem, but we already checked the cups mime definitions. > > Just on a lark, do you get the same error with "lpr printtest" and > "lpr -p printtest"? > > -- > Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 09:58:31AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: This latter is the one I use with my Epson 860 without having errors you report. > *PPD-Adobe: "4.3" > *%PPD file for CUPS/GIMP-print. > *%Copyright 1993-2001 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved. > *%This PPD file may be freely used and distributed under the terms of > *%the GNU GPL. > *FormatVersion: "4.3" > *FileVersion: "4.2.2-pre2" > *LanguageVersion: English > *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 > *PCFileName: "escp2-860.ppd" > *Manufacturer:"EPSON" > *Product: "(GIMP-print v4.2.2-pre2)" > *ModelName: "escp2-860" > *ShortNickName: "EPSON Stylus Color 860" > *NickName: "EPSON Stylus Color 860, CUPS+GIMP-print v4.2.2-pre2" > *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 550" > *LanguageLevel: "2" > *ColorDevice: True > *DefaultColorSpace: RGB *FileSystem:False *LandscapeOrientation: Plus90 *TTRasterizer: Type42 *cupsVersion: 1.1 *cupsModelNumber: "16" *cupsManualCopies: True *cupsFilter:"application/vnd.cups-raster 100 rastertoprinter" *cupsFilter:"application/vnd.cups-command 33 commandtoepson" *OpenUI *PageSize: PickOne *OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageSize *DefaultPageSize: Letter etc. The error you reported in prior email thread is a typical ghostscript error that results if you try to display a nonpostscript file. It seems that the cups filter is not converting your text file to postscript before passing it to gs-esp. That sound like a mime definition problem, but we already checked the cups mime definitions. Just on a lark, do you get the same error with "lpr printtest" and "lpr -p printtest"? -- Jerome msg29042/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Printer Problems
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 09:23:27PM -0500, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 10:38:32AM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > > > > The problem: Printing a simple ASCII file (printtest) from a terminal. > > The results of lp printtest are as follows: > > > >Epson Stylus Color 860:Nothing. There is an error in > > /var/log/cups/error_log > > > > If you "cp printtest printtest.txt" and then "lp printtest.txt", do > you get the same results? > > Also, please post output of "head --lines=20 /etc/cups/ppd/*". > > -- > Jerome lp printtest.txt did not work. Since posting my last message I downloaded Epson-Stylus_Color-gimp-print-cups.ppd from linuxprinting.org and added a second printer (ep) using this driver. lp -d ep printtest.txt also does not work. I am posting the tops of both ppd files down through LanguageLevel as I now recall that when I first began using this printer a year ago with CUPS installed from the cd I had to set the language level to 1. I just tried editing one of the ppd's to change the language level to 1 and then, after stopping and restarting cupsys, running lp printtest.txt again - still with no success. *PPD-Adobe: "4.3" *% *% For information on using this, and to obtain the required backend *% script, consult http://www.linuxprinting.org/cups-doc.html *% *% CUPS-O-MATIC generated this PPD file. It is for use with the CUPS *% printing system and the "cupsomatic" backend filter script. These *% two files work together to support the use of arbitrary free *% software drivers with CUPS, replete with basic support for *% driver-provided options. *% *% You may save this file as 'Epson-Stylus_Color_860-gimp-print-cups.ppd' *% *% *FormatVersion: "4.3" *FileVersion: "1.1" *LanguageVersion: English *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 *PCFileName:"GIMP-PRI.PPD" *Manufacturer: "Epson" *Product: "(Stylus Color 860)" *cupsVersion: 1.0 *cupsManualCopies: True *cupsModelNumber: 2 *cupsFilter:"application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 cupsomatic" *ModelName: "Epson Stylus Color 860, Foomatic + gimp-print" *ShortNickName: "Epson Stylus Color 860, gimp-print" *NickName: "Epson Stylus Color 860, Foomatic + gimp-print" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 550" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 651" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 652" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 653" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 704" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 705" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 800" *LanguageLevel: "3" *ColorDevice: True *PPD-Adobe: "4.3" *%PPD file for CUPS/GIMP-print. *%Copyright 1993-2001 by Easy Software Products, All Rights Reserved. *%This PPD file may be freely used and distributed under the terms of *%the GNU GPL. *FormatVersion: "4.3" *FileVersion: "4.2.2-pre2" *LanguageVersion: English *LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1 *PCFileName:"escp2-860.ppd" *Manufacturer: "EPSON" *Product: "(GIMP-print v4.2.2-pre2)" *ModelName: "escp2-860" *ShortNickName: "EPSON Stylus Color 860" *NickName: "EPSON Stylus Color 860, CUPS+GIMP-print v4.2.2-pre2" *PSVersion: "(3010.000) 550" *LanguageLevel: "2" *ColorDevice: True *DefaultColorSpace: RGB I hope this information provides a useful clue. Tom George -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 10:38:32AM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > I have three standalone systems all with cupsys, cupsomatic, cupsys-bsd, > cupsys-driver-gimpprint, gimp1.2, gimp1.2-print and kdelibs3-cups: > >Debian Woody, 2.4.18 kernel with HP Deskjet 940c, Foomatic+hpijs > (my daughter) > >Debian Woody, 2.4.18 kernel with Brother HL-730, Foomatic+hl7x0 > (my grandsons) > >Debian Testing, 2.4.20 kernel with Epson Stylus Color 860, > CUPS+GIMP-print v4.2.2-pre2 (mine) > > The problem: Printing a simple ASCII file (printtest) from a terminal. > The results of lp printtest are as follows: > >Brother HL-730:OK. Prints the > file with no problems. > >HP Deskjet 940c: Ejects a blank > page. > >Epson Stylus Color 860:Nothing. There is an error in > /var/log/cups/error_log > > (See previous posting, Gimp Print Problem > > (for details.) > If you "cp printtest printtest.txt" and then "lp printtest.txt", do you get the same results? Also, please post output of "head --lines=20 /etc/cups/ppd/*". -- Jerome msg28882/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Printer Problems
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 01:15:21PM -0600, Donald Spoon wrote: > > Sounds like you are missing a "filter". Here are a couple of > suggestions for each situation: > > 1. Check and make sure you have Ghostscript installed and working. > > 2. In the KDE Control Center --> System --> Printing Manager --> [your > printer, i.e "LP", etc] --> Instances --> Settings you will get a pop-up > window with 3 tabs. The last tab is called "filters". Select this and > experiment with adding the available filters. I have a "generic image > to postscript" filter and a "pdf writer (needs Ghostscript)" filter > available here. You might have to experiment with the order, and you > might not need all of them... dunno. > > HTH, > > -Don Spoon- > No Luck. I found only an enscript text filter. I tried it and it convert testprint to the ghostscript instructions and printed these but did nothing for the ASCII file when I tried lp printtest. I removed the filter as there is no problem printing from kde - that is, printing text generated in kde. I tried opening a terminal in kde and running lp printtest from the terminal. It didn't work. Tom George > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thomas H. George,,, wrote: I have three standalone systems all with cupsys, cupsomatic, cupsys-bsd, cupsys-driver-gimpprint, gimp1.2, gimp1.2-print and kdelibs3-cups: Debian Woody, 2.4.18 kernel with HP Deskjet 940c, Foomatic+hpijs (my daughter) Debian Woody, 2.4.18 kernel with Brother HL-730, Foomatic+hl7x0 (my grandsons) Debian Testing, 2.4.20 kernel with Epson Stylus Color 860, CUPS+GIMP-print v4.2.2-pre2 (mine) The problem: Printing a simple ASCII file (printtest) from a terminal. The results of lp printtest are as follows: Brother HL-730:OK. Prints the file with no problems. HP Deskjet 940c: Ejects a blank page. Epson Stylus Color 860:Nothing. There is an error in /var/log/cups/error_log (See previous posting, Gimp Print Problem (for details.) All of these printers print the test pattern from a terminal: lp /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps All of these printers print perfectly from kde. History: I am weening my daughter and grandsons from Windows 98 with its perpetual problems. I chose kde to give them something similar to Windows and this is when my troubles began. I found I had to install cupsomatic and kdelibs3-cups get their printers to work. This is fine since they never switch from X windows to a terminal but I do. After dpkg --purge lprng, lpr, and magicfilter and installing cupsys-bsd I am able to use the Brother HL-730 but not the other two printers. I would appreciate any assistance with this problem Sounds like you are missing a "filter". Here are a couple of suggestions for each situation: 1. Check and make sure you have Ghostscript installed and working. 2. In the KDE Control Center --> System --> Printing Manager --> [your printer, i.e "LP", etc] --> Instances --> Settings you will get a pop-up window with 3 tabs. The last tab is called "filters". Select this and experiment with adding the available filters. I have a "generic image to postscript" filter and a "pdf writer (needs Ghostscript)" filter available here. You might have to experiment with the order, and you might not need all of them... dunno. HTH, -Don Spoon- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printer Problems
I have three standalone systems all with cupsys, cupsomatic, cupsys-bsd, cupsys-driver-gimpprint, gimp1.2, gimp1.2-print and kdelibs3-cups: Debian Woody, 2.4.18 kernel with HP Deskjet 940c, Foomatic+hpijs (my daughter) Debian Woody, 2.4.18 kernel with Brother HL-730, Foomatic+hl7x0 (my grandsons) Debian Testing, 2.4.20 kernel with Epson Stylus Color 860, CUPS+GIMP-print v4.2.2-pre2 (mine) The problem: Printing a simple ASCII file (printtest) from a terminal. The results of lp printtest are as follows: Brother HL-730:OK. Prints the file with no problems. HP Deskjet 940c: Ejects a blank page. Epson Stylus Color 860:Nothing. There is an error in /var/log/cups/error_log (See previous posting, Gimp Print Problem (for details.) All of these printers print the test pattern from a terminal: lp /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps All of these printers print perfectly from kde. History: I am weening my daughter and grandsons from Windows 98 with its perpetual problems. I chose kde to give them something similar to Windows and this is when my troubles began. I found I had to install cupsomatic and kdelibs3-cups get their printers to work. This is fine since they never switch from X windows to a terminal but I do. After dpkg --purge lprng, lpr, and magicfilter and installing cupsys-bsd I am able to use the Brother HL-730 but not the other two printers. I would appreciate any assistance with this problem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printer problems in x
I just installed cups and have configured my printer through cups web interface. Have a problem configuring the printer in x, so that i could print directly from kmail or openoffice. Here goes the problem... The printer i have added is working, command lpr -P is working perfectly. But when i push the print button in any kde application, the command line that is executed includes wrong printer name (lpr -P 'WRONG_NAME' ), so i get an error (because there is no printer with such name, naturally). Where can i configure printers in x, so that i can change the name of the default printer, which is obviously wrong? I can't rename the default printer in KDE control center, i have tried that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Parallel port printer problems
Thus spake Nathan Weston: > I have a parallel port printer that used to work just fine... however, I > recently reinstalled after a drive failure, and now it's not working. I have > parallel port support in the kernel. At boot-time, I get the messages: > > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,TRISTATE] > parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(98) > parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(98) > parport0: Printer, Canon BJC-1000 > > However, printing through lpr doesn't work, and "cat file > /dev/lp0" gives me > bash: /dev/lp0: No such device > > Same thing with lp[12] and par[0..2]. My printer used to be /dev/lp0... now > it doesn't seem to exist at all. > Any suggestions? It sounds like you may not have printer support compiled into the kernel. Try modprobe lp and see what happens. HTH, Steve -- Winter is the season in which people try to keep the house as warm as it was in the summer, when they complained about the heat. pgpRb9x3BFz7X.pgp Description: PGP signature
Parallel port printer problems
I have a parallel port printer that used to work just fine... however, I recently reinstalled after a drive failure, and now it's not working. I have parallel port support in the kernel. At boot-time, I get the messages: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,TRISTATE] parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(98) parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(98) parport0: Printer, Canon BJC-1000 However, printing through lpr doesn't work, and "cat file > /dev/lp0" gives me bash: /dev/lp0: No such device Same thing with lp[12] and par[0..2]. My printer used to be /dev/lp0... now it doesn't seem to exist at all. Any suggestions? Thanks, Nathan
Re: USB and Printer problems
On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:01:39 +0100 Roland Hinkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have been away from Linux and Debian for a while. I am now running a > 'Woody' system. > > I have an Epson USB printer attached which I would like to use. > > I have read the documents I can find on USB in general and USB printers > in particular. Are you aware that Epson in Japan have written Linux drivers for many of their printers? The print quality is equal to that of the Windows drivers, and the latest version has a utility to show ink levels and to allow you to clean the cartridge nozzles, do alignment checks etc.. Wonderful! I simply installed the .rpm version of the driver - rpm -Uvh --nodeps pips-sc680_777-2.1-1.i386.rpm If I remember correctly, the rpm install runs the setup program which sorts out your /etc/printcap for you and allows you to specify the port etc.. The driver is at: http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/pips_e.html -- Phillip Deackes Using Progeny Debian Linux
Re: USB and Printer problems
Roland Hinkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have an Epson USB printer attached which I would like to use. > > I have read the documents I can find on USB in general and USB printers > in particular. > > Kernel (2.2.19pre17) is compiled with USB and USB printer support as > modules. I have created /dev/USB/lp0. > > In /proc/bus/usb/devices I can find both the USB hub and the printer. > > Using lpinfo (from cups) the USB printer is not found I so do not seem > to be able to go further. Try loading the following modules from the command line as root : modprobe uhci modprobe printer and then retry accessing your printer. If it is OK, you can then add the two modules to your /etc/modules file to have them automatically loaded at startup. Of course drop the "modprobe" when inserting the lines to your file... It was successful for me :-) Hope this helps, Dominique
USB and Printer problems
Hi, I have been away from Linux and Debian for a while. I am now running a 'Woody' system. I have an Epson USB printer attached which I would like to use. I have read the documents I can find on USB in general and USB printers in particular. Kernel (2.2.19pre17) is compiled with USB and USB printer support as modules. I have created /dev/USB/lp0. In /proc/bus/usb/devices I can find both the USB hub and the printer. Using lpinfo (from cups) the USB printer is not found I so do not seem to be able to go further. I may have missed something simple so any pointers would be appreciated. ( Apologies for posting from the other OS but have not got the mail system set up for the mailing list yet) Thanks Roland -- Roland Hinkley
Printer problems
Hi When I do lpr foo only numbers are printed. I know that the lpd is running and lprng is started at bootup. I use magicfilterconfig and as far as I can see it should be o.k. I did a strace lpr and tried to send it to the list, but it seems not to have arrived. Are there any limitations concerning the size of attachments?? I am no expert in reading strace output, but I have the feeling that something is going wrong. TIA Stephan
COMPAQ IJ600 printer problems
I can not get this printer to work in linux. Does anyone have any ideas on what to do? paraport and para-printer are on in my kernel. It detects the paralalel port. but, for example, if I do cat file > /dev/lp0 I get nothing,. No error messages, but no printout. :< Someone said they think the IJ600 won't work period in linux. anyone know?
Re: network printer problems
I tried that too. Still no luck. However, here is the lpc status all now... lp35_05: queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries no daemon present lp35A: queuing is enabled printing is enabled 5 entries in spool area lp35A is ready and printing lp35: queuing is enabled printing is enabled 8 entries in spool area waiting for lp35 to become ready (offline ?) Which shows no change from when I implemented Nick's suggestion. Thanks anyway. Ron ./. > Sometimes, printers give the code that they are off-line (ran out of ink, someone > physically took it off line), or the "I'm OK and ready to do your bidding, master" > signal doesn't get recieved, so lpd thinks that the printer isn't working. You > should be able to see this with lpc status, and a quick way to fix it is with lpc up > all. > > Nick Cook wrote: > > > I recently had a sudden "ain't going to print" problem (although not on a > > network), and I got around it by dropping into root and going to "lpc". > > Then I issued the "abort" command, followed by "start all". When I exited > > lpc, everything was back to normal. > > > > YMMV, though. I don't know why it happend (and yes, it "fixed itself" as > > mysteriously as it began...) > > > > - Nick > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: network printer problems
I tried what you suggested. It seemed to be a step in the right direction. After I issued lpc start all, and then checked lpc status all, I got reasonable results. Moreover, I didn't get the "connection refused" messages from my print jobs that I had before. However, having said all that, nothing printed. Here is the result of lpc status all p35_05: queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries no daemon present lp35A: queuing is enabled printing is enabled 5 entries in spool area lp35A is ready and printing lp35: queuing is enabled printing is enabled 7 entries in spool area waiting for lp35 to become ready (offline ?) Incidentally, nothing printed from either lp35 and lp35A (p35_05 isn't yet set up so I'm not worried about that one yet). Thanks for your help. But I'm still a little snowed by the problem. Ron ./. > I recently had a sudden "ain't going to print" problem (although not on a > network), and I got around it by dropping into root and going to "lpc". > Then I issued the "abort" command, followed by "start all". When I exited > lpc, everything was back to normal. > > YMMV, though. I don't know why it happend (and yes, it "fixed itself" as > mysteriously as it began...) > > - Nick > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
Re: network printer problems
Sometimes, printers give the code that they are off-line (ran out of ink, someone physically took it off line), or the "I'm OK and ready to do your bidding, master" signal doesn't get recieved, so lpd thinks that the printer isn't working. You should be able to see this with lpc status, and a quick way to fix it is with lpc up all. Nick Cook wrote: > I recently had a sudden "ain't going to print" problem (although not on a > network), and I got around it by dropping into root and going to "lpc". > Then I issued the "abort" command, followed by "start all". When I exited > lpc, everything was back to normal. > > YMMV, though. I don't know why it happend (and yes, it "fixed itself" as > mysteriously as it began...) > > - Nick > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
network printer problems
I recently had a sudden "ain't going to print" problem (although not on a network), and I got around it by dropping into root and going to "lpc". Then I issued the "abort" command, followed by "start all". When I exited lpc, everything was back to normal. YMMV, though. I don't know why it happend (and yes, it "fixed itself" as mysteriously as it began...) - Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: network printer problems
Subject: network printer problems Date: Mon, May 03, 1999 at 02:17:41PM -0500 In reply to:Marc Mongeon I am not, by any means a printer guru, but. I installed magicfilter and the printcap I made using it, allows me to do: lpr hellow.ps No sweat, no strain. HTH Quoting Marc Mongeon([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I am having a heck of a time setting up a "virtual" postscript > printer. I am trying: > > $ cat hellow.ps | /etc/filter.ps | lpr -Praw > > where: > > - Begin hellow.ps - > %! > /Helvetica findfont 72 scalefont setfont > 72 72 moveto > (Hello, world!) show > showpage > > - Begin filter.ps - > #!/bin/sh > /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=laserjet -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=- - > > - Begin printcap - > raw:\ > :lp=:\ > :rm=###.###.###.###:\ > :rp=LPT1_PASSTHRU:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/service_ps:\ > :mx#0:\ > :sh: > > > A blank sheet is spit out when the command is executed. The printer > is an Okidata OL830 Plus, set to emulate the HP LaserJet Series II. > The print server is an Intel NetportExpress 10/100. I can print plain > text fine (echo hello | /etc/filter.pcl | lpr -Praw), where: > > - Begin filter.pcl - > #!/bin/sh > # This is a simple filter for PCL language printers, i.e., most > # HP DeskJet printers (see /etc/printcap). > > # reset the printer to its defaults > echo -ne \\033\E > > # to avoid stair-stepping, convert "LF" to "CR+LF" > echo -ne \\033\&k2G > > # print text > cat > > # form feed > echo -ne \\f > > # reset the printer on exit > echo -ne \\033\E > - End - > > > I understand that my final printer setup will not use a "raw" printer, > but will have the appropriate filter specified as "if=" in the printcap > entry-- I am only using this setup for debugging. I've tried different > Postscript input, several different HP *jet device types, etc. > > Do I need to pass gs some additional switches to get the PCL output > right? Is the Postscript input somehow flawed? I have spent a couple > of days on this now, and am at my wit's end. > > Your help is appreciated. > > Marc Mongeon > > P.S. Here's some pertinent package information: > > Package: gs > Version: 5.10-1 > > Package: lpr > Version: 1:0.33-3 > > Package: gsfonts > Version: 5.10a-1 > > Package: gsfonts-other > Version: 5.10-1 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Old programmers never die. They just branch to a new address. ___ Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
network printer problems
I am having a heck of a time setting up a "virtual" postscript printer. I am trying: $ cat hellow.ps | /etc/filter.ps | lpr -Praw where: - Begin hellow.ps - %! /Helvetica findfont 72 scalefont setfont 72 72 moveto (Hello, world!) show showpage - Begin filter.ps - #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=laserjet -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=- - - Begin printcap - raw:\ :lp=:\ :rm=###.###.###.###:\ :rp=LPT1_PASSTHRU:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/service_ps:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: A blank sheet is spit out when the command is executed. The printer is an Okidata OL830 Plus, set to emulate the HP LaserJet Series II. The print server is an Intel NetportExpress 10/100. I can print plain text fine (echo hello | /etc/filter.pcl | lpr -Praw), where: - Begin filter.pcl - #!/bin/sh # This is a simple filter for PCL language printers, i.e., most # HP DeskJet printers (see /etc/printcap). # reset the printer to its defaults echo -ne \\033\E # to avoid stair-stepping, convert "LF" to "CR+LF" echo -ne \\033\&k2G # print text cat # form feed echo -ne \\f # reset the printer on exit echo -ne \\033\E - End - I understand that my final printer setup will not use a "raw" printer, but will have the appropriate filter specified as "if=" in the printcap entry-- I am only using this setup for debugging. I've tried different Postscript input, several different HP *jet device types, etc. Do I need to pass gs some additional switches to get the PCL output right? Is the Postscript input somehow flawed? I have spent a couple of days on this now, and am at my wit's end. Your help is appreciated. Marc Mongeon P.S. Here's some pertinent package information: Package: gs Version: 5.10-1 Package: lpr Version: 1:0.33-3 Package: gsfonts Version: 5.10a-1 Package: gsfonts-other Version: 5.10-1
Printer problems (me too)
Hi guys, Sorry to annoy you with another printer post, but I am having a problem here. HP DeskJet 697C connected on /dev/lp0 with Slink + 2.2.5. I can't even ouput a text file to it. If I do echo "blah" > /dev/lp0 It awakes, loads paper, cleans heads, and stops there. Doesn't even eject the paper until I turn it off/on. I have run magicfilterconfig, choosing "deskjet" and "dj550c" as filters, but I guess that the problem is somewhere else... Thanks a lot for any thought! -- Arcady Genkin "I opened up my wallet, and it's full of blood..." - GsYDE
Re: line printer problems / DEC Alpha
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >Does the Debian distribution for the DEC Alpha have problems with certain >motherboards or other hardware? I am planning to get an alpha system, and >I would like to install Debian. The best thing to do is to ask on debian-alpha (I've cc'ed that and put that as the reply-to). That's where the knowledgeable people (AFAI alpha is concerned :-) hang out. >I have noticed occasionally some remarks that Linuc has some problems with >lp0. It seems that I am victimized by them (when I installed my system I >did change the line printer device from lp1 as suggested by the device >configuration to lp0. Now the spooler accepts print jobs, but they never >get printed (I use Berkeley lpr, have run it successfully in previous >lives, and installed and configured printing on several other systems >without problems). I was trying to reconfigure printing with lp1, but no >luck. Does anybody have a suggestion? Anyone? >Hartmann Schaffer > >PS. Please cc any replies Paul Slootman -- home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | debian: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wurtel.demon.nl | Murphy Software, Enschede, the Netherlands
Scanner -> printer problems.
I've been trying for a while to get my scanner and printer to cooperate
and act like a copy machine. I've got a small script that I've hacked in
various ways, but no matter what I try, I can't get the scale quite right.
I've got a Mustek scanner that I use with SANE (at 300dpi, lineart mode)
and an HP DeskJet 600 printer (used at 300dpi again). SANE spits out a
PPM-format file.
I've tried using "pnmtops" (from the netpbm package) and "convert" (from
ImageMagick) to produce a postscript file that then goes through
magicfilter. I *thought* I read the man pages appropriately, but the image
on the paper is not *quite* the same size as the original.
If I hold the original and the copy up to a light and look through them,
I can see that the output is a bit bigger than the input. It's not really
noticeable just looking at the output, but it annoys me. I mean, 300dpi
input should translate to 300dpi output, no?
Anyway here's the 'xerox' script I've tried:
---
#!/bin/sh
# Device to scan from
DEV=mustek:/dev/scanner
# 300 dpi
RES=300
# Next 4 measurement are in millimeters
LEFT=5
TOP=5
WIDTH=205
HEIGHT=255
# From the pnmtops man page
SCALE=.25
# The actual command: scan -> pnmtops -> lpr
scanimage -d ${DEV} -l ${LEFT} -t ${TOP} -x ${WIDTH} -y ${HEIGHT} \
--resolution ${RES} | \
pnmtops -dpi 300 -center -rle -scale ${SCALE} | \
lpr
---
I have also tried things like:
convert -density 300x300 /tmp/xerox.ppm /tmp/xerox.ps
lpr /tmp/xerox.ps
Does anyone have any suggestions or ideas on what I might try? I know
that I'm not going to get a perfect copy, but over the course of a full
page the difference in scaling leads to an offset of a full line of text.
I'm going to try xeroxing a ruler so I can measure the exact divergence.
Sincerely,
Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Every question has a simple, easy-to-understand wrong answer."
-H. L. Mencken
Printer problems (Slink, apsfilter, HPDJ 694c)
I've got Slink and I'm trying to make aps filter and lpr work as a team, but it's giving me some problems (that Slackware didn't give me, oddly enough). I installed apsfilter and lpr from dselect. I read the stuff for apsfilter and found out it didn't have teh djc670 driver i used under slackware, but that the djc550 works just as well for AIAP... in theory. Everything installs well enough, but when I print something using lpr, ie: $ lpr received I get: lpr: connect: Connection refused jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. a ps aux reveals: root 3516 0.0 0.3 788 332 ?S17:13 0:00 lpd root 3518 0.0 0.3 812 376 ?S17:13 0:00 lpd two of them, as you can see. so kill -9 3516 and 3518 and lpd gives yet again: root 3604 0.0 0.3 788 332 ?S17:26 0:00 lpd root 3606 0.5 0.3 812 376 ?S17:26 0:00 lpd I'm assuming this is part of the problem, but not the entirety. I've tried using LPRng and magicfilter with similar results. I'm telling it to use /dev/lp1 right now (but have used /dev/lp0 in the past with similar results). Help?
Re: Wierd Printer Problems
Paul Nathan Puri wrote: > My HP LaserJet 6L prints with very wierd characters. When you say "wierd characters" what exactly are you seeing? Does it print anything readable? What kind of a file are you using for your tests? Are you using a filters? I've seen magic filter dork the output when your expecting "box-draw" characters...that's an easy fix. > For a brief moment, I could print quite well. Then I recompiled the kernel > and now it prints gobblety gook. Did anything esle change when you did the re-compile? Sometimes we make two or more changes to a systems at a time and then loose track of which change resulted in which error... > How should I configure my kernel so that I have all the correct modules? > Which modules should be kept as modules, which should be built into the > kernel? Which modules are necessary for my parallel port to work with my > printer? I am aware of 'parport,' 'parport_pc,' 'parport_probe,' 'lp,' are > there others? Please help, I'm desperate to get my printer going again. Can't help you with the new modules...I just got a network printer server going so I can have my parallel port for other things and haven't even started working with those yet... > Thanks. > > NatePuri > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chuck -- Chuck Stickelman, Owner E-Mail: Practical Network DesignVoice: +1-419-529-3841 9 Chambers Road FAX:+1-419-529-3625 Mansfield, OH 44906-1301 USA
Wierd Printer Problems
My HP LaserJet 6L prints with very wierd characters. For a brief moment, I could print quite well. Then I recompiled the kernel and now it prints gobblety gook. How should I configure my kernel so that I have all the correct modules? Which modules should be kept as modules, which should be built into the kernel? Which modules are necessary for my parallel port to work with my printer? I am aware of 'parport,' 'parport_pc,' 'parport_probe,' 'lp,' are there others? Please help, I'm desperate to get my printer going again. Thanks. NatePuri [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:Re: Still having Printer Problems
Installable modules, eh? A feature I was not aware of. The modules I have installed are 'serial', 'hpfs', and 'vfat'. I know to type 'insmod' to install a module. How do I either install the module to print or uninstall the module supporting the Zip drive so that I can print. I am using kernal 2.0.34 so I don't have simultaneous use of Zip and printer.--- Begin Message --- mwb wrote: Installable modules, eh? A feature I was not aware of. The modules I have installed are 'serial', 'hpfs', and 'vfat'. I know to type 'insmod' to install a module. How do I either install the module to print or uninstall the module supporting the Zip drive so that I can print. I am using kernal 2.0.34 so I don't have simultaneous use of Zip and printer. --- End Message ---
Re: Still having Printer Problems
On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > In my attempt to isolate why I can't print I came across a potential > problem. When I installed Linux I had a parallel > port Zip Drive attached to my printer port. If I type 'mount /dev/sda > Zip' I am able to mount the zip drive. Since > my printer is connected to the Zip drive I was wondering if this might > be why I cannot print by using /dev/lp1? Yes, IIRC, the 2.0 kernels do not support simultaneous support of the printer port for printing and for zip. If you want to use both, unload the zip module, then load the printer module, print, unload the printer module, then load the zip again. The other alternative is to use the 2.1 kernels, (at least the ones > ~2.1.80) support having both sets of modules loaded. One caveat of switching, the newer printer modules' default settings change the default printer from /dev/lp0 to /dev/lp1 (or maybe its the other way). Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If I have a file 'test' and type test > /dev/lp1 I get nothing. lp test > gives an error message > > job 'cfA12' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed > > Might this be a result of the Zipdrive/Printer? If so, how can I > correct it to print via the Zip drive? > > Thanks > > Lance > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > >
Re: Still having Printer Problems
On Wed, Nov 04, 1998 at 09:13:29PM -0600, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > In my attempt to isolate why I can't print I came across a potential > problem. When I installed Linux I had a parallel > port Zip Drive attached to my printer port. If I type 'mount /dev/sda > Zip' I am able to mount the zip drive. Since > my printer is connected to the Zip drive I was wondering if this might > be why I cannot print by using /dev/lp1? > If I have a file 'test' and type test > /dev/lp1 I get nothing. lp test > gives an error message > > job 'cfA12' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed > > Might this be a result of the Zipdrive/Printer? If so, how can I > correct it to print via the Zip drive? Check out http://www.torque.net/parport/paride.html -- Mike Schmitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.bend-or.com/~mschmitz Don't blame me - I voted libertarian!http://www.lp.org/ Use Debian Linux - the free Gnu/Linuxhttp://www.debian.org/ --- "If encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will have encryption"
Still having Printer Problems
In my attempt to isolate why I can't print I came across a potential problem. When I installed Linux I had a parallel port Zip Drive attached to my printer port. If I type 'mount /dev/sda Zip' I am able to mount the zip drive. Since my printer is connected to the Zip drive I was wondering if this might be why I cannot print by using /dev/lp1? If I have a file 'test' and type test > /dev/lp1 I get nothing. lp test gives an error message job 'cfA12' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed Might this be a result of the Zipdrive/Printer? If so, how can I correct it to print via the Zip drive? Thanks Lance
Re: Still having Printer Problems
Make a copy of your /etc/printcap and then run magicfilterconfig. I think the "if" line should be something like :if=/usr/sbin/ljet4l-filter ljet4l-filter is a magicfilter script (it starts with #! /usr/sbin/magicfilter). All lines should end with a \ until the end of the printer description. In the example below there is a blank line after lp and the sh line doesn't end with a \ either. On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 10:27:10AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > At 06:18 AM 10/26/1998 -0600, you wrote: > >OK, this is how my printcap looks. I still get the insidious message > >'transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed' > >What could be causing this? OR, what can I change in my printcap that > >mught get my printer working. > >It is an HP660C but I would think I could still get garbage out of it by > >typing 'lp test'? > > > > > >Is there anything special I need to do to set up magicfilter other than > >put it in my printcap? > > > > > > > > > > lp:\ > > > >:lp=/dev/lp1:\ > >:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > >:mx#0:\ > >:sh: > >:if=/usr/sbin/magicfilter:\ > > Okay, after specifying the options in printcap, you then need to tell lpr > to read that file. You can reboot (but why reboot? this ain't winders) or > you can issue the command: > lpc reread all > This tells lpr/lpc to read all the entries in printcap. Or you could just say: > lpc reread lp > to read just the lp entries (if you had 20 printers defined, you might want > to do this). > > Then to double-check what lpr/lpc read, issue the command: > lpc printcap all > > I'd run this last command first, to see if the printer utility knows about > the changes you've made in printcap, then do the "lpc reread all" command, > then run the "lpc printcap all" command again to make sure the changes were > read. Now try printing and see what happens. > > Kent -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Still having Printer Problems
At 06:18 AM 10/26/1998 -0600, you wrote: >OK, this is how my printcap looks. I still get the insidious message >'transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed' >What could be causing this? OR, what can I change in my printcap that >mught get my printer working. >It is an HP660C but I would think I could still get garbage out of it by >typing 'lp test'? > > >Is there anything special I need to do to set up magicfilter other than >put it in my printcap? > > > > > lp:\ > >:lp=/dev/lp1:\ >:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ >:mx#0:\ >:sh: >:if=/usr/sbin/magicfilter:\ Okay, after specifying the options in printcap, you then need to tell lpr to read that file. You can reboot (but why reboot? this ain't winders) or you can issue the command: lpc reread all This tells lpr/lpc to read all the entries in printcap. Or you could just say: lpc reread lp to read just the lp entries (if you had 20 printers defined, you might want to do this). Then to double-check what lpr/lpc read, issue the command: lpc printcap all I'd run this last command first, to see if the printer utility knows about the changes you've made in printcap, then do the "lpc reread all" command, then run the "lpc printcap all" command again to make sure the changes were read. Now try printing and see what happens. Kent Kent West, Technology Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abilene Christian Univ., Abilene, TX 915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 Amateur Radio: KC5ENO Debian Linux: Ride the wave with the penguins!
RE: Still having Printer Problems
OK, this is how my printcap looks. I still get the insidious message 'transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed' What could be causing this? OR, what can I change in my printcap that mught get my printer working. It is an HP660C but I would think I could still get garbage out of it by typing 'lp test'? Is there anything special I need to do to set up magicfilter other than put it in my printcap? lp:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: :if=/usr/sbin/magicfilter:\ Thanks in advance for any help Lance
Printer Problems
I try and print and get an error lp: Driver configured but no interfaces found What does this mean and what do I need to do to print? Thanks Lance
SOLVED: printer problems
well, no one responded to this, so I'll just say that I fixed the problem by removing lprng and installing lpr. I read that lprng is supposed to be better but I also read in the bug lists that lprng has a problem with truncating the pipe before the printer has a chance to receive all the data, which was my problem with magicfilter. I think my problem with apsfilter is the filter is a shell script and lprng wants everything to be root which /usr/bin/magicfilter is, a root owned program, and you can't run shell scripts as suid root. maybe that isn't the problem, but it certainly looked that way to me (i.e. I didn't test anything to see for sure). well lpr doesn't have that problem and apsfilter is happy with it and what do I need the power of lprng for? I'm running a printer off of a parallel port on a laptop, single user system. sometimes it's just not my day. - John Kloss -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
printer problems
I've been trying off and on for the last three days to get my printer working. I tried magicfilter but that didn't work, output was always screwed up and truncated. So I purged magicfilter and installed apsfilter to see if it was any better and now my printer daemon is refusing all requests. specifically connection to 'localhost' failed - connection refused job 'cfA223theseus' transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed now I purged magicfilter with dpkg --purge magicfilter and intsalled apsfilter the manual way (since I guess it isn't maintained as a package). so how do I change this? I know my printer works because I can do somethng like this cat file.ps | gs -q -r600x600 -sDEVICE=ljet4 -OutputFile=\|lpr - and have the file print out just fine (at least I could before I purged magic filter, now lpd is refusing connections). so I have debian 2.0 and using lprng . Everything worked under debian 1.3. - John Kloss -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
