STATUS: solved (by me)
Solution: I read /var/log/cups/error_log; it suggested I install ESP ghostscript; I search synaptic for "ESP ghostscript", find gs-esp, install it. Still not working, hm.... Here's an idea: /etc/init.d/cupsys restart. That worked; it printed the invoice for my printer (finally ).


Hi.

My shiny new HP LaserJet 1320 (which linuxprinting.org said should "work perfectly"--not that I'm mistaking it for "out of the box") won't print

hrmf.

More precisely, whenever I try to print, say, the test page w. cups, the job shows up as cancelled about the same time I begin it (same symptom for gpdf). I tried printing from Ubuntu Live, too (normally using debian), but no luck.

By accident, I found out that pushing the green button on the printer prints the test page too, and that works (i.e. it's (probably) not a hardware problem).

hpoj manages to detect in when probing usb ports but not on parport, hotplug (I think; in any case something during bootup) managed to find it on the parport.

Since all {usb,parallel} ports are unused save for the printer, I'm quite indifferent to which port I'll end up using.

I have the following ppd: /etc/cups/ppd/LaserJet-Series.ppd (which also happens to be the cups name of the printer). You can read it on http://jonaskoelker.homeunix.org/~jo...Jet-Series.ppd

What can I do to diagnose and cure the problem?

Thanks for your consideration --Jonas

$ uname --all
Linux jonaskoelker.homeunix.org 2.6.8-1-686 #1 Thu Nov 25 04:34:30 UTC 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

$ lsmod
Module Size Used by
usblp 13088 1
parport_pc 36900 1
lp 11176 0
parport 41832 2 parport_pc,lp
ipv6 264612 10
af_packet 22600 2
ide_cd 42656 0
cdrom 40732 1 ide_cd
floppy 61200 0
rtc 12760 0
snd_ens1371 24932 0
8139cp 20672 0
snd_intel8x0 36460 3
snd_ac97_codec 70020 2 snd_ens1371,snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm_oss 55048 0
snd_mixer_oss 20096 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 98728 4 snd_ens1371,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 25668 2 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11752 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 7968 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_rawmidi 25156 2 snd_ens1371,snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 8200 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 57156 14 snd_ens1371,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart, snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
hw_random 5460 0
ehci_hcd 32004 0
uhci_hcd 33136 0
usbcore 119012 6 usblp,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
pciehp 99084 0
shpchp 101996 0
pci_hotplug 34640 2 pciehp,shpchp
intel_mch_agp 10608 0
intel_agp 22816 1
agpgart 34696 2 intel_mch_agp,intel_agp
dm_mod 59804 0
capability 4520 0
commoncap 7232 1 capability
pcspkr 3592 0
8139too 26112 0
mii 5120 2 8139cp,8139too
crc32 4320 2 8139cp,8139too
evdev 9600 0
tsdev 7392 0
mousedev 10476 1
psmouse 20360 0
e1000 85860 0
analog 11968 0
es1371 37440 1
soundcore 10336 3 snd,es1371
gameport 4704 4 snd_ens1371,snd_intel8x0,analog,es1371
ac97_codec 18956 1 es1371
cpuid 3268 0
msdos 9696 0
ntfs 101940 0
reiserfs 247760 6
isofs 37240 0
vfat 14656 0
fat 46784 2 msdos,vfat
ext2 71848 0
ext3 127240 0
jbd 62616 1 ext3
mbcache 9348 2 ext2,ext3
ide_generic 1408 0
ide_disk 19296 8
piix 13440 1
ide_core 139908 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,ide_disk,piix
sd_mod 21696 0
ata_piix 8164 0
libata 41700 1 ata_piix
scsi_mod 125196 2 sd_mod,libata
unix 28692 533
font 8320 0
vesafb 6656 0
cfbcopyarea 3840 1 vesafb
cfbimgblt 3040 1 vesafb
cfbfillrect 3776 1 vesafb

follow-up:

it turns out that lpr will happily send a file to the printer.

I tried a python script--i.e. ascii-only plaintext--as "lpr foo.py"; newlines were treated as vertical tabs (the way they act on microsoft systems), not <carriage-return + vertical tab> (i.e. a proper unix newline).

I also tried sending a .pdf (lpr printer_invoice.pdf), the result was that the paper in the tray was run through the printer, but nothing was printed.

Hmm...

Since I'm new to printing on unix, I haven't got the faintest clue about what info to post; but give me a list, and I'll work on it. If you're curious, I *am* reading the manual, but it's quite a mouthful, and sorting out what's relevant isn't easy for me. If you know of any good highlevel explanation of the key concepts of unix printing, please provide a pointer.

In any case, my original problem hasn't been solved, so any help is still (very much) appreciated.

--Jonas

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I noticed "Hello World from the X11 printing system" written (in bold, italic, non-courier letters) on a recycled test page. I noticed it in connection to printing the python script, but I figure it wasn't part of that job. That tells me that *something* is working right...