On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:47:48 +0800, lina wrote: > >> I don't know how to check printer issue, >> >> Two things are known: >> >> 1] The printer worked fine >> 2] there is no problem in sending material to print > > Are you in testing? If yes, maybe an update broke something within CUPS > filters/drivers or hplip :-?
Yes, it's testing. > >> one problem: >> >> 1] The print out is weird, more like some code from aliens, or some >> ancient scripts. >> the mysterious "code" can be found from in below link: >> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B93SVRfpVVg3OGZmODc3MDctNWQ2OS00MmExLTg0MDQtOGNkZmRkM2FlY2U2 >> >> Historically it worked fine, actually very well, might due to update >> something. >> >> The printer is Hp LaserJet P4015n, please kindly notice it's used to >> work fine, so no doubt I installed the right driver. >> >> Just don't know why? > > The first I would try is adding two new printer instances from CUPS web > interface, that is, "http://localhost:631"; (forget hplip by now) and I used to choke when using CUPS, A username and password are being requested by http://localhost:631. The site says: "CUPS" I tried my laptop's root/user password, all failed. it's a network printer, I don't have the administration password, and also a bit lazy/sorry to trouble the administrator. does it need administrator's password here? to add a printer. I can do well in adding printer from setting--printing --> find network printer by entering the IP. Well, good news is that it works, after removal and re-install. actually my sid one also has such problems for long, so I thought it's something weird. I should have removed earlier and reinstalled it to try, Thanks, > select for the first instance a PS driver (ether one that matches the > HP model or a generic postscript driver) and for the second instance > select a PCL6 driver. > > Then try to print from different sources using both printer instances to > see what happens. If all the prints fail with the same result, well, your > next step could be opening a bug report :-) > > 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.2011.12.16.17.49...@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/CAG9cJmmCZbDrP9pamqANoYm+0pr=j2cu27=8qgw692ypr-b...@mail.gmail.com
