Public bug reported: USB printer model Epson ET-4500 detects the desktop it is connected to, but when printing a piece of paper the printer only spits out plain paper with no ink.
ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: cups 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-127.153-generic 4.4.128 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-127-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Jun 7 17:37:23 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-12 (603 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) Lpstat: device for EpsonET-4500: usb://EPSON/ET-4500%20Series?serial=573937593033313180&interface=1 MachineType: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 780 Papersize: letter PpdFiles: Error: command ['fgrep', '-H', '*NickName', '/etc/cups/ppd/EpsonET-4500.ppd'] failed with exit code 2: grep: /etc/cups/ppd/EpsonET-4500.ppd: Permission denied ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-127-generic root=UUID=03b2da64-2d26-4809-b705-f42bd7d8a473 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/11/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A05 dmi.board.name: 0C27VV dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A02 dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA05:bd08/11/2010:svnDellInc.:pnOptiPlex780:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0C27VV:rvrA02:cvnDellInc.:ct6:cvr: dmi.product.name: OptiPlex 780 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. ** Affects: cups (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apparmor apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1775713 Title: printer does not print ink even though it is detected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1775713/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs