[newbie] printer problem solved
using printer set-up in expert mode located the printer. Thanks for the help everyone Carlton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer recognition.
Carlton Matthew wrote: I have a HP laserjet 4 printer attached directly to the parallel port of my PC, Runing windows XP, the printer operates correctly. Mandrake 10.1 fails to locate the printer at all. any ideas? Thanks in advance Carlton I am suprised that Linux didn't find it. Did you have it turned on when you booted? Usualy harddrake will find things like that on bootup. You can also use MCC or the CUPS WWW admin tool to add it. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer recognition.
On Thursday 17 March 2005 21:25, Carlton Matthew wrote: > I have a HP laserjet 4 printer attached directly to the parallel port of my > PC, Runing windows XP, the printer operates correctly. Mandrake 10.1 fails > to locate the printer at all. any ideas? > Thanks in advance > Carlton Laserjet 4 is supported by Mandrake so it should find it. You did run the printer GUI in Mandrake Control Centre didn't you? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer recognition.
Carlton Matthew wrote: I have a HP laserjet 4 printer attached directly to the parallel port of my PC, Runing windows XP, the printer operates correctly. Mandrake 10.1 fails to locate the printer at all. any ideas? Thanks in advance Carlton Hmmm. That's a new one to me. I've never has problems with HP Laserjet 4 printers in Linux. Ever. Do you have the CUPS and HPOJ packages installed Carlton? If you decide to install cups, make sure you also grab the cups-common and cups-drivers packages as well. That might be your whole problem. While you're at it, make sure that Linux sees your printer port. Try 'lsmod' to make sure that the printer port driver modules have been loaded. You should see something like; parport_pc 32132 1 lp 9836 0 parport32040 2 parport_pc,lp in the list of installed hardware drivers. HTH's -- Mr. Geek Registered Linux User #190712 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] printer recognition.
I have a HP laserjet 4 printer attached directly to the parallel port of my PC, Runing windows XP, the printer operates correctly. Mandrake 10.1 fails to locate the printer at all. any ideas? Thanks in advance Carlton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer - yext not printing as preview shows
On Friday 04 Mar 2005 23:00, SnapafunFrank wrote: > Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > >>Printing out the Rute tutorial is about 1000 pages idf you must have a > >> dead tree copy it would be cheaper to buy it > >>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/104-2635319-6707917 > > > >I am in NZ so postage costs negate that option. Also I only need a couple > > of chapters for now. Printed a couple a year or two ago. Going to a > > larger town/city next week to see what's available. > > Er I live in Whangarei, you anywhere this way? Cause I have already > killed some trees and made a full copy of rute about a six months ago. > You're welcome to borrow it. My goodness! No - I'm way down in Greytown. I think I have almost all the hard copy I need for now. The only thing lacking is the understanding. This is so hard to learn in ones middle years!Thanks for the offer though ... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer - yext not printing as preview shows
Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Printing out the Rute tutorial is about 1000 pages idf you must have a dead tree copy it would be cheaper to buy it http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/104-2635319-6707917 I am in NZ so postage costs negate that option. Also I only need a couple of chapters for now. Printed a couple a year or two ago. Going to a larger town/city next week to see what's available. Er I live in Whangarei, you anywhere this way? Cause I have already killed some trees and made a full copy of rute about a six months ago. You're welcome to borrow it. -- Newbie Seeking USER_FUNCTIONALITY always! Regards SnapafunFrank Big or small, a challenge requires the same commitment to resolve. Registered Linux User # 324213 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer - yext not printing as preview shows
> > Printing out the Rute tutorial is about 1000 pages idf you must have a dead > tree copy it would be cheaper to buy it > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/104-2635319-6707917 > I am in NZ so postage costs negate that option. Also I only need a couple of chapters for now. Printed a couple a year or two ago. Going to a larger town/city next week to see what's available. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer - yext not printing as preview shows
On Tuesday 01 March 2005 12:38 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > On Tuesday 01 Mar 2005 00:02, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 28 Feb 2005 00:25, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > > Thanks - I tried that but the printer didn't work. Will troll the > > > various forums and do some googling. There must be a simple > > > explanation. Thanks anyway > > > Rosemary > > > > Did you check that you had xpp installed? kprinter instead of xpp in > > that box works equally well, and if you have kde installed you will > > definitely have that. > > > > Anne > > No I didn't have xpp installed and have now installed it. Still wouldn't > print with XPP in the window but did with kprinter. It's a better print > out but still a small problem printing say, the Rute Tutorial, where text > runs into the next word ocassionally. Printing out the Rute tutorial is about 1000 pages idf you must have a dead tree copy it would be cheaper to buy it http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/104-2635319-6707917 > > Thanks > Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer - yext not printing as preview shows
On Tuesday 01 Mar 2005 00:02, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 28 Feb 2005 00:25, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > Thanks - I tried that but the printer didn't work. Will troll the > > various forums and do some googling. There must be a simple explanation. > > Thanks anyway > > Rosemary > > Did you check that you had xpp installed? kprinter instead of xpp in that > box works equally well, and if you have kde installed you will definitely > have that. > > Anne No I didn't have xpp installed and have now installed it. Still wouldn't print with XPP in the window but did with kprinter. It's a better print out but still a small problem printing say, the Rute Tutorial, where text runs into the next word ocassionally. Thanks Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer - yext not printing as preview shows
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 28 Feb 2005 00:25, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > > Thanks - I tried that but the printer didn't work. Will troll the > various forums and do some googling. There must be a simple explanation. > Thanks anyway > Rosemary Did you check that you had xpp installed? kprinter instead of xpp in that box works equally well, and if you have kde installed you will definitely have that. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCIvpYkFAvMr/nNX8RAhvlAKCRFiAyAKPXFqGyYzZJdYwEVEcoUQCfcdfC eo2iaXqZkCo9n7aTEhEkkBw= =DZuf -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer - yext not printing as preview shows
Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 27 Feb 2005 05:45, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: Hi I posted this question a few days ago and someone replied - Anne I think. Unfortunately I had email problems and lost a whole lot of information. Printing emails or webpages in linux - text is jammed up, with some text covering other words, lines incomplete even when preview shows correctly. If I copy and paste to Open Office it prints fine - but that's a pain to do of course. I think the solution was to do with lp or something. I am new to linux - so need simple instructions thanks. The advice I gave was based on what I do in Mozilla, so I hope it works for you. If it does, doing this onece makes it permanent, so you may wish to just jot down the current printer command in the window before you make the change. So - File > Print then follow what you see on the attached screenshot. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCIZjRkFAvMr/nNX8RAsjpAJsEmK+bCY0uhWj095/iFDWQwoX3tgCfWFDF OUsgyog99yVN+HUKrMv8Lrw= =jyqT -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Thanks - I tried that but the printer didn't work. Will troll the various forums and do some googling. There must be a simple explanation. Thanks anyway Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer - yext not printing as preview shows
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 27 Feb 2005 05:45, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > Hi I posted this question a few days ago and someone replied - Anne I > think. Unfortunately I had email problems and lost a whole lot of > information. > > Printing emails or webpages in linux - text is jammed up, with some text > covering other words, lines incomplete even when preview shows > correctly. If I copy and paste to Open Office it prints fine - but > that's a pain to do of course. I think the solution was to do with lp > or something. I am new to linux - so need simple instructions thanks. > The advice I gave was based on what I do in Mozilla, so I hope it works for you. If it does, doing this onece makes it permanent, so you may wish to just jot down the current printer command in the window before you make the change. So - File > Print then follow what you see on the attached screenshot. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCIZjRkFAvMr/nNX8RAsjpAJsEmK+bCY0uhWj095/iFDWQwoX3tgCfWFDF OUsgyog99yVN+HUKrMv8Lrw= =jyqT -END PGP SIGNATURE- <> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer - yext not printing as preview shows
On Sunday 27 February 2005 05:45 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: > Unfortunately I had email problems and lost a whole lot of > information. __ nothing is lost, while it is on the list archive :) The stuff you seek can probably be quickly recovered by doing a Search at www.google.com :- place in the search-box something like :- site:linux-mandrake.com "the_key_words_you_seek" ~ maybe someone who knows could provide the best search syntax ?? :) best rgds __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] printer - yext not printing as preview shows
Hi I posted this question a few days ago and someone replied - Anne I think. Unfortunately I had email problems and lost a whole lot of information. Printing emails or webpages in linux - text is jammed up, with some text covering other words, lines incomplete even when preview shows correctly. If I copy and paste to Open Office it prints fine - but that's a pain to do of course. I think the solution was to do with lp or something. I am new to linux - so need simple instructions thanks. Rosemary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer problem
On Friday 25 February 2005 01:30 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > Mandrake Control Center Configured 99 USB printers on my system > I have 1 > anyway to delete all the USB printers at on go so I can reinstall 1 and 1 > only? OK got them all uninstalled via MCC (manually and reinstalled my HPPSC 1210 Still don't know what happened :-( bu printing with both printers ok now Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] printer problem
Mandrake Control Center Configured 99 USB printers on my system I have 1 anyway to delete all the USB printers at on go so I can reinstall 1 and 1 only? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Printer is not ready
On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 13:48:21 -0700, Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am not able to use anymore my printer under Linux: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] psmith]$ lpq > > SamsungML1510_700 is not ready > > RankOwner Job File(s) Total Size > > 1st psmith 11 AcroUvkpkE 109568 bytes > > > > Curiously, I can print using MS Windows. > > You need to point your browser at http://localhost:631/ to see what's up with > cups and the printer. Often when I have this problem it just requires a > cycling of the status of the printer. If it is ready, make it not ready, then > ready again. Thanks, Rob. That did the trick! Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Printer is not ready
Dear All I am not able to use anymore my printer under Linux: [EMAIL PROTECTED] psmith]$ lpq SamsungML1510_700 is not ready RankOwner Job File(s) Total Size 1st psmith 11 AcroUvkpkE 109568 bytes Curiously, I can print using MS Windows. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Install Problem with Samsung ML 1755
Aron Smith wrote: On Sunday 17 October 2004 09:39 am, Graham Watkins wrote: Hi guys, My old printer died last week so after a suitable period of mourning, I went out and bought a Samsung ML 1755 as it said on the box that it would work with Linux. Following the instructions contained in the README.TXT file on the installation cdrom, I attempted to run the setup.sh script. The result can be seen below: /mnt/cdrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom]# ls autorun* bin/ cups/ data/ help/ icon.xpm locale/ manual/ misc/ ppd/ README.txt scripts/ setup.data/ setup.sh* [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom]# ./setup.sh bash: ./setup.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied I'd appreciate anyone telling me what this means and what I should do about it. Cheers, try copying the script from the Cd over to your box then run it I had this problem on my ML4500 Yeeehahh! It worked. Thanks a lot. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Install Problem with Samsung ML 1755
On Sunday 17 October 2004 09:39 am, Graham Watkins wrote: > Hi guys, > > My old printer died last week so after a suitable period of mourning, I > went out and bought a Samsung ML 1755 as it said on the box that it > would work with Linux. > > Following the instructions contained in the README.TXT file on the > installation cdrom, I attempted to run the setup.sh script. The result > can be seen below: > > /mnt/cdrom > [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom]# ls > autorun* bin/ cups/ data/ help/ icon.xpm locale/ manual/ misc/ > ppd/ README.txt scripts/ setup.data/ setup.sh* > [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom]# ./setup.sh > bash: ./setup.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied > > I'd appreciate anyone telling me what this means and what I should do > about it. > > Cheers, try copying the script from the Cd over to your box then run it I had this problem on my ML4500 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Printer Install Problem with Samsung ML 1755
Hi guys, My old printer died last week so after a suitable period of mourning, I went out and bought a Samsung ML 1755 as it said on the box that it would work with Linux. Following the instructions contained in the README.TXT file on the installation cdrom, I attempted to run the setup.sh script. The result can be seen below: /mnt/cdrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom]# ls autorun* bin/ cups/ data/ help/ icon.xpm locale/ manual/ misc/ ppd/ README.txt scripts/ setup.data/ setup.sh* [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom]# ./setup.sh bash: ./setup.sh: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied I'd appreciate anyone telling me what this means and what I should do about it. Cheers, Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Printer causes KDE to crash
David Trethewey wrote: For some reason if my printer is connected to the computer and switched on during boot, it causes KDE to crash at the peripherals stage. The printer is an Epson C40UX, I'm using Mandrake 10.0. Anyone know anything about this problem? David Don't have an answer, but I've found that KDE does have a tendency to crash on load-up at the peripherals stage whether my printer is switched on or not. (At least my version - 3.1 does.) What I'm trying to say is that the problem you are having may not necessarily be causally related to your printer. Then again, I could be completely wrong about tbis. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Printer causes KDE to crash
For some reason if my printer is connected to the computer and switched on during boot, it causes KDE to crash at the peripherals stage. The printer is an Epson C40UX, I'm using Mandrake 10.0. Anyone know anything about this problem? David -- Your random fortune: Xerox does it again and again and again and ... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Orientation
Dennis, > > What's the matter with my bloody machine? > Ummm- what machine are you using? Printer wise that is. HP948c, but never mind. It's fixed now. Thanks Anne. Regards Trevor Rhodes === Powered by Linux-Mandrake 10.1 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandrake Club Silver Member Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. === 12:38:23 up 3 days, 9:13, 2 users, load average: 1.05, 1.09, 1.12 -- Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Orientation
On Thursday 02 September 2004 02:58 am, Trevor Rhodes wrote: > Hello, > > I've been having a problem here for a while and haven't really been overly > worried about it as I can usually just move to another machine and print. > Now though, it is getting beyond time to find a fix. > > When I try to print, it prints, but always prints in landscape. That would > be fine if that is what I wanted. It isn't. It also only prints A4 width > in Landscape mode. When I want landscape it prints in portrait. What do I > need to delete and reconfigure? > > I've deleted the printer many times. I've reinstalled ML10 many times. > I've wiped everything but my home partition many times. I'm now using 10.1 > cooker and it is still happening. The other machines, 1 ML10, 1 ML10.1 and > 1 Win98 all print to the same printer and they're fine. What's the matter > with my bloody machine? > > Regards > Trevor Rhodes > === > Powered by Linux-Mandrake 10.1 > Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org > Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandrake Club Silver Member > Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. > === > 17:50:53 up 2 days, 14:25, 2 users, load average: 1.65, 1.34, 1.15 Ummm- what machine are you using? Printer wise that is. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Printer Orientation
Hello, I've been having a problem here for a while and haven't really been overly worried about it as I can usually just move to another machine and print. Now though, it is getting beyond time to find a fix. When I try to print, it prints, but always prints in landscape. That would be fine if that is what I wanted. It isn't. It also only prints A4 width in Landscape mode. When I want landscape it prints in portrait. What do I need to delete and reconfigure? I've deleted the printer many times. I've reinstalled ML10 many times. I've wiped everything but my home partition many times. I'm now using 10.1 cooker and it is still happening. The other machines, 1 ML10, 1 ML10.1 and 1 Win98 all print to the same printer and they're fine. What's the matter with my bloody machine? Regards Trevor Rhodes === Powered by Linux-Mandrake 10.1 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951 = Mandrake Club Silver Member Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. === 17:50:53 up 2 days, 14:25, 2 users, load average: 1.65, 1.34, 1.15 -- Never mud wrestle with a pig.. you get dirty and the pig enjoys it! Never try to teach a pig to dance. You waste your time and annoy the pig. Theoretically pigs can fly if propelled with enough force. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Printer Help
I have been pulling my hair out the last few days. Here is the setup: Server running MDK 10.0. Printer is a HP OfficeJet K60. This works fine when printing locally. Firewall is allowing all traffic. /etc/hosts.allow is ALL:ALL. CUPS and SAMBA are running. Computer A - Laptop running MDK 10.0 Computer B - Windows 2000 gaming machine I have configured the server to allow printing via Samba. When I try to have either computer connect to the printer, they can't. Computer B had connected at one time, but I don't know what changed to stop the printing. If there is any online tutorial or any help, that would be great. Thanks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Printer config
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:53:02 +0300 Amichai Rotman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Curt, > > If you're using the CUPS system, you need to enable port 631 > > HTH, Thanks Amachai, Haven't quite got it figured yet but I'm getting closer. Curt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Printer config
On Wednesday 21 July 2004 18:15, C. Tresenriter wrote: > I am trying to set up network printing through an SMC Barricade > router (4 port) > I have tried several configurations with no success so far. > I've entered the Gateway address for the Barricade but > I believe that the default port (9100) is incorrect. > How do I determine what port is used for printing? > > Thanks > Curt Hi Curt, If you're using the CUPS system, you need to enable port 631 HTH, -- ::. Amichai Rotman The Jerusalem Linux Club - Founder. UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 --- PLEASE READ: http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Printer config
I am trying to set up network printing through an SMC Barricade router (4 port) I have tried several configurations with no success so far. I've entered the Gateway address for the Barricade but I believe that the default port (9100) is incorrect. How do I determine what port is used for printing? Thanks Curt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Sharing and MDK 9.1
While I am not completly sure as to how it is done, I know for a fact that you can share printers via both samba and ldap ? Well maybe not ldap, but I KNOW samba works, try searching google.com for printer sharing under Mandrake, using samba to share. Sorry I would help but I am not completly sure, although here is an extract out of our smb.conf file for printer sharing, now sure if it will actually help :\ [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/lpd/lp printable = Yes browseable = No public = Yes writable = No create mode = 0700 directory = /tmp Kind Regards -- Marc Hultquist ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Computerkit Systems (Pty) Ltd http://www.cks.co.za (P) +27 11 695 5317 (F) +27 11 312 1408 (C) +27 82 563 2861 Confidentiality Notice: The above message and all attachments may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, copy or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, facsimile or telephone and thereafter delete the material from your computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the view of the entity transmitting the message. Computerkit Retail Systems (Pty) Ltd hereby distances itself from and accepts no liability in respect of the unauthorised use of its e-mail facility or the sending of e-mail communications for other than strictly business purposes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Printer Sharing and MDK 9.1
I have searched www.mandrakeusers.org for this solution and haven't found any. If anyone can tell me what I need to be doing or a page that has the answer, that would be great. I have a headless 9.1 server with a printer attached. I want to make this printer available to both Linux and Windows machines. How should I configure the printer to be seen and usable by all? I would assume CUPS. I can set it up via the web interface, but I don't think that CUPS will allow me to do the initial sharing of the printer. I would also assume that I should use the MMC through the command line to setup and share the printer. Is this all correct? Am I missing something? Thanks for the help. Troy Davidson Linux User #311107 ++ Follow the adventures of a real life computer and gaming nerd! www.clandaith.com ++ ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 22 March 2004 16:22, Matthew Harrison wrote: > Matthew Harrison wrote: > > Hi all, > > On my 9.2 box, I am trying to print to a network printer. I go > > through the MCC and try and set up the printer. When it tries to > > configure the printer, it comes back and tells me that it Failed > > to Configure the printer. I am at a loss, because I have had > > this printer set up before on different MDK machines with no > > problem, and there should be no difference in the way I set mine > > up with the way I set others up. Any ideas would be welcome. > > > > Reply to my own problem here. I just removed and reinstalled cups > and it seems to be fine now. Sorry about that. > I'm glad you did, Matt. I struggled this morning trying to find out why the 9.2 box could not print to my printer(s). PrinterDrake said that it saw all four instances of the printer (each set up with different parameters - but that's a different story) but nothing seemed to work. I'll try your solution. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAX0bOkFAvMr/nNX8RAjb/AKCRDpTC3Wc0UlgSGETv849vQzWBqgCfUrxz b8kjJHaT9KdWa+wnrNrQNmI= =ZZgT -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Problem
Matthew Harrison wrote: Hi all, On my 9.2 box, I am trying to print to a network printer. I go through the MCC and try and set up the printer. When it tries to configure the printer, it comes back and tells me that it Failed to Configure the printer. I am at a loss, because I have had this printer set up before on different MDK machines with no problem, and there should be no difference in the way I set mine up with the way I set others up. Any ideas would be welcome. Thanks, Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Reply to my own problem here. I just removed and reinstalled cups and it seems to be fine now. Sorry about that. -Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Printer Problem
Hi all, On my 9.2 box, I am trying to print to a network printer. I go through the MCC and try and set up the printer. When it tries to configure the printer, it comes back and tells me that it Failed to Configure the printer. I am at a loss, because I have had this printer set up before on different MDK machines with no problem, and there should be no difference in the way I set mine up with the way I set others up. Any ideas would be welcome. Thanks, Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] printer recognized, not working
Steve Hammond wrote: Hey, I'm new to linux entirely and thus this listserv, too. Here's the problem: Mandrake 9.2 recognizes my printer (and it's functional scanner too), correct brand, driver, and all, yet everything fails to print. I've gone into the printer control center and made sure the brand matches (it didn't by default) in addition to the driver. I've tried the "print test page" option, and also a .doc through openoffice...nothing works. My hardware is listed below. Thanks in advance. -stv AthlonXP 1500 w/256 DDRRAM ATAPI CD-WRR DVD-ROM Western Digital 40gb internal hd Seacoast (? not sure about brand off the top of my head) 20 gb internal hd imation external usb floppy (onboard floppy doesn't work...not linux fault; just mobo) and the printer: Lexmark X73 printer/scanner/fax machine the sc/vc are Soundblaster 16bit pci/NVidia GForce4 64mb accordingly, if those help I take it that you are either on M9.1 or M9.2. Sometimes printer drake appears to set up correctly, but doesn't , the solution is to remove the entire configuration and set it up again, from scratch again. Sometimes it's just a simple matter of checking the port connection is set correctly, usually either /dev/usb/lp0, or /dev/lp0 , the lp numbers can vary depending on how many printers you have connected.At this stage, going from your description, I don't think it's a lexmark problem, I mean if you are not even getting a print file job sent to spooling, which you can check by running lpq in a terminal , then , even if you are getting a print file job, but it still doesn't want to print, then I would first suspect the connection as outlined above. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printer recognized, not working
On Saturday 20 December 2003 09:28 pm, Steve Hammond wrote: > Hey, I'm new to linux entirely and thus this listserv, too. Here's the > problem: Mandrake 9.2 recognizes my printer (and it's functional scanner > too), correct brand, driver, and all, yet everything fails to print. I've > gone into the printer control center and made sure the brand matches (it > didn't by default) in addition to the driver. I've tried the "print test > page" option, and also a .doc through openoffice...nothing works. My > hardware is listed below. Thanks in advance. > -stv > > AthlonXP 1500 w/256 DDRRAM > ATAPI CD-WRR > DVD-ROM > Western Digital 40gb internal hd > Seacoast (? not sure about brand off the top of my head) 20 gb internal hd > imation external usb floppy (onboard floppy doesn't work...not linux fault; > just mobo) > and the printer: Lexmark X73 printer/scanner/fax machine > the sc/vc are Soundblaster 16bit pci/NVidia GForce4 64mb accordingly, if > those help Steve: Lexmark printers are sometimes a problem, particularly multifunction machines. Check this site: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Lexmark-X73 They recommend that you use the Z42 and Z43 printers. You might also search the mandrake maillist archives, as there have been threads in the past about various Lexmark printers. The best archive list is at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/index.html Finally (to keep Anne and Eric off of my case), you may also find some useful information about lots of things, including printers, at the Twiki: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] printer recognized, not working
Hey, I'm new to linux entirely and thus this listserv, too. Here's the problem: Mandrake 9.2 recognizes my printer (and it's functional scanner too), correct brand, driver, and all, yet everything fails to print. I've gone into the printer control center and made sure the brand matches (it didn't by default) in addition to the driver. I've tried the "print test page" option, and also a .doc through openoffice...nothing works. My hardware is listed below. Thanks in advance. -stv AthlonXP 1500 w/256 DDRRAM ATAPI CD-WRR DVD-ROM Western Digital 40gb internal hd Seacoast (? not sure about brand off the top of my head) 20 gb internal hd imation external usb floppy (onboard floppy doesn't work...not linux fault; just mobo) and the printer: Lexmark X73 printer/scanner/fax machine the sc/vc are Soundblaster 16bit pci/NVidia GForce4 64mb accordingly, if those help _ Tired of slow downloads? Compare online deals from your local high-speed providers now. https://broadband.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Sunday 30 November 2003 08:27 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Saturday 29 November 2003 10:49 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > >CG Can you add some whitespace between the initials and the message text? > >CG -- cmg > >CG > >CG > >CG > > Is that better? Yes. Well, at least I think so. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Saturday 29 November 2003 10:49 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: >CG Can you add some whitespace between the initials and the message text? >CG -- cmg >CG >CG >CG Is that better? -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Saturday 29 November 2003 4:20 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > CG Charlie: > CG Six of one, half dozen of the other. Either way, I find the spaces make > it a CG bit more intelligible. BTW, did you intend to suggest a connection > between me CG and a bat? > CG -- cmg (who will stick with > for the time being) No it's just that K-Mail isn't all that bright yet. (-; I don't know why I haven't changed it back to just the > yet myself, I don't want to pretend to be running any proprietary software. No matter how good people say it is. The name bothers me; "The Bat!"??? For an e-mail client? Yeah, riight. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 21:42:10 up 2 days, 6:13, 1 user, load average: 0.42, 0.20, 0.18 teamwork, n.: Having someone to blame. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/yXYwG11CaRuZZSIRArfSAJ9/g2/Uq4FzniuA45XSmdhAslvWQACfWxT5 n7IQfjW8gSN/5NywRhnxPek= =ZkB9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Saturday 29 November 2003 12:01 pm, Charlie Mahan wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Saturday 29 November 2003 8:49 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > > CG On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:28 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > CG > On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:22 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > CG > >H.Sheesh Dark Lord, that JR looks horrible.I always thought > > only "the CG > > bat" H.users did that. > > CG > >H. > > CG > >H.Good luck, > > CG > >H.HarM > > CG > > > CG > Ya know - I just thought I'd try it to see how it felt/looked. > > CG > > > CG > Not good, eh? > > CG > > CG Can you add some whitespace between the initials and the message > > text? CG -- cmg > > CG > > CG > > CG > > Or is this better? > > I have to stop screwin' around and get some work done. > > One thing I dislike about Mandrake Linuxtoo many ways to customise > _everything!_ > > NOT. > > Charlie Charlie: Six of one, half dozen of the other. Either way, I find the spaces make it a bit more intelligible. BTW, did you intend to suggest a connection between me and a bat? -- cmg (who will stick with > for the time being) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Saturday 29 November 2003 8:49 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > CG On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:28 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > CG > On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:22 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > CG > >H.Sheesh Dark Lord, that JR looks horrible.I always thought only > "the CG > > bat" H.users did that. > CG > >H. > CG > >H.Good luck, > CG > >H.HarM > CG > > CG > Ya know - I just thought I'd try it to see how it felt/looked. > CG > > CG > Not good, eh? > CG > CG Can you add some whitespace between the initials and the message text? > CG -- cmg > CG > CG > CG Or is this better? I have to stop screwin' around and get some work done. One thing I dislike about Mandrake Linuxtoo many ways to customise _everything!_ NOT. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 09:59:32 up 1 day, 18:30, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.11, 0.08 "There is such a fine line between genius and stupidity." - - David St. Hubbins, "Spinal Tap" -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/yNDpG11CaRuZZSIRAnCuAKCrS1sfAcQHSD64ArQEufJDaelasgCdEqqC U3TqcOGQNJnE05EyoNt7mYQ= =JPfR -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Saturday 29 November 2003 8:49 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote: CG On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:28 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: CG > On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:22 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: CG > >H.Sheesh Dark Lord, that JR looks horrible.I always thought only "the CG > > bat" H.users did that. CG > >H. CG > >H.Good luck, CG > >H.HarM CG > CG > Ya know - I just thought I'd try it to see how it felt/looked. CG > CG > Not good, eh? CG CG Can you add some whitespace between the initials and the message text? CG -- cmg Is this OK or too much or too little? C. - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 09:57:07 up 1 day, 18:28, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.20, 0.09 It's hard to think of you as the end result of millions of years of evolution. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/yNA8G11CaRuZZSIRAl8nAJ4lfp2bgsFXyk6tu7L2DX1bpvfv4gCfeB7x SL2fIYH6izz4jrY67XZh6ZA= =tBaP -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:28 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:22 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > >H.Sheesh Dark Lord, that JR looks horrible.I always thought only "the > > bat" H.users did that. > >H. > >H.Good luck, > >H.HarM > > Ya know - I just thought I'd try it to see how it felt/looked. > > Not good, eh? Can you add some whitespace between the initials and the message text? -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Saturday 29 Nov 2003 9:06 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >The detection is odd, sometimes it detects correctly as usb, and > > other times you have to tell it that it's wrong, and change it to > > usb. Once set, though, it seems entirely stable. > > > >Anne > > Indeed, to my mind the detection software needs re-examining. > It's "auto" is a bit erratic. Indeed , it's first choice is always, > > | dot | /dev/lp0 > |blank| /dev/usb/lp0 when the device is actually /dev/usb/lp0 > > so you select , > > |dot| /dev/usb/lp0and still it manages to select > | /dev/usb/lp1 > > so then, one tries again doing the job "manually" > > it comes up > /dev/lp0 > > which you manually retype to /dev/usb/lp0 > but the change does not "take" , no matter what you do. > > Only way is to remove the device entirely and start again and hope > next time it does it right. > Nah - none of that trying to tell it what's what. I just kicked it and told it to try again, brother, until it got it right Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Saturday 29 November 2003 09:22 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: >H.Sheesh Dark Lord, that JR looks horrible.I always thought only "the > bat" H.users did that. >H. >H.Good luck, >H.HarM Ya know - I just thought I'd try it to see how it felt/looked. Not good, eh? -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Saturday 29 November 2003 15:15, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Friday 28 November 2003 05:24 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > >JRI think it's dot actually every case, sometimes it seems to detect and > >JRset it up correctly, sometimes it mucks it up.It's hard to replicate the > >JRcircumstances when it does it right and when it does it wrong. But I > >JRthink there is a problem with the reliability of the detection and > >JRsetting up. > >JR > >JRFor the moment it's working.Have no reason to think it will not go on > >JRworking. > >JR > >JRJohn > >JR > >JR > > Glad ya got it going! :-) Sheesh Dark Lord, that JR looks horrible.I always thought only "the bat" users did that. Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Friday 28 November 2003 05:24 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: >JRI think it's dot actually every case, sometimes it seems to detect and >JRset it up correctly, sometimes it mucks it up.It's hard to replicate the >JRcircumstances when it does it right and when it does it wrong. But I >JRthink there is a problem with the reliability of the detection and >JRsetting up. >JR >JRFor the moment it's working.Have no reason to think it will not go on >JRworking. >JR >JRJohn >JR >JR Glad ya got it going! :-) -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
Anne Wilson wrote: The detection is odd, sometimes it detects correctly as usb, and other times you have to tell it that it's wrong, and change it to usb. Once set, though, it seems entirely stable. Anne Indeed, to my mind the detection software needs re-examining. It's "auto" is a bit erratic. Indeed , it's first choice is always, | dot | /dev/lp0 |blank| /dev/usb/lp0 when the device is actually /dev/usb/lp0 so you select , |dot| /dev/usb/lp0and still it manages to select /dev/usb/lp1 so then, one tries again doing the job "manually" it comes up /dev/lp0 which you manually retype to /dev/usb/lp0 but the change does not "take" , no matter what you do. Only way is to remove the device entirely and start again and hope next time it does it right. The conclusion I came to was that "auto detection" doesn't really work as such, it's just an outright guess, based on probabilities that most local printers are parrallel port printers, and if not that,then usb printers. Well OK , but when the user know's what port it is likely to be on, it ought to let you change it back to what you believe is correct , and test. Trouble is it doesn't. I'm sure I'm not the only one to of noticed this. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Friday 28 Nov 2003 10:32 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >On Friday 28 Nov 2003 7:01 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > >>On Friday 28 November 2003 05:09 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > >>>JRThen again, according to KDE-peripherals-printer, > >>>JRkde believes my Z53 is on a port, local system-USB-USB > >>>JRprinte~1-Lexmark Z53, > >>>JRmaybe it is in kde parlance, but if so the OS thinks it is on > >>>JR/dev/usb/lp0 > >>>JRBut thern again "Pup" see's my printer as /dev/lp0 which is > >>>wrong, JRand it should be /dev/usb/lp0 but nothing I do to alter > >>>it here takes. JRSo I don't know ? > >>>JR > >>>JRJohn > >>>JR > >> > >>Have you tried removing all instances of your printer, down to > >>zero, and running printerdrake again? > >> > >>I did this at one point. It might help - I've seen it suggested > >>before. > > > >John, are you still on 9.1? I've set up all my printers from MCC > >printerdrake. For some reason yours seems to be confused as to > >whether it is connected by parallel port or usb. You can modify > > the settings, including the connection, there in printerdrake. > > Don't forget, though, that unless you back out gracefully your > > changes will not be saved. > > > >Anne > > No I have to fixkde print in M9.1 before I can spare the partition > that was where M9.0 was for M9.2. > > But looks like wiping the lot and starting again has done the > trick, I think M9.1 had a bug in the detection and setup of usb > printer port. But I guess it's old news now. > The detection is odd, sometimes it detects correctly as usb, and other times you have to tell it that it's wrong, and change it to usb. Once set, though, it seems entirely stable. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 28 Nov 2003 7:01 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Friday 28 November 2003 05:09 am, John Richard Smith wrote: JRThen again, according to KDE-peripherals-printer, JRkde believes my Z53 is on a port, local system-USB-USB JRprinte~1-Lexmark Z53, JRmaybe it is in kde parlance, but if so the OS thinks it is on JR/dev/usb/lp0 JRBut thern again "Pup" see's my printer as /dev/lp0 which is wrong, JRand it should be /dev/usb/lp0 but nothing I do to alter it here takes. JRSo I don't know ? JR JRJohn JR Have you tried removing all instances of your printer, down to zero, and running printerdrake again? I did this at one point. It might help - I've seen it suggested before. John, are you still on 9.1? I've set up all my printers from MCC printerdrake. For some reason yours seems to be confused as to whether it is connected by parallel port or usb. You can modify the settings, including the connection, there in printerdrake. Don't forget, though, that unless you back out gracefully your changes will not be saved. Anne No I have to fixkde print in M9.1 before I can spare the partition that was where M9.0 was for M9.2. But looks like wiping the lot and starting again has done the trick, I think M9.1 had a bug in the detection and setup of usb printer port. But I guess it's old news now. Thanks anyway John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Friday 28 November 2003 05:09 am, John Richard Smith wrote: Have you tried removing all instances of your printer, down to zero, and running printerdrake again? I did this at one point. It might help - I've seen it suggested before. No I haven't , I didn't think to do this, and so I did. Turns out there must be a bug somewhere in the setup software, because, my usb printer is detected right enough as /dev/usb/lp0 but if you don't watch out very carefully indeed it is written up as /dev/usb/lp1 which is wrong. This is in auto detect . But even in manual it will not accept the correct /dev/usb/lp0 without substancial fidling about , but eventually I did get it set up as being on /dev/usb/lp0. I think it's dot actually every case, sometimes it seems to detect and set it up correctly, sometimes it mucks it up.It's hard to replicate the circumstances when it does it right and when it does it wrong. But I think there is a problem with the reliability of the detection and setting up. For the moment it's working.Have no reason to think it will not go on working. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Friday 28 Nov 2003 7:01 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Friday 28 November 2003 05:09 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > >JRThen again, according to KDE-peripherals-printer, > >JRkde believes my Z53 is on a port, local system-USB-USB > >JRprinte~1-Lexmark Z53, > >JRmaybe it is in kde parlance, but if so the OS thinks it is on > >JR/dev/usb/lp0 > >JRBut thern again "Pup" see's my printer as /dev/lp0 which is > > wrong, JRand it should be /dev/usb/lp0 but nothing I do to alter > > it here takes. JRSo I don't know ? > >JR > >JRJohn > >JR > > Have you tried removing all instances of your printer, down to > zero, and running printerdrake again? > > I did this at one point. It might help - I've seen it suggested > before. John, are you still on 9.1? I've set up all my printers from MCC printerdrake. For some reason yours seems to be confused as to whether it is connected by parallel port or usb. You can modify the settings, including the connection, there in printerdrake. Don't forget, though, that unless you back out gracefully your changes will not be saved. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Friday 28 November 2003 05:09 am, John Richard Smith wrote: >JRThen again, according to KDE-peripherals-printer, >JRkde believes my Z53 is on a port, local system-USB-USB >JRprinte~1-Lexmark Z53, >JRmaybe it is in kde parlance, but if so the OS thinks it is on >JR/dev/usb/lp0 >JRBut thern again "Pup" see's my printer as /dev/lp0 which is wrong, >JRand it should be /dev/usb/lp0 but nothing I do to alter it here takes. >JRSo I don't know ? >JR >JRJohn >JR Have you tried removing all instances of your printer, down to zero, and running printerdrake again? I did this at one point. It might help - I've seen it suggested before. -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
Ronald J. Hall wrote: I just changed to su, then cd'ed into /var/spool and did a: mkdir cups Well I certainly have a /var/spool/cups so that cannot be my problem. As far as Webmin goes, I just used it to retrace my steps thru the printer process, making sure all was well. I never tried to print anything after creating /var/spool/cups, it might have worked just fine from that point on. It was what was mentioned in /var/log/cups/error_log. I see what you mean, but, /var/log/cups/error_log, seems to be a log of each individual print job. Unfortunately for me my failed kde print jobs don't even show up in here, so it doesn't really help me much, excepting to say that whatever is wrong, it is likely to be before the main spooling opperations. I suspect the problem is something to do with kde's own pre-spool final setup mechanism. All that stuff about page select, driver settings , margins,resolutions, and I note kde has some sort of filter thingy doing something I know not what. If you go the KDE CC -peripherals-printers-instances-settings-filters there is something there, and I get pop-up messages like this, The filter chain is wrong. The output format of at least one filter is not supported by its follower. See Filters tab for more information. But it doesn't say anything that might help me understand what if anything the problem is. Then again, according to KDE-peripherals-printer, kde believes my Z53 is on a port, local system-USB-USB printe~1-Lexmark Z53, maybe it is in kde parlance, but if so the OS thinks it is on /dev/usb/lp0 But thern again "Pup" see's my printer as /dev/lp0 which is wrong, and it should be /dev/usb/lp0 but nothing I do to alter it here takes. So I don't know ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Friday 28 November 2003 02:19 am, John Richard Smith wrote: >JRSo what procedure did you follow to create /var/spool/cups >JRand , >JRwhat's webmin got to do with it I wonder ? >JR >JRJohn >JR I just changed to su, then cd'ed into /var/spool and did a: mkdir cups As far as Webmin goes, I just used it to retrace my steps thru the printer process, making sure all was well. I never tried to print anything after creating /var/spool/cups, it might have worked just fine from that point on. It was what was mentioned in /var/log/cups/error_log. (where I should have looked -1st!-, thanks to James S. for reminding me). :-) -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
Ronald J. Hall wrote: Thanks for the reply John - turned out that /var/spool/cups did not exist - I created that file, then reran/modify from Webmin, and all was well. :-) So what procedure did you follow to create /var/spool/cups and , what's webmin got to do with it I wonder ? John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Thursday 27 November 2003 05:24 pm, Margot wrote: >MaLogged in as root, went to MCC. Deleted the printer, then automatically >Madetected printer to get it back again, reset it as default, then >Mareconfigured CUPS. Printer now works. I have no idea why it stopped >Maworking, or why it now works again. Maybe this would work for you? >Ma >MaMargot >Ma >Ma >Ma Well, it did - after I created /var/spool/cups, which was missing. Thanks! -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
On Thursday 27 November 2003 04:04 am, John Richard Smith wrote: >JRI'm not being very specific here, but maybe this is a starting point, >JRsince it's necessary to isolate the various aspects of a complicated >JRprinter setup in linux, and having isolated the various aspects, attempt >JRto solve them. >JR >JR >JR >JRJohn >JR Thanks for the reply John - turned out that /var/spool/cups did not exist - I created that file, then reran/modify from Webmin, and all was well. :-) -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
Ronald J. Hall wrote: (repost from the expert list - sorry for duping!) I've got an Epson C62 Stylus, via USB that has worked great with v9.1 but now with my 9.2 install, nada... The KDE and Mandrake control centers find it, identify it, set it up with Cups but whenever I actually try to print, via drag 'n drop onto the printer icon or from Kwite, Mozilla, xpp, whatever...I get this: A print error occured. Error message received from system: cupsdoprint -P 'Printer' -J 'signature1a.txt' -H 'localhost:631' -U 'darklord' -o ' copies=1 multiple-document-handling=separate-documents-collated-copies' '/home/darklord/Documents/Signatures/signature1a.txt' : execution failed with message: server-error-service-unavailable I've never gotten this error before - any help is appreciated! :-( I also accessed the printer thru the Webmin tool, it finds it, identifies it correctly, and says its "ide - accepting jobs" Thanks I have an Epson C42UX. Last weekend, with a little help from my friends on the Mandrake OT list (well, actually a lot of help!) I finally got the sound working on 9.2. Unfortunately, as soon as the sound started working, the printer stopped! I didn't get any error messages, docs were being queued as normal, but nothing happened. I fiddled with various configurations, but nothing worked. This evening, I managed to fix it... Logged in as root, went to MCC. Deleted the printer, then automatically detected printer to get it back again, reset it as default, then reconfigured CUPS. Printer now works. I have no idea why it stopped working, or why it now works again. Maybe this would work for you? Margot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problems
Ronald J. Hall wrote: I've got an Epson C62 Stylus, via USB that has worked great with v9.1 but now with my 9.2 install, nada... A print error occured. Error message received from system: cupsdoprint -P 'Printer' -J 'signature1a.txt' -H 'localhost:631' -U 'darklord' -o ' copies=1 multiple-document-handling=separate-documents-collated-copies' '/home/darklord/Documents/Signatures/signature1a.txt' : execution failed with message: server-error-service-unavailable Thanks Well I don't know if it's the same problem but my Z53 prints everythere in M9.1 but with the exception of KDE which ends up with a similar sort of error message. In your case I think the message suggests some sort of printer communication problem, mine suggests some sort of file type problem, but in both cases I don't think that the actual message is really saying anything much, other than it's an error message, better look into it. One simple first step might be to just take some .ps file (post script) any one will do, and open a terminal and do something like, lpr .ps and see if anything actually prints off, if it does it suggests that your printer is connected OK and that the problem is either in the app that created the print job, or in some aspect of spooling or pre spooling(kde for instance has build some sort of pre-spooling setup and recently made some alterations, which doesn't seem to work well, at least for me) but I note noone else seems to reporting the same problem. If on the otherhand you get nothing with lpr .ps it suggests to me that maybe you have either a problem with your printer or the way the OS recognises and impliments it's connection. If this is the case I would check ink levels and such like first off , and if they seem Ok, then I think I would delete each entry and rebuild the driver setup again in something like kde CC, or MCC. I'm not being very specific here, but maybe this is a starting point, since it's necessary to isolate the various aspects of a complicated printer setup in linux, and having isolated the various aspects, attempt to solve them. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printer problems
(repost from the expert list - sorry for duping!) I've got an Epson C62 Stylus, via USB that has worked great with v9.1 but now with my 9.2 install, nada... The KDE and Mandrake control centers find it, identify it, set it up with Cups but whenever I actually try to print, via drag 'n drop onto the printer icon or from Kwite, Mozilla, xpp, whatever...I get this: A print error occured. Error message received from system: cupsdoprint -P 'Printer' -J 'signature1a.txt' -H 'localhost:631' -U 'darklord' -o ' copies=1 multiple-document-handling=separate-documents-collated-copies' '/home/darklord/Documents/Signatures/signature1a.txt' : execution failed with message: server-error-service-unavailable I've never gotten this error before - any help is appreciated! :-( I also accessed the printer thru the Webmin tool, it finds it, identifies it correctly, and says its "ide - accepting jobs" Thanks -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printer config ques (prob solved!)
- Original Message - From: Dan Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 00:23:39 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] printer config ques (prob solved!) > On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:45:41 -0300 > "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>snip>> > > And, the reason for the TurboPrint banner on the printouts?I > > had unwittingly chosen "Inkjet Paper" as the paper option. With the > > free driver, that gives you the banner. :-/ > > > > >Dan Gordon wrote: > So if i use turboprint with my canon s200 what paper setting should i > use so i dont get the banner ? I will eventualy buy turboprint but i > would like to try it first. The last time i tryed it i could not figure > out how to get rid of the banner. > > Regards, > Dan Gordon > >** Hi Dan, it looks like you have to stay with the "Plain paper" option to be w/o the ad banner in the free version driver. I haven't tried all the options, but I assume anything other than "Plain paper" will output the ad. I am getting acceptable quality for text output, and that's all I want, so I'm happy with that. You can set the option with xtpconfig (or CUPS webmin too I think). HTH. Best regards to you. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- ___ OperaMail free e-mail - http://www.operamail.com OperaMail Premium - 28MB, POP3, more! US$29.99/year Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printer config ques (prob solved!)
On Sunday 19 Oct 2003 3:45 am, Angus Auld wrote: > The walk really did me a lot of good ;-). I tried setting the > margins with KDE print properties dialog, and that fixed it! Great news! > As per > usual, the thing was right in my face, but still out of view. lol How often have I said that Glad you got it sorted. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printer config ques
On Saturday 18 Oct 2003 11:22 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > I am very frustrated right now, and I am going for a walk. I have > been trying to sort this out for hours now, and my anxiety level is > higher than it should be. (my ink is running low too;-)) > I will resume this at a later time. > One last suggestion. I don't know TurboPrint at all, but I know some others here think highly of it. Try starting a thread with TurboPrint in the subject - it may attract the attention of someone who is currently not reading this thread but could help you. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printer config ques (prob solved!)
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 23:45:41 -0300 "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The walk really did me a lot of good ;-). I tried setting the margins > with KDE print properties dialog, and that fixed it! As per usual, > the thing was right in my face, but still out of view. lol > And, the reason for the TurboPrint banner on the printouts?I > had unwittingly chosen "Inkjet Paper" as the paper option. With the > free driver, that gives you the banner. :-/ > > So if i use turboprint with my canon s200 what paper setting should i use so i dont get the banner ? I will eventualy buy turboprint but i would like to try it first. The last time i tryed it i could not figure out how to get rid of the banner. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Oct 19 00:19:26 EDT 2003 00:19:26 up 1 day, 10:36, 2 users, load average: 0.03, 0.01, 0.00 The difference between us is not very far, cruising for burgers in daddy's new car. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printer config ques (prob solved!)
- Original Message - From: "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:22:51 -0300 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] printer config ques >>snip>> > Now it seems that in the latest > version they have decided to have a TurboPrint banner ad print on each > and every page that you print.obscuring part of your document! > It states: > "This is TurboPrint FreeEdition. To print without this logo, > please purchase a license key at www.turboprint.de" > > This would occur in previous versions when you made a choice of high > quality output, but now it is appearing in the default setup. :-( > I will re-install the older version (1.83-1). > > I am very frustrated right now, and I am going for a walk. I have been > trying to sort this out for hours now, and my anxiety level is higher than > it should be. (my ink is running low too;-)) >>snip>> The walk really did me a lot of good ;-). I tried setting the margins with KDE print properties dialog, and that fixed it! As per usual, the thing was right in my face, but still out of view. lol And, the reason for the TurboPrint banner on the printouts?I had unwittingly chosen "Inkjet Paper" as the paper option. With the free driver, that gives you the banner. :-/ I don't know why I make things so complicated sometimes. Thanks for your time and patience. Best regards to all. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- ___ OperaMail free e-mail - http://www.operamail.com OperaMail Premium - 28MB, POP3, more! US$29.99/year Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printer config ques
On Saturday 18 October 2003 06:22 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:33:43 +0100 > Subject: Re: [newbie] printer config ques > > >>snip>> > >> > > > Thanks for the reply Anne, much appreciated. I tried as you > > > suggested, with xpp and the margins increased several points > > > from the default 36 up to 44, to no apparent avail. I even > > > increased the bottom margin further to 52...still lost lines. > > > Do I have to run xpp su'd to root to make these margins > > > changes?? The alterations I made thus far seem to have had no > > > effect at all. > > > > > > I tried updating my TurboPrint driver to the latest (I think > > > latest). No help there. > > > > > > Can you give further of your kind advice dear Anne? :-) > > > > I found this a frequent problem with some apps but not others. What > > app are you trying to print from? Is there another that you could > > try for the same job? Would you like to post a file that gives you > > this problem, telling us what you were using to view/print it? > > > > Anne > >*** > > Thanks yet again Anne. I seem to be having this problem from a variety of > apps. It has occurred thus far with Konqueror, Kmail, KWrite, Opera, and > with various files. I have been using .xsession-errors as a test file. > > I thought I had the latest version of TurboPrint, but I did not. So, I > installed their latest "turboprint-1.84-1.i386.rpm". Now it seems that in > the latest version they have decided to have a TurboPrint banner ad print > on each and every page that you print.obscuring part of your document! > It states: > "This is TurboPrint FreeEdition. To print without this logo, > please purchase a license key at www.turboprint.de" > > This would occur in previous versions when you made a choice of high > quality output, but now it is appearing in the default setup. :-( > I will re-install the older version (1.83-1). > > I am very frustrated right now, and I am going for a walk. I have been > trying to sort this out for hours now, and my anxiety level is higher than > it should be. (my ink is running low too;-)) > I will resume this at a later time. > > Thank you Anne for your assistanceyou are a living treasure indeed. :-) > > Regards. > > --Angus > > "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around > in awareness." -- James Thurber > > *** > ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.1~ > *** > ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ > *** It could be a problem with page setup, i.e,, US letter vs A4. My father had this problem. Make sure that your printer (internal) and your cups settings are the same. -- Yankl Tiny IT guy. 100 % Micro$oft free. Registered linux users 181086 URL: http://yankele.com --- To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printer config ques
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 21:33:43 +0100 Subject: Re: [newbie] printer config ques >>snip>> > > > > > > Thanks for the reply Anne, much appreciated. I tried as you > > suggested, with xpp and the margins increased several points > > from the default 36 up to 44, to no apparent avail. I even > > increased the bottom margin further to 52...still lost lines. > > Do I have to run xpp su'd to root to make these margins > > changes?? The alterations I made thus far seem to have had no > > effect at all. > > > > I tried updating my TurboPrint driver to the latest (I think > > latest). No help there. > > > > Can you give further of your kind advice dear Anne? :-) > > > I found this a frequent problem with some apps but not others. What > app are you trying to print from? Is there another that you could > try for the same job? Would you like to post a file that gives you > this problem, telling us what you were using to view/print it? > > Anne >*** Thanks yet again Anne. I seem to be having this problem from a variety of apps. It has occurred thus far with Konqueror, Kmail, KWrite, Opera, and with various files. I have been using .xsession-errors as a test file. I thought I had the latest version of TurboPrint, but I did not. So, I installed their latest "turboprint-1.84-1.i386.rpm". Now it seems that in the latest version they have decided to have a TurboPrint banner ad print on each and every page that you print.obscuring part of your document! It states: "This is TurboPrint FreeEdition. To print without this logo, please purchase a license key at www.turboprint.de" This would occur in previous versions when you made a choice of high quality output, but now it is appearing in the default setup. :-( I will re-install the older version (1.83-1). I am very frustrated right now, and I am going for a walk. I have been trying to sort this out for hours now, and my anxiety level is higher than it should be. (my ink is running low too;-)) I will resume this at a later time. Thank you Anne for your assistanceyou are a living treasure indeed. :-) Regards. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- ___ OperaMail free e-mail - http://www.operamail.com OperaMail Premium - 28MB, POP3, more! US$29.99/year Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printer config ques
On Saturday 18 Oct 2003 9:10 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:13:32 +0100 > Subject: Re: [newbie] printer config ques > > > On Saturday 18 Oct 2003 7:09 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > > > Greetings, I am experiencing a situation where, when printing a > > > document of more than 1 page, there are several lines being > > > lost in the transition from one page to the next. > > > > This is usually a margins problem. Try printing through xpp, > > setting the margins higher than the default. Don't forget to > > check what paper format it's using - if it thinks you have A4 but > > you have Letter this would also cause it. > > > > > Also, and what might be > > > unrelated, when I view my document of several pages in print > > > preview, it indicates the correct amount of pages, but I cannot > > > scroll through any other than the 1st. By that I mean when I do > > > scroll, the 1st page is just repeated as each successive page > > > is attemped to be viewed. I can print all pages, but lines are > > > lost as mentioned. > > > > Can't help on that one - I have found preview to be good in some > > circumstances and useless in others. Sorry > > > > Anne > >*** > > Thanks for the reply Anne, much appreciated. I tried as you > suggested, with xpp and the margins increased several points > from the default 36 up to 44, to no apparent avail. I even > increased the bottom margin further to 52...still lost lines. > Do I have to run xpp su'd to root to make these margins > changes?? The alterations I made thus far seem to have had no > effect at all. > > I tried updating my TurboPrint driver to the latest (I think > latest). No help there. > > Can you give further of your kind advice dear Anne? :-) > I found this a frequent problem with some apps but not others. What app are you trying to print from? Is there another that you could try for the same job? Would you like to post a file that gives you this problem, telling us what you were using to view/print it? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printer config ques
- Original Message - From: Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 20:13:32 +0100 Subject: Re: [newbie] printer config ques > On Saturday 18 Oct 2003 7:09 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > > Greetings, I am experiencing a situation where, when printing a > > document of more than 1 page, there are several lines being lost in > > the transition from one page to the next. > > This is usually a margins problem. Try printing through xpp, setting > the margins higher than the default. Don't forget to check what > paper format it's using - if it thinks you have A4 but you have > Letter this would also cause it. > > > Also, and what might be > > unrelated, when I view my document of several pages in print > > preview, it indicates the correct amount of pages, but I cannot > > scroll through any other than the 1st. By that I mean when I do > > scroll, the 1st page is just repeated as each successive page is > > attemped to be viewed. I can print all pages, but lines are lost as > > mentioned. > > > Can't help on that one - I have found preview to be good in some > circumstances and useless in others. Sorry > > Anne >*** Thanks for the reply Anne, much appreciated. I tried as you suggested, with xpp and the margins increased several points from the default 36 up to 44, to no apparent avail. I even increased the bottom margin further to 52...still lost lines. Do I have to run xpp su'd to root to make these margins changes?? The alterations I made thus far seem to have had no effect at all. I tried updating my TurboPrint driver to the latest (I think latest). No help there. Can you give further of your kind advice dear Anne? :-) TIA. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- ___ OperaMail free e-mail - http://www.operamail.com OperaMail Premium - 28MB, POP3, more! US$29.99/year Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] printer config ques
On Saturday 18 Oct 2003 7:09 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > Greetings, I am experiencing a situation where, when printing a > document of more than 1 page, there are several lines being lost in > the transition from one page to the next. This is usually a margins problem. Try printing through xpp, setting the margins higher than the default. Don't forget to check what paper format it's using - if it thinks you have A4 but you have Letter this would also cause it. > Also, and what might be > unrelated, when I view my document of several pages in print > preview, it indicates the correct amount of pages, but I cannot > scroll through any other than the 1st. By that I mean when I do > scroll, the 1st page is just repeated as each successive page is > attemped to be viewed. I can print all pages, but lines are lost as > mentioned. > Can't help on that one - I have found preview to be good in some circumstances and useless in others. Sorry Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] printer config ques
Greetings, I am experiencing a situation where, when printing a document of more than 1 page, there are several lines being lost in the transition from one page to the next. Also, and what might be unrelated, when I view my document of several pages in print preview, it indicates the correct amount of pages, but I cannot scroll through any other than the 1st. By that I mean when I do scroll, the 1st page is just repeated as each successive page is attemped to be viewed. I can print all pages, but lines are lost as mentioned. I am using Mdk 9.1 and my printer is an Epson Stylus Color 480SXU on TurboPrint driver with CUPS. This setup was previously working OK, and I can't figure what may have brought this on. Any feedback/help on this would truly be appreciated. TIA. Best regards. --Angus "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 9.1~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- ___ OperaMail free e-mail - http://www.operamail.com OperaMail Premium - 28MB, POP3, more! US$29.99/year Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Canon Bjc2100sp is very slow
On Tuesday 05 Aug 2003 1:20 am, yusup aji wijaya wrote: > I use Mandrake9.0 or 9.1 > When I try to print text, I have problem with my printer Canon > Bjc2100SP, It is very slow. I try to decrease quality but It's not > affect. I afraid My printer will be broken, because when I try some > driver Canon Bjc2100SP from Mandrake9.1, I found one driver is like > suitable (because fast like I print use windows) but I hear > something wrong with my printer.When I use in windows my printer is > OK > How I can solve my printing? > Can I get driver Canon Bjc2100SP for linux? > Thank's > Did you set up the printer using Mandrake Control Centre? If you use the advanced (or expert, I don't remember the wording) tab, you can look at all the drivers that Mandrake suggest for your printer. Usually it's best to select the one marked 'recommended', but if it gives you problems, try any others listed there. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Canon Bjc2100sp is very slow
On Tuesday 05 Aug 2003 1:20 am, yusup aji wijaya wrote: > I use Mandrake9.0 or 9.1 > When I try to print text, I have problem with my printer Canon Bjc2100SP, > It is very slow. I try to decrease quality but It's not affect. I afraid My > printer will be broken, because when I try some driver Canon Bjc2100SP from > Mandrake9.1, I found one driver is like suitable (because fast like I print > use windows) but I hear something wrong with my printer.When I use in > windows my printer is OK > How I can solve my printing? > Can I get driver Canon Bjc2100SP for linux? > Thank's > > _ > Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail I think you will find Turboprint will solve your printing problems. It is not Opensource so cannot be supplied with the Mandrake distro. But if you are a member of Mandrake Club you can download an RPM, or else get it here. http://www.turboprint.de/english.html There is no charge for personal use. And no thank you I am not interested in MSN :-) derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer virus problem
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 20:24, Robin Turner wrote: > Just installed Ethereal - a nice application! It just detected one > legit print job. Even if I never catch the culprit, I can have fun > sniffing round the LAN. > > Sir Robin I detect an enthusiasm that can turn either devious, or, well, more devious...(but it's so great to have that kinda power over Windows machines...flooding ports, knockin'em off the network, crashing'em, mapping to Window's drives without the "owner" knowing about it...) ...DON'T get any ideas...(grin) -- Mon Jun 30 22:00:01 EST 2003 22:00:01 up 5 days, 21:46, 3 users, load average: 0.94, 1.00, 1.03 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Karl: You don't belong here. You're a fraud and a phony and it's only a matter of time until they find you out. Homer: (gasps) Who told you? Simpson and Delilah Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer virus problem
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 19:17, Robin Turner wrote: Since the only machines with permissions to print to the Samba server are in our offices, I suspect the "collateral damage" would prove unpopular. The other problem is that these bogus print jobs only come about once a day, so switching the printer off until we got one would not make me popular either, though it is an option. What tools could I use to sniff for the offending computer? Sir Robin Last time I had this problem it was a Windows machine using the wrong driver printing to a Samba printer - the print job was hung in the spooler on the Windows machine, and had to be blown out from there. I used Ethereal to determine the IP addy. Just installed Ethereal - a nice application! It just detected one legit print job. Even if I never catch the culprit, I can have fun sniffing round the LAN. Sir Robin -- "Hackers appear to wear black more because it goes with everything and hides dirt than because they want to look like goths." - Eric Raymond Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Printer virus problem
I've had exactly the same problem with just a single Windows PC connected to 2 printers (both installed on the system) through a data switch. Print with the data switch switched to the wrong printer, [EMAIL PROTECTED]&*" Cancel the printing - no effect Delete the print job at the print manager - no effect. Power down the PC and re-boot - no effect if the printer was still on. Shut off the printer AND power down AND wait before re-booting - the printer re-starts spewing garbage until it's discharged its internal buffer. Gaaah! It would be nice if printers came with a 'Flush printer internal buffer' option. DougB On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 14:49, rikona wrote: > Hello Stephen, > > Friday, June 27, 2003, 5:18:45 AM, you wrote: > > I had this problem on a Win-only local net, with an Epson printer. The > symptoms were a short line on each page, and a huge number of pages. > The data was transferred to the printer buffer and the only solution > was to shut off the printer. If it was a large print job, there was > still garbage remaining on the source computer too, and that had to be > flushed as well, otherwise it would continue if the printer was > restarted. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [newbie] Printer virus problem
Hello Stephen, Friday, June 27, 2003, 5:18:45 AM, you wrote: SK> On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 19:17, Robin Turner wrote: >> Since the only machines with permissions to print to the Samba server >> are in our offices, I suspect the "collateral damage" would prove >> unpopular. The other problem is that these bogus print jobs only come >> about once a day, so switching the printer off until we got one would >> not make me popular either, though it is an option. SK> Last time I had this problem it was a Windows machine using the wrong SK> driver printing to a Samba printer - the print job was hung in the SK> spooler on the Windows machine, and had to be blown out from there. I SK> used Ethereal to determine the IP addy. I had this problem on a Win-only local net, with an Epson printer. The symptoms were a short line on each page, and a huge number of pages. The data was transferred to the printer buffer and the only solution was to shut off the printer. If it was a large print job, there was still garbage remaining on the source computer too, and that had to be flushed as well, otherwise it would continue if the printer was restarted. -- HTH, rikonamailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer virus problem
On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 19:17, Robin Turner wrote: > Since the only machines with permissions to print to the Samba server > are in our offices, I suspect the "collateral damage" would prove > unpopular. The other problem is that these bogus print jobs only come > about once a day, so switching the printer off until we got one would > not make me popular either, though it is an option. > > What tools could I use to sniff for the offending computer? > > Sir Robin Last time I had this problem it was a Windows machine using the wrong driver printing to a Samba printer - the print job was hung in the spooler on the Windows machine, and had to be blown out from there. I used Ethereal to determine the IP addy. -- Fri Jun 27 22:15:01 EST 2003 22:15:01 up 2 days, 22:01, 3 users, load average: 1.28, 1.31, 1.34 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Q: What is the difference between Texas and yogurt? A: Yogurt has culture. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer virus problem
Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 27 Jun 2003 10:17 am, Robin Turner wrote: Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 00:36, Robin Turner wrote: No, of course I haven't got a virus, but someone on our LAN has, and it's printing garbage (probably its own code) to my Samba printer. One line, one page, so we've got through two reams of paper this week. Short of updating virus definitions and scanning all our Windows boxes (eventually necessary, but a big job, especially since our institution is not subscribed for virus definiton updates) is there a way I can block this? Sir Robin Can't you simply blow out all the jobs for that printer, take the printer offline, scan the network for the machine that's attempting to communicate to your Samba printer and then blow it up? Since the only machines with permissions to print to the Samba server are in our offices, I suspect the "collateral damage" would prove unpopular. The other problem is that these bogus print jobs only come about once a day, so switching the printer off until we got one would not make me popular either, though it is an option. What tools could I use to sniff for the offending computer? Sir Robin How about looking at the log of print jobs. kjobviewer will help you. I looked at kjobviewer, but it doesn't seem to have a history, just shows jobs in the queue. Sir Robin -- "Hackers appear to wear black more because it goes with everything and hides dirt than because they want to look like goths." - Eric Raymond Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer virus problem
On Friday 27 Jun 2003 10:17 am, Robin Turner wrote: > Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 00:36, Robin Turner wrote: > >>No, of course I haven't got a virus, but someone on our LAN has, and > >>it's printing garbage (probably its own code) to my Samba printer. One > >>line, one page, so we've got through two reams of paper this week. > >>Short of updating virus definitions and scanning all our Windows boxes > >>(eventually necessary, but a big job, especially since our institution > >>is not subscribed for virus definiton updates) is there a way I can > >>block this? > >> > >>Sir Robin > > > > Can't you simply blow out all the jobs for that printer, take the > > printer offline, scan the network for the machine that's attempting to > > communicate to your Samba printer and then blow it up? > > Since the only machines with permissions to print to the Samba server > are in our offices, I suspect the "collateral damage" would prove > unpopular. The other problem is that these bogus print jobs only come > about once a day, so switching the printer off until we got one would > not make me popular either, though it is an option. > > What tools could I use to sniff for the offending computer? > > Sir Robin How about looking at the log of print jobs. kjobviewer will help you. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer virus problem
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 00:36, Robin Turner wrote: No, of course I haven't got a virus, but someone on our LAN has, and it's printing garbage (probably its own code) to my Samba printer. One line, one page, so we've got through two reams of paper this week. Short of updating virus definitions and scanning all our Windows boxes (eventually necessary, but a big job, especially since our institution is not subscribed for virus definiton updates) is there a way I can block this? Sir Robin Can't you simply blow out all the jobs for that printer, take the printer offline, scan the network for the machine that's attempting to communicate to your Samba printer and then blow it up? Since the only machines with permissions to print to the Samba server are in our offices, I suspect the "collateral damage" would prove unpopular. The other problem is that these bogus print jobs only come about once a day, so switching the printer off until we got one would not make me popular either, though it is an option. What tools could I use to sniff for the offending computer? Sir Robin -- "Some guy breaking into a government computer system and wreaking havoc makes for a more interesting movie plot than some guy writing device drivers. It's hard to work in a good 10-minutes car chase scene with some guy who writes device drivers..." - tjc, post to LWN Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer virus problem
On Fri, 2003-06-27 at 00:36, Robin Turner wrote: > No, of course I haven't got a virus, but someone on our LAN has, and > it's printing garbage (probably its own code) to my Samba printer. One > line, one page, so we've got through two reams of paper this week. > Short of updating virus definitions and scanning all our Windows boxes > (eventually necessary, but a big job, especially since our institution > is not subscribed for virus definiton updates) is there a way I can > block this? > > Sir Robin Can't you simply blow out all the jobs for that printer, take the printer offline, scan the network for the machine that's attempting to communicate to your Samba printer and then blow it up? -- Fri Jun 27 09:30:00 EST 2003 09:30:00 up 2 days, 9:16, 3 users, load average: 1.02, 1.15, 1.08 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Littering is dumb. -- Ronald Macdonald Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printer virus problem
No, of course I haven't got a virus, but someone on our LAN has, and it's printing garbage (probably its own code) to my Samba printer. One line, one page, so we've got through two reams of paper this week. Short of updating virus definitions and scanning all our Windows boxes (eventually necessary, but a big job, especially since our institution is not subscribed for virus definiton updates) is there a way I can block this? Sir Robin -- "Some guy breaking into a government computer system and wreaking havoc makes for a more interesting movie plot than some guy writing device drivers. It's hard to work in a good 10-minutes car chase scene with some guy who writes device drivers..." - tjc, post to LWN Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer problem
On Friday 27 Jun 2003 3:54 am, Chris Knewstubb wrote: > I'm using Mandrake 9.1 with KDE 3.1. > > Printer is an Epson Stylus Color 400. > > Using OpenOffice 1.0.2. > > Printed for the very first time in Linux. Set off the print job, and the > printer immediately started to print a load of rubbish - symbols , blamk > pages . And it won't stop - except when I push the "off" button. If I > turn it back on it just starts of again. I have tried every thing to > stop it. Closed OpenOffice. Shut down and restarted - when I restart the > printing begins at the login screen. > > I have gone into Windows in between Linux sessions and the printer is > fine there. > > Is there a cure to this? > > Help. > > Please. > > Cheers, > Chris K There is an application called 'kjobviewer' which will allow you to cancel that print job. There is not a menu entry for it, so either start it from a terminal or use menudrake to create a menu entry. As for the printer itself. Is it just OpenOffice with the problem or does it print garbage in all apps? And have you tried rerunning printerdrake to check the printer configuration? derek BTW: Could you remove the "Reply To: " setting in your mozilla mail please? It is not necessary unless you want to receive emails on a different account to the one you send from. When used with a mailing list it makes responses go straight to you and not the list. -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printer problem
I'm using Mandrake 9.1 with KDE 3.1. Printer is an Epson Stylus Color 400. Using OpenOffice 1.0.2. Printed for the very first time in Linux. Set off the print job, and the printer immediately started to print a load of rubbish - symbols , blamk pages . And it won't stop - except when I push the "off" button. If I turn it back on it just starts of again. I have tried every thing to stop it. Closed OpenOffice. Shut down and restarted - when I restart the printing begins at the login screen. I have gone into Windows in between Linux sessions and the printer is fine there. Is there a cure to this? Help. Please. Cheers, Chris K Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer BJ-200e does not work in Mandrake 9.1
FD, I don't know what to tell you. We use the BJ-200 driver for our BJ-200ex and it's working fine. Are you using the Ghostscript driver in CUPS? or didn't you go down that far under the BJ-200? > The Canon printer BJ-200e was working perfectly for month in 9.0 > Once upgraded to 9.1, there is only the driver for BJ-200 > available. > > I tried it under CUPS, the printer proceeds to printing and everything > seems to work as previously, but nothing actually appear on the paper (new > ink cartridge, work just before the update). > > Any suggestions ? > > Thanks a lot > > FD > > P.S. Oh by the way, this is for a neighbor that I convinced to register to > MandrakeClub 2 months ago, telling her it would help improve the distro. > She is less than stellar happy not being able to print anymore. Regards Trevor Rhodes === Powered by Linux- Mandrake 9.1 Registered Linux user # 290542 at http://counter.li.org Registered Machine #'s 186951 Mandrake Club Silver Member Source : my 100 % Microsoft-free personal computer. === 18:58:07 up 21:31, 3 users, load average: 1.27, 1.15, 1.16 -- I may be getting older, but I refuse to grow up! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printer config file question
Hello, I finally got the network printer to work! A couple of questions remain: (1) The cupsd.conf file has an entry at the end 'ServerName 192.168.xxx.xxx'. Does this mean that I have to set the MD box to this address? I now use DHCP for addresses, and they do vary. (2) During setup, there was a dire warning about sending clear-text passwords across the net when requesting printing, and being able to read the pw with a simple command. Is there a better way to set up printing to avoid this vulnerability? -- Best regards, rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer not working in openoffice
Well it seems that I didn't have it configured so dumb on my part but now its working with everything! Thanks all you folks! --- Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 05 April 2003 04:51 am, robin.bcc wrote: > > Dan Johnson wrote: > > >Hi all I can't find the info I need to get my HP > > >Deskjet 932C printer working in Openoffice 1.0 in > MD > > >9.1 any help would be appreciated but please be > very > > >specific for I am a newbie of all newbies in > linux. > > >TIA > > > > I've also had problems, though not as bad. I've > found it > > will only work after applying the kind of > solutions I > > used to use in my Windows days: switch printer off > and > > on, log in and out etc. Sounds like a blocked > pipe, so > > to speak. > > > > Sir Robin > > Switching printers off and on is definitely not the > linux > way. I have a HP 930 C which I suppose is very close > to > Dan's 932 C. I'll admit that initially I had some > problems > (in 9.0 that is - waiting for my pre-ordered 9.1 to > arrive) > with this printer. However, visiting > http://www.linuxprinting.org > solved those. > > Please give some additional information : > > What printing system ? ( I prefer CUPS) > What do you use for configuration ( printerdrake - > webmin)? > Is this an Open Office problem only ? > Did you download the hpijs driver form HP ? > > Printers are notoriously tricky, but HP seems > dedicated to > linux, so eventually your 932 C will work OK, I'm > sure. > > And Dan : don't apologize for being a newbie. We all > are. > And will forever be. And we're proud of it. > > Kaj Haulrich. > -- > Registered Linux user # 214073 at > http://counter.li.org > Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.0 - kernel 2.4.19.24 > Brought to you from my 100 % Micro$oft-free > computer. > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer not working in openoffice
On Friday 04 Apr 2003 7:46 pm, Dan Johnson wrote: > Hi all I can't find the info I need to get my HP > Deskjet 932C printer working in Openoffice 1.0 in MD > 9.1 any help would be appreciated but please be very > specific for I am a newbie of all newbies in linux. > TIA > Have you read the help file in OOo? I have the version shipped with 9.0, but the helpfile there tells you exactly how to set up your printers. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer not working in openoffice
On Saturday 05 April 2003 04:51 am, robin.bcc wrote: > Dan Johnson wrote: > >Hi all I can't find the info I need to get my HP > >Deskjet 932C printer working in Openoffice 1.0 in MD > >9.1 any help would be appreciated but please be very > >specific for I am a newbie of all newbies in linux. > >TIA > > I've also had problems, though not as bad. I've found it > will only work after applying the kind of solutions I > used to use in my Windows days: switch printer off and > on, log in and out etc. Sounds like a blocked pipe, so > to speak. > > Sir Robin Switching printers off and on is definitely not the linux way. I have a HP 930 C which I suppose is very close to Dan's 932 C. I'll admit that initially I had some problems (in 9.0 that is - waiting for my pre-ordered 9.1 to arrive) with this printer. However, visiting http://www.linuxprinting.org solved those. Please give some additional information : What printing system ? ( I prefer CUPS) What do you use for configuration ( printerdrake - webmin)? Is this an Open Office problem only ? Did you download the hpijs driver form HP ? Printers are notoriously tricky, but HP seems dedicated to linux, so eventually your 932 C will work OK, I'm sure. And Dan : don't apologize for being a newbie. We all are. And will forever be. And we're proud of it. Kaj Haulrich. -- Registered Linux user # 214073 at http://counter.li.org Powered by Linux - Mandrake 9.0 - kernel 2.4.19.24 Brought to you from my 100 % Micro$oft-free computer. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer not working in openoffice
Dan Johnson wrote: Hi all I can't find the info I need to get my HP Deskjet 932C printer working in Openoffice 1.0 in MD 9.1 any help would be appreciated but please be very specific for I am a newbie of all newbies in linux. TIA I've also had problems, though not as bad. I've found it will only work after applying the kind of solutions I used to use in my Windows days: switch printer off and on, log in and out etc. Sounds like a blocked pipe, so to speak. Sir Robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer not working in openoffice
On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 04:46, Dan Johnson wrote: > Hi all I can't find the info I need to get my HP > Deskjet 932C printer working in Openoffice 1.0 in MD > 9.1 any help would be appreciated but please be very > specific for I am a newbie of all newbies in linux. > TIA Does the printer work for any other applications at all? -- Sat Apr 5 05:20:00 EST 2003 05:20:00 up 14 days, 17:07, 3 users, load average: 0.20, 0.16, 0.26 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor -- ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** "That's right; the upper-case shift works fine on the screen, but they're not coming out on the damn printer... Hold? Sure, I'll hold." -- e.e. cummings last service call Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer "Hell" (long post)
On Tuesday 25 February 2003 01:04 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 25 Feb 2003 4:21 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > Go back to Webmin, it says the printer is "idle, rejecting jobs". > > > > Anyone have any idea what I did wrong/happened? Better yet, how to fix > > it? Otherwise I guess I'm going to have to check my warranty papers. For > > the life of me, I can't figure out what I did to cause all this. > > Can't help with the printing from nfs, but for the 'rejecting jobs' have > you tried the 'CUPS WWW admin tool'. I'm pretty sure it can be re-set from > there. > > Anne Hey Anne. Thanks for the reply. Yep, I tried that - it reports that the printer (and it does report the correct model) is "ide - rejecting jobs". I can reset it, and nothing changes :-( -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer "Hell" (long post)
On Tuesday 25 Feb 2003 4:21 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Go back to Webmin, it says the printer is "idle, rejecting jobs". > > Anyone have any idea what I did wrong/happened? Better yet, how to fix it? > Otherwise I guess I'm going to have to check my warranty papers. For the > life of me, I can't figure out what I did to cause all this. > Can't help with the printing from nfs, but for the 'rejecting jobs' have you tried the 'CUPS WWW admin tool'. I'm pretty sure it can be re-set from there. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Printer "Hell" (long post)
Well, folks - I'm having a heckuva day. Last night, I tried to print out a simple ASCII text file, created in Kedit, of a short story my 12 yr old had written for his Literature class. The teacher wanted it in a 20 pt font size. I've never tried printing that large before and never imagined all the difficulties I would have. I set the font to 20, hit the print icon, got the usual ASCII is an unknown format, have to convert message and it began printing. In such large letters that only a few words would fit on each line. So, I saved the file, dragged 'n dropped it onto my printer icon (linked to Kprinter). Now, the font size is shrunk to about 12. Go figure. So I assume there is some way to do this, just that I can't find it. So I try, in order, Webmin, printerdrake, and kups. The printout also had some headers (date, page number, etc) so I use lpoptions -r prettyprint to try and remove that. Finally, now - every file I print causes the printer (Epson C62-USB, less than 2 months old) to print a solid black page, from top to bottom. After about 4 sheets like this, I'm convinced. I go back to printerdrake, reset everything, everything seems to be found. Still doesn't work. Now, I've got a red light on my printer. I use Mtink, because I figure after all those solid black printouts, and since its the original black ink cart that came with the printer, that I'm out. Well, Mtink shows 8 percent. I wasn't sure about what minimum it starts giving errors on, so I change it. Except that the red light still does not go off (yes, it has paper, and the USB cable is still hooked up). I recheck everything. Again. I disconnect the printer from the system, try to do a self-check with printout. Won't work. Look for paper jams. Can't see any. I go ahead and change the color cartridge, just in case, even though Mtink said it was okay. Still no difference, red light stays on. So I shutdown for the night, gave up. Restarted this morning, green light and red light (solid not blinking) both on. USBview says its there, control centers say its there, tried to print a file, got this error message: A print error occured. Error message received from system: cupsdoprint -P 'Printer' -J 'exports' -H 'localhost:631' -U 'darklord' -o ' Contrast=1.000 Cyan=1.000 Density=1.000 Magenta=1.000 StpBrightness=1.000 StpGamma=1.600 StpSaturation=1.000 Yellow=1.000 copies=1 multiple-document-handling=separate-documents-collated-copies' '/tmp/kde-darklord/kdeprint_89dtCWl' : execution failed with message: server-error-not-accepting-jobs Go back to Webmin, it says the printer is "idle, rejecting jobs". Anyone have any idea what I did wrong/happened? Better yet, how to fix it? Otherwise I guess I'm going to have to check my warranty papers. For the life of me, I can't figure out what I did to cause all this. Thanks, and sorry for the long post... -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Printer Still not working
On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 08:44, Russ wrote: > Hi All, > > I am still not able to use my printer. > > I was able to change my update source and have updated all my installed > packages. However, I don't think it was able to properly fix my printer > stuff because I'm not sure I had all the proper packages installed to > begin with. > > When I was trying to install my printer I kept getting errors about not > being able to find server. I did install what I did get though but my > printer never worked. I was then told how to change my update source and > did so. I no longer get those errors. > > I tried deleting my printer and installing it again but no good. How can > I uninstall all the printer stuff so it will log onto the update site > and get it all this time? Or is ther something else I need to do to get > it working? > > I have a Canon S750 USB and the install said Canon BJ-35V driver should > work. However, as I said above I don't think it has been installed > properly. > > Thanks Have you tried adding the printer via Webmin instead of going through all the OTHER processes? I've found that when installing a printer - it fails, Webmin sometimes comes to the rescue...but then again, I do alot of things that aren't quite by the book...(and I wear a red hat/bandana sometimes, too) (g) Cheers! -- Mon Jan 20 17:45:00 EST 2003 5:45pm up 4 days, 3:28, 6 users, load average: 0.27, 0.15, 0.10 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- If you want to know what god thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to. -- Dorthy Parker Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
