the 'enable' command as I understand it, enables the printer to print (as opposed to "disable" which is supposed to be the opposite for enable). if the printer is 'disable'd , then it still accepts print jobs but doesn't print them (this sounded like what was happening w/ your printer - cups sends it, but nothing comes out).
'accept' and 'reject' are more severe cases where the printer won't even accept any print jobs. bad news is, I don't know what the error means. sorry. maybe try the 'cups' mailing list or maybe they an IRC channel?... -ajay > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Price [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 3:26 PM > To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: brother hl-1440 on usb with CUPS > > > good news is -- printer now produces pages, though they tend to be > interrupted mid-page and garbled a little bit. > > I found a suspicious message in /var/log/cups/error_log: > > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:00 -0400] ReadClient() 2 GET > /printers/hplaser HTTP/1.1 > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:00 -0400] CGI > /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi started - PID = 1315 > I [24/Jun/2003:12:10:00 -0400] Started > "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=1315) > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:00 -0400] SendCommand() 2 file=7 > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:01 -0400] AcceptClient() 6 from matts-mac:631. > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:01 -0400] ReadClient() 6 POST / HTTP/1.1 > ....snip ... > > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] StartJob(9, 10050d18) > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] StartJob() id = 9, file = 0/1 > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] job-sheets=none,none > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] banner_page = 0 > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] StartJob: argv = > "hplaser","9","","Test Page","1","","/var/spool/cups/d00009-001" > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] StartJob: envp = > "PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/bin:/usr/bin","SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.1", > "USER=root","CHARSET=iso-8859-1","LANG=c","TZ=Canada/Eastern", "PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/hplaser.ppd","CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups","RIP_MAX_CACHE=> 8m","TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp","CONTENT_TYPE=application/pos > tscript","DEVICE_URI=usb:/dev/usb/lp0","PRINTER=hplaser","CUPS > _DATADIR=/usr/share/cups","CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts","","" > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] StartJob: statusfds = 9, 10 > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] StartJob: filterfds[1] = 11, -1 > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] StartJob: filter = > "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops" > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] StartJob: filterfds[0] = 12, 13 > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] > start_process("/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops", 7ffea1e8, > 7ffeed08, 11, 13, 10) > I [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] Started filter > /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 1317) for job 9. > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] StartJob: filter = > "/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip" > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] StartJob: filterfds[1] = 11, 14 > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] > start_process("/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip", 7ffea1e8, > 7ffeed08, 12, 14, 10) > I [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] Started filter > /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 1318) for job 9. > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] StartJob: backend = > "/usr/lib/cups/backend/usb" > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] StartJob: filterfds[0] = -1, 12 > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] > start_process("/usr/lib/cups/backend/usb", 7ffea1e8, > 7ffeed08, 11, 12, 10) > > > ---what's this error?! ------- > E [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] PID 1318 stopped with status 22! > I [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] Started backend > /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb (PID 1319) for job 9. > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] Page = 612x792; 0,0 to 612,792 > > ---- something missing? ------ > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] > /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip: No such file or directory > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] 0 %%EOF > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] Saw EOF! > D [24/Jun/2003:12:10:04 -0400] CloseClient() 6 > > > so, seemed like we needed foomatic-rip, which wasn't installed... so I > installed every package with the name "foomatic" in the title, and now > it's printing! > > Unfortunately, it's NOT printing perfectly. there seems to be some > kind of package incompatibility in sid, though, so I may try to use > testing packages for now. > > meanwhile, you've raised a couple more questions for me... > > > well, the next thing I have is maybe the printer is not > enabled? (accepting > > print jobs but not printing) > > did you already try > > /usr/sbin/enable /dev/usb/lp0 > > .... /usr/sbin/enable isn't installed, and I didn't find it in the > debian package file search. what does it do? > > > you can also try > > /usr/sbin/accept /dev/usb/lp0 > > ... this does exist, but returns the following: > matts-mac:~# /usr/sbin/accept /dev/usb/lp0 > accept: Operation failed: client-error-not-found > > > > I am just reaching here but you can also try setting it as > the default > > printer (although I don't think this would be necessary) > > /usr/sbin/lpadmin -d /dev/usb/lp0 > > I think it's already set as default... > > > hey, thanks for the help!! > matt > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
