On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 03:15:55PM -0600, Donald Spoon wrote: > Thomas H. George,,, wrote: > >Printer is an HP DeckJet 940C > >Driver is Foomatic-hpijs downloaded from www.linuxprinting.org > > > >A print test from localhost:631 or from kde prints nothing. > > > >cat printtest.txt > /dev/lp0 prints the simple text file though it must > >be manually ejected. > > > >less /var/log/cups/error_log ends in multiple lines of > >"get-printer-attrs: resource name '/printers/Mail PDF' no good!" > > > >Background: System is Woody with 2.4.18 kernel. > >dpkg -l |grep cups and dpkg -l |grep foomatic show the following > >packages installed (ii): > > > > cupsomatic-ppd > > cupsys > > cupsys-bsd > > cupsys-client > > cupsys-pstoraster > > kdelibs3-cups > > libcupsys2 > > libcupsys2-dev > > foomatic-bin > > foomatic-db > > > >As usual, I seem to have overlooked something, but what? > > > >Tom George > > > > > > Stupid question I know, but do you have the "hpijs" package installed? > I think it is required with that PPD... You also need GS, but that will > automatically be pulled in if you have the hpijs file installed. > > -Don Spoon- > Details, details, details. It is always the details that kill you. I must have once know that the hpijs package is required as the printer was working before a hard drive crash made it necessary to re-install everything. At any rate, I installed it and the printer is working perfectly. Thank you,
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