On 10:49 Mon 15 Mar , Camaleón wrote: > It seems you are using the "hp" backend and failed what left the printer > in a "paused" status.
Thank you. Can you explain what you mean by 'backend' vs 'driver'? I don't know what I am using. I have loaded many many cups packages, including hplip and I have no idea what I am using. I made a list of all the debian packages and included it in one of my mails. I am just blindly following 'cargo cult of cups' and setting options to control access in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and chosing "Postscript recommended" in localhost:631 because I know that my hp1200 or hp1300 is a postscript printer. > > Have you tried with "usb" backend? Type "lpinfo -v" to see the available > backends for your system. Put here the output. Rashi:/home/mlaks# lpinfo -v network ipp network http network beh network lpd direct scsi direct hp:/par/HP_LaserJet_1200?device=/dev/parport0 direct hal network socket direct parallel:/dev/lp0 serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 network smb direct hpfax this is currently on the machine that I reverted to direct connection by parport parallel port. I will try to do it on the other machines tomorrow. > > Then, query the printer to see if it is detected in that port. As root, > type: > > /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb here is the output /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb DEBUG: list_devices_libusb DEBUG: usb_find_busses=5 DEBUG: usb_find_devices=6 (recall I switched on this machine to the parallel port for a while) >lpq here is the output HP_LaserJet_1200 is ready no entries > > And put here the output. > > Also, the recommended driver for your printer is "pxlmono": > > http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_1200 So why does cups on my machine say Postscript en ? > > > [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 > -- 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/20100316025945.ga16...@earthlink.net
