On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:44:52 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: > I have a Hp laserjet printer connected through a usb backend. I am > plagued by repeated episodes of failure of the printer to print. It > works for a while and then it spontaneously stops working. I reinstall > the driver via the localhost:631 interface and it prints and a day later > it stops working. > > D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] Printer stopped due to backend > errors; please consult the error_log file for details. > D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] End of messages > D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state=5(stopped) > D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state-message="/usr/ lib/cups/backend/hp failed" > D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state-reasons=paused E
It seems you are using the "hp" backend and failed what left the printer in a "paused" status. Have you tried with "usb" backend? Type "lpinfo -v" to see the available backends for your system. Put here the output. Then, query the printer to see if it is detected in that port. As root, type: /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb And put here the output. Also, the recommended driver for your printer is "pxlmono": http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_1200 > [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 -0400] Unable to remove temporary file > "/var/spool/cups/tmp/.hplip" - Is a directory E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 > -0400] Unable to remove temporary file "/var/spool/cups/tmp/.fontconfig" > - Is a directory E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad > driver information file "/usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm"! > E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information > file "/usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt"! > > > strange I am using the recommended Postscript en driver and what is this > about Kyocera? That message comes from "cups-driverd" a daemon that is run when you add or modify any aprinter. Do not care about that, it seems not related to the main problem. > I am tempted to switch back to the parallel port connection ,,, If it's USB 1.1 you will get lower bandwith, but if there is no other choice... Side note: if you don't like the web interface, you can always add and manage your printers via command line (lpadmin, lpstast...). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.03.15.10.49...@gmail.com
