On Sun, Nov 14, 2021 at 12:55:59PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote:
> I reinstalled a printer on a Chimaera box. The CUPS test file prints
> just fine. The lpr <file.pdf) command tries but fails to send data
> to the printer. Status: Processing - "Sending data to printer." Some 15
> min (?) later the job does print.
>
> A possible problem is that I cannot delete the old printer definition
> from CUPS. When I go to Administration -> Printers, the status of the
> old printer Idle, Accepting Jobs, Not Shared.
>
> Under its Administration I select Delete Printer and verify that I want
> it deleted. This returns the message that it has been successfully
> deleted. Yet it is still listed in Administration.
>
> A problem might be that the printer can't be deleted because it is
> shared by other systems despite its status. Where can I uncheck
> printer-is-shared for remote queues. Its status is Idle, Accepting
> Jobs, Not Shared. The best I can do is change its status to Rejecting
> Jobs. Restartintg CUPS sever did not help. The status of the printer
> I'm trying to delete is Not shared. But I can't deetete it.
I finally managed to delete the unwanted printer by deleting CUPS
from the machine running it. However, lpr still does not work. The
problem is that no default printer is defined.
$ lpstat -d
no system default destination
I'm using a HP Laserjet1320 with USB printer under Chimaera.
I try to set the default:
CUPS -> Printers lists my printer as:
HP_LaserJet_1320_series
So I set that printer as to be default:
$ sudo lpoptions -d HP_LaserJet_1320_series
copies=1 device-uri=hp:/usb/hp_LaserJet_1320_series?serial=00CNL1F33212
finishings=3 job-cancel-after=10800 job-hold-until=no-hold
job-priority=50 job-sheets=none,none marker-change-time=0
media=na_letter_8.5x11in number-up=1 output-bin=face-down
print-color-mode=monochrome
printer-commands=AutoConfigure,Clean,PrintSel
fTestPage printer-info='HP LaserJet 1320 series'
printer-is-accepting-jobs=true printer-is-shared=true
printer-is-temporary=false printer-location='Local Printer'
printer-make-and-model='HP LaserJet 1320 series Postscriipt
(recommended)' printer-state=3 printer-state-change-time=1636985393
printer-state-reasons=none printer-type=8425556 printer-uri-suppo-
rted=ipp://localhost/printers/HP_LaserJet_1320_series_USB_00CNL1F332>
_HPLIP sides=one-sided
But there is still no default value
$ lpstat -d
no system default destination
When I specify the printer by providing lpr with -P option:
$ lpr -PHP_LaserJet_1320_series test.txt
lpr: HP_LaserJet_1320_series: unknown printer
I do lsmod to make sure that ppdev, parport, parport_pc modules are loaded.
CUPS lists only one other driver for the LaserJet 1320 which is pcl3,hpcups
3.21.
But when I use it I get error: Unsupported document-format
"application/vnd.cups-command".
$ a2ps testFiles/test.txt
[testFiles/test.txt (plain): 1 page on 1 sheet]
/usr/bin/lp: Error - No default destination.
[Total: 1 page on 1 sheet] sent to the default printer
$ lpq
no entries
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Haines Brown
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