Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: >>> A guaranteed technique is to install all >>> printing related packages. >> >> Unless there are conflicts... > > When you have installed the packages > I mentioned you can come back and tell us > what the conflicts are. Meanwhile, the advice > is good and

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Fri 24 Jun 2016 at 00:05:12 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Brian writes: > > > A guaranteed technique is to install all > > printing related packages. > > Unless there are conflicts... When you have installed the packages I mentioned you can come back and tell us what

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > A guaranteed technique is to install all > printing related packages. Unless there are conflicts... > I thought all drivers were built for > all architectures. We just saw the Samsung ULD for the Xpress M2026W - it was compiled for i386 and x86_64, but

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Thu 23 Jun 2016 at 20:33:29 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Brian writes: > > > Do you mean this?: A user has or intends to > > buy, for example, an HP LaserJet P1102w. > > How does she determine whether Debian has > > a PPD and driver for it and what package to > >

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > Do you mean this?: A user has or intends to > buy, for example, an HP LaserJet P1102w. > How does she determine whether Debian has > a PPD and driver for it and what package to > install to get them? Yes. Also: a driver for the particular architecture. --

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Thu 23 Jun 2016 at 18:07:15 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Brian writes: > > > It would also have found hpcups and hpijs > > PPDs, unless the packages had been removed. > > Given the extra step of having to install > > a non-free plugin and seeing foo2zjs is > >

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > It would also have found hpcups and hpijs > PPDs, unless the packages had been removed. > Given the extra step of having to install > a non-free plugin and seeing foo2zjs is > recommended would be a good enough reason for > choosing foo2zjs: > > lpadmin -p

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Thu 23 Jun 2016 at 11:57:41 +, Dan Purgert wrote: > Brian wrote: > > > > "Filter failed" is pretty clear. > > Yes, but not having any context of 'what' filter(s) are being used, the > statement "filter failed" is vague. It's a step up on "An error has occured." :) "Filter hpcups has

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian wrote: > On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 15:21:45 +, Dan Purgert wrote: > >> Emanuel Berg wrote: >> > printer laser now printing laser-528. enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016 >> > 16:42:55 CEST >> >Filter failed >> > >> >> Seems the input (or output) filter failed. You'll likely need to check >>

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Thu 23 Jun 2016 at 05:23:15 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Brian writes: > > > Similarily glad but recording for the > > archives that foomatic-db-compressed-ppds is > > not required to set up and use a print queue > > with printer-driver-foo2zjs. > > Right, the turn of

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > Similarily glad but recording for the > archives that foomatic-db-compressed-ppds is > not required to set up and use a print queue > with printer-driver-foo2zjs. Right, the turn of events was this line foo2zjs:0/ppd/foo2zjs/HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.ppd

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 19:13:42 -0400, Ralph Katz wrote: > On 06/22/2016 06:11 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: > > Ralph Katz writes: > > > >> CUPS just recognizes it automagically after you > >> install printer-driver-foo2zjs, which maybe you > >> did. I installed the printer simply

SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On 06/22/2016 06:11 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Ralph Katz writes: > >> CUPS just recognizes it automagically after you >> install printer-driver-foo2zjs, which maybe you >> did. I installed the printer simply from the >> cups browser interface. >> http://localhost:631/admin

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Ralph Katz writes: > CUPS just recognizes it automagically after you > install printer-driver-foo2zjs, which maybe you > did. I installed the printer simply from the > cups browser interface. > http://localhost:631/admin --> add printer, > scroll thru choices and select

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Ralph Katz writes: >> $ lpinfo -m | grep 1102w >> >> drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet >> Professional P 1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin >> drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w.ppd HP LaserJet >>

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Ralph Katz writes: > CUPS just recognizes it automagically after > you install printer-driver-foo2zjs, which > maybe you did. I installed the printer simply > from the cups browser interface. > http://localhost:631/admin --> add printer, > scroll thru choices and select

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 22:10:27 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Ralph Katz writes: > > > I use the standard cups foomatic driver for > > your P1102w printer on my very similar (or > > identical) HP LaserJet Professional P1109w on > > my stable/Jessie system. > > I found some

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 21:31:14 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > It is all from the repositories. > > $ lpinfo -m | grep 1102w > > drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet > Professional P 1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin >

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On 06/22/2016 04:10 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Ralph Katz writes: > >> I use the standard cups foomatic driver for >> your P1102w printer on my very similar (or >> identical) HP LaserJet Professional P1109w on >> my stable/Jessie system. > > I found some foomatic stuff in the

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On 06/22/2016 03:31 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote: [...] > > It is all from the repositories. > > $ lpinfo -m | grep 1102w > > drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet > Professional P 1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin >

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Ralph Katz writes: > I use the standard cups foomatic driver for > your P1102w printer on my very similar (or > identical) HP LaserJet Professional P1109w on > my stable/Jessie system. I found some foomatic stuff in the repos but no PPD files. However this file

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > Shame! The result would have good to have > known. You don't fancy returning to the store > with your ARM device and persuading them to > let you do a quick test, do you? You do that in the UK? :O Wonderful! But no, they wouldn't do that. > Any Debian

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Dan Purgert writes: > Seems the input (or output) filter failed. > You'll likely need to check if it's trying to > call any 32-bit libraries (my brother does > this), and add the relevant i386 support > for them. The architecture is 32 bit but I installed the PPD file from

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Wed, 22 Jun 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: It was meant to be a hyperlink to my post in the archives, Ah...dawn breaks over Narragansett Bay! I was clearly too tired and should just have quoted :( Take care of yourself!! -- Man is essentially a dreamer, wakened sometimes for a moment by

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On 06/22/2016 10:44 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote: [...] > > To late! > > I returned the printer for another, namely > > HP LaserJet P1102w > > This I added with > > $ sudo lpadmin -p laser -E -v > 'usb://HP/LaserJet%20Professional%20P%201102w?serial=0W470T1FPR1a' -P >

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 15:21:45 +, Dan Purgert wrote: > Emanuel Berg wrote: > > printer laser now printing laser-528. enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016 > > 16:42:55 CEST > > Filter failed > > > > Seems the input (or output) filter failed. You'll likely need to check > if it's trying to call

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 16:44:50 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Brian writes: > > > Or I suppose a Splix PPD could work, as it > > apparently did for this user: > > > > I managed to get my Samsung M2022W working > > with Splix by pretening it was an ML-2160. > > . > >

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Emanuel Berg wrote: > printer laser now printing laser-528. enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016 > 16:42:55 CEST > Filter failed > Seems the input (or output) filter failed. You'll likely need to check if it's trying to call any 32-bit libraries (my brother does this), and add the relevant i386

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > Or I suppose a Splix PPD could work, as it > apparently did for this user: > > I managed to get my Samsung M2022W working > with Splix by pretening it was an ML-2160. > . > >https://sourceforge.net/p/splix/discussion/605558/thread/a0f66cb8/ > >

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Wednesday 22 June 2016 06:20:32 Bob Bernstein wrote: > On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > <201606210831.24319.lisi.re...@gmail.com> > > Need a bit of help here. What am I supposed to do with this line > of um text? > > If there is an elegant method that will use it as a starting > point

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 09:28:06 +0100, Brian wrote: > I don't think this idea is going to fly, at least not without more > work on the PPD and possibly on the printer driver itself. Accessing > the printer from the ARM device is probably best done through a CUPS > server on a i368/amd64 machine.

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Bob Bernstein, Wed, 22 Jun 2016 01:20:32 -0400 (EDT): > On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> <201606210831.24319.lisi.re...@gmail.com> > > Need a bit of help here. What am I supposed to do with this line > of um text? It's a Message-ID. It identifies a posting made to this list (the

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 04:07:46 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Brian writes: > > > 1. Get the Samsung_M2020_Series.ppd from the > > ULD tarball > > > > 2. Edit the *cupsFilters line in it to read > > > > *cupsFilters: > > "application.vnd.cups-raster 0 rastertoqpdl > >

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote: <201606210831.24319.lisi.re...@gmail.com> Need a bit of help here. What am I supposed to do with this line of um text? If there is an elegant method that will use it as a starting point such that I end up looking at the email to which you are

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > 1. Get the Samsung_M2020_Series.ppd from the > ULD tarball > > 2. Edit the *cupsFilters line in it to read > > *cupsFilters: > "application.vnd.cups-raster 0 rastertoqpdl > >or > > *cupsFilters: > "application.vnd.cups-postscript 0 pstoqpdl >

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Tuesday 21 June 2016 22:29:36 Brian wrote: > Was the suggestion given not clear enough or too > involved? Emanuel doesn't like the idea of trying to do anything with the web interface. I had already suggested it for one of his problems earlier. <201606210831.24319.lisi.re...@gmail.com> Too

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Emanuel Berg wrote: > Brian writes: > >> To automatise what? > > The testing of all configurations. Brian suggested one approach though - no word automation and testing at all? Besides the 4 steps are equal in time you spent writing whatever you wrote to automate

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > To automatise what? The testing of all configurations. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 Emacs Gnus Blogomatic . http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/blogomatic - so far: 55 Blogomatic articles -

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Tue 21 Jun 2016 at 22:24:29 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Brian writes: > > > But it will give you something to do for the > > rest of the afternoon! > > I wrote this to automatize it: To automatise what? Was the suggestion given not clear enough or too involved? > #

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > But it will give you something to do for the > rest of the afternoon! I wrote this to automatize it: # try all PPDs on the system: # # $ test-ppd **/*.ppd # # and, in another pane: # # $ watch -t -n 0.1 lpstat -p test-ppd () { local -a ppds

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Tue 21 Jun 2016 at 16:25:00 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Brian writes: > > > Early this morning you had an M202x series > > printer; this afternoon you have an ML-2026W. > > Not only is the ML-2026W not mentioned at the > > Splix site but Samsung's site doesn't believe

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > Early this morning you had an M202x series > printer; this afternoon you have an ML-2026W. > Not only is the ML-2026W not mentioned at the > Splix site but Samsung's site doesn't believe > it exists and says "We're sorry, your search > "ml-2026W" didn't

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Tue 21 Jun 2016 at 14:50:51 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Brian writes: > > > You read the wiki and learn how to install > > a print queue. > > Here is a list [1] what printers work with > Linux and Splix - mine, ML-2026W, isn't on that > list, so I guess it won't work?

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > You read the wiki and learn how to install > a print queue. Here is a list [1] what printers work with Linux and Splix - mine, ML-2026W, isn't on that list, so I guess it won't work? [1] http://splix.ap2c.org/ -- underground experts united

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Tue 21 Jun 2016 at 10:02:39 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Brian writes: > > > printer-driver-splix ULD might work but > > I suspect a splix PPD would need adapting to > > provide what the M202x expects to receive. > > OK, I installed that - do I need to tell CUPS > to

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Brian writes: > printer-driver-splix ULD might work but > I suspect a splix PPD would need adapting to > provide what the M202x expects to receive. OK, I installed that - do I need to tell CUPS to use it? How do I do that? -- underground experts united

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Tue 21 Jun 2016 at 04:51:23 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Emanuel Berg writes: > > > File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertospl" not > > available: No such file or directory > > I found rastertospl it in the ULD archive, the > i386 directory. > > Now when I do print it

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Lisi Reisz writes: > I find that going into printer maintenance, > deleting all jobs for that printer, pausing > the printer, then starting it again, solves > this particular problem. But I do it at the > web interface. 'cancel -a' deletes all jobs so if I could just pause

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

On Tuesday 21 June 2016 03:51:23 Emanuel Berg wrote: > Emanuel Berg writes: > > File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertospl" not > > available: No such file or directory > > I found rastertospl it in the ULD archive, the > i386 directory. > > Now when I do print it first says

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Emanuel Berg writes: > File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertospl" not > available: No such file or directory I found rastertospl it in the ULD archive, the i386 directory. Now when I do print it first says "... is now printing ...", then printer laser is idle.

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

Emanuel Berg writes: > I have a USB printer installed with CUPS and it > seems to check out but when I print it stalls! > > $ lpstat -p > > printer laser is idle. enabled since Tue 21 > Jun 2016 01:14:56 CEST Sending data to printer. It is a Samsung laser printer,

USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

I have a USB printer installed with CUPS and it seems to check out but when I print it stalls! $ lpstat -p printer laser is idle. enabled since Tue 21 Jun 2016 01:14:56 CEST Sending data to printer. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 Emacs Gnus