I configured my printer with APSFILTER. It usually works very well, but this time I tried to install CUPS before and it might be why I've had problems ever since. When I look at the printer settings in KDE, everything seems fine. When I try to print a document, I receive a message saying that data is sent to the printer, but nothing happens thereafter. I don't even recieve an error message. I can't even print from the command line with lpr /etc/hosts or echo "Hello World" | lpr -PCan300. No error message, no nothing. lpq (ou lpstat) yields: Printer: Can300@here 'lq850;r=300x300;q=medium;c=full;p=letter;m=auto' Queue: no printable jobs in queue Server: no server active Status: job 'gp@here+831' saved at 00:46:10.773 Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time error gp@here+831 A 831 ERROR: aborting operations ---------------------------------------- lpc reread: lpd server pid 651 on here, sending SIGHUP ---------------------------------------- ps ax: 651 ? S 0:00 lpd Waiting ---------------------------------------- Still doesn't print! Here at my links in /usr/bin . Is it normal that lp links to lp-lprng, which links to lpr, which links to lpr-lprng ? It looks like quite a merry-go-round! ls -l /usr/bin/lp* : lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 2004-06-19 15:18 /usr/bin/lp -> lp-lprng* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 148 2003-09-12 01:13 /usr/bin/lp2pap.sh* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2004-06-19 15:18 /usr/bin/lp-lprng -> lpr* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2004-06-19 15:18 /usr/bin/lpq -> lpq-lprng* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 18308 2003-09-11 20:21 /usr/bin/lpq-lprng* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2004-06-19 15:18 /usr/bin/lpr -> lpr-lprng* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 35912 2003-09-11 20:21 /usr/bin/lpr-lprng* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2004-06-19 15:18 /usr/bin/lprm -> lprm-lprng* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 14236 2003-09-11 20:21 /usr/bin/lprm-lprng* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2004-06-19 15:18 /usr/bin/lpstat -> lpstat-lprng* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 18908 2003-09-11 20:21 /usr/bin/lpstat-lprng* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 2531 2003-02-27 19:03 /usr/bin/lpunlock* Thanks in advance... for any enlightened advice. GP
GP wrote: > I configured my printer with APSFILTER. It usually works very well, > but this time I tried to install CUPS before and it might be why I've > had problems ever since. > > When I look at the printer settings in KDE, everything seems fine. > When I try to print a document, I receive a message saying that data > is sent to the printer, but nothing happens thereafter. You do not say which distribution you are using, so this advice may not apply perfectly in your case. First step -- look at /var/log/cups/error_log, see if there are any clues there. -- Paul Lutus http://www.arachnoid.com
Paul Lutus wrote: > GP wrote: > > >>I configured my printer with APSFILTER. It usually works very well, >>but this time I tried to install CUPS before and it might be why I've >>had problems ever since. >> >>When I look at the printer settings in KDE, everything seems fine. >>When I try to print a document, I receive a message saying that data >>is sent to the printer, but nothing happens thereafter. > > > You do not say which distribution you are using, so this advice may not > apply perfectly in your case. First step -- look > at /var/log/cups/error_log, see if there are any clues there. I did say: I configured my printer with APSFILTER. Not CUPS. So, most probably, my distro is Slackware :) If I remember well, I disabled all services when I installed. There might have been one that I needed after all. Something pertaining to IP communication within the PC. GP