This is the first time ever that I have difficulty printing on Linux. Weird.
Bootup reports: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [SPP,ECP,ECPEPP,ECPPS2] parport0: detected irq 7; use procfs to enable interrupt-driven operation. parport_probe: succeeded parport0: Printer, Canon S400 lp0: using parport0 (polling). Yet, nothing happens if I even cat a file to /dev/lp0 : $ cat logo.gri > /dev/lp0 I have the following packages installed for CUPS: $ dpkg -l | grep cups ii cupsomatic-ppd 0.20010420-3 cups printer ppd's from LinuxPrinting.org ii cupsys 1.1.10-2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server ii cupsys-client 1.1.10-2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client pro ii cupsys-pstoras 1.1.10-2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - pstoraster ii libcupsys2 1.1.10-2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs If I try to print a plain ASCII file using CUPS, I get an error in /var/log/cups/error_log $ lp logo.gri I Job 12 queued on 'Canon' by 'root'. I Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 525) for job 12. I Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/cupsomatic (PID 526) for job 12. I Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 527) for job 12. E PID 526 stopped with status 32! This is using the ppd file I got from linuxprinting.org, stored as /usr/share/cups/model/canonS400.ppd and setup using lpadmin. The listing in http://localhost:631/printers looks okay to me: Canon BJC-3000, Foomatic + s400a1.upp Description: Location: Printer State: idle, accepting jobs. Device URI: parallel:/dev/lp0 Any clues? What is error status 32? Thanks, Peter
