Re: print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-02 Thread Steve Kleene
On Mon 02 Apr 2012 at 01:44:00 +, I wrote: >> I tried downloading the packages manually and using "dpkg -i", but the >> chain of dependencies was getting too scary. On Mon, 2 Apr 2012 11:40:51 +0100, Brian replied: > ... 'dpkg -i cups-filters_1.0.11-1_i386.deb' ... That succeeded easily an

Re: print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-02 Thread Brian
On Mon 02 Apr 2012 at 01:44:00 +, Steve Kleene wrote: > "Sid" instead of "unstable" also fails. I tried downloading the packages > manually and using "dpkg -i", but the chain of dependencies was getting too > scary. The dependencies for cups-filters in unstable are different from those in te

Re: print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-01 Thread Steve Kleene
On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 19:18:23 +, I wrote: >> I'm running testing (Wheezy). A couple of weeks ago a problem >> started with printing to my parallel printer (HP LaserJet 5MP). On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 23:01:22 +0100, Brian replied: > Read the bugs for cups-filters and decide whether installing the v

Re: print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-01 Thread Brian
On Sun 01 Apr 2012 at 19:18:23 +, Steve Kleene wrote: > If I cancel the print job, the job is deleted from the list, but the printer > Status is still "Processing" and process 8190 hangs around. The calling > process (8014) is /usr/sbin/cupsd -C /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. > > Any ideas how to fix

Re: print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-01 Thread Steve Kleene
On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 19:18:23 +, I wrote: >> I'm running testing (Wheezy). A couple of weeks ago a problem >> started with printing to my parallel printer (HP LaserJet 5MP). On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 21:51:44 +0100, richard replied: > there has been some problems with cups, which seems no to be cle

Re: print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-01 Thread richard
On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 19:18:23 + Steve Kleene wrote: > I'm running testing (Wheezy). A couple of weeks ago a problem > started with printing to my parallel printer (HP LaserJet 5MP). > > This test with a PostScript file succeeds: > cat test.ps >/dev/lp0 > so the printer itself isn't busted.

print jobs to parallel printer now hang

2012-04-01 Thread Steve Kleene
I'm running testing (Wheezy). A couple of weeks ago a problem started with printing to my parallel printer (HP LaserJet 5MP). This test with a PostScript file succeeds: cat test.ps >/dev/lp0 so the printer itself isn't busted. But this fails: lpr -P HP_LaserJet_5MP -o InputSlot=BypassTray -o