On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 4:02 PM D. R. Evans <doc.ev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have recently added a Xerox C325 multifunction printer to my home LAN. > > When I originally plugged it in and ran some quick print tests from my Debian > stable system, everything seemed to be fine. But now, a few days later, I can > no longer persuade it to print :-( > > The printer appears OK in CUPS. As of right now, the status page at the CUPs > port, http://127.0.0.1:631, says that the printer is: (Paused, Accepting Jobs, > Not Shared), and there are two jobs visible in the printer's queue. > > If I go to Maintenance and click "Resume", CUPS says "Printer > Xerox_R_C325_Color_MFP has been resumed". But neither of the queued pages is > printed, and after a few seconds, the page goes back to saying: (Paused, > Accepting Jobs, Not Shared). > > If I cancel the two queued jobs, and then do: > Maintenance | Resume > the printer state becomes: > (Idle, Accepting Jobs, Not Shared) > > But as soon as I send a job to print (for example: Maintenance | Print Test > Page), the job appears on the queue and the status becomes (Paused, Accepting > Jobs, Not Shared). > > So it seems that what appears to be happening is that as soon as a job is sent > to the printer, it enters the Paused state, and the job never actually prints. > > Any advice gratefully received.
Use a Postscript print driver and connect to the printer using IPP. Disable other network protocols, like 9100 printing and Bonjour. Jeff
