Hi,

After reinstalling my SuSE 10.1 system, I cant login into CUPS>Admin, Jobs, Printers etc anymore.I can login into cups.org/account (that is my account) with my login name and password. But there is no way to enter into Admin. or jobs or printers etc. I get 401 code. I tried to change my login name and pass - but nothing. I have deleted CUPS with YAST, I have even reinstalled complete system SuSE 10.1 but nothing. I cant login. Any idea what to do. I must say that i have visited all possible threads on web but nothing.

Take a look at my post in this thread.

I have an HP printer and use hplip to control the printer. HP-Toolbox requires one to configure the printer though the cups web interface at http://localhost:631. However, cups doesn't run as root. It seems to work out best to simply add your regular username and password using the "lppasswd <username>" command. Then enter your password (it asks twice). Now when you go to configure your printer using the cups web interface, it will popup a username/password dialog. Enter your username/password that you setup using "lppassword".

I did the following:

bgorjup@linux-7wim:~> su
Password:
linux-7wim:/home/bgorjup # lppasswd -a riba43
Enter password:
Enter password again:
lppasswd: Unable to open password file: Permission denied
linux-7wim:/home/bgorjup #



and the following

/etc/init.d/cupsd restart
bash: /etc/init.d/cupsd: No such file or directory

And this:
linux-7wim:/home/bgorjup # /etc/init.d/cups restart
cupsd: Child exited with status 1!
cups: unable to restart scheduler.

Do you have cups installed? Using SuSE, use "sudo /usr/sbin/rccups restart" or as root "/usr/sbin/rccups restart" to restart the cups service. Then point your web browser to "http://localhost:631". You can configure your printer there. If you aren't using hplip, then you can also configure your printer through YaST.
YaST2 -> Hardware -> Printer.

What is your Linux username? Is is riba43 or bgorjup?

Also, check if the cups service is on: > sudo /sbin/chkconfig -l cups
cups 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:off 5:on 6:off

If you don't see 2:on and 5:on you can set it with:
sudo /sbin/chkconfig --add cups 35

linux-7wim:/home/bgorjup # /usr/sbin/rccups restart
cupsd: Child exited with status 1!
cups: unable to restart scheduler.
linux-7wim:/home/bgorjup #
This is what I am getting. My user name is bgorjup. But in CUPS.org I have riba43 as login name. I can enter the hostname:631 browser page, but this is all. When I try to login as registered user with my login name and pass, I cant. It is not accepted.

And I cant configure my printer through yast. When I try, it is checking if cups is there and OK, or something like this. I get then the right printer (epson epl-6200l connected on /dev/usb/lp0, and I think that here is something wrong. It says that usb is not configured well. (I cant remember exactly the words, but roughly this is the sense of the message).

This is the chconfig report:

linux-7wim:/home/bgorjup # /sbin/chkconfig -l cups
cups 0ff 1ff 2n 3n 4ff 5n 6ff

2 is on, 3 is on and 5 is on.

And a weird thing now is that I cant connect localhost:631 with Konqueror but I can wit Firefox.

Is there a possibility to reinstall cups and clean install them again. If I try to remove all packages with YAST, there are a lot of dependencies and if I ignore them, I can remove everything(that is what I did last time and then I reinstalled SuSE ).

And here is the error log:

file:///home/bgorjup/error_log

I [25/Oct/2006:19:42:58 +0200] Listening to 0:631
I [25/Oct/2006:19:42:58 +0200] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
I [25/Oct/2006:19:42:58 +0200] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [25/Oct/2006:19:42:58 +0200] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [25/Oct/2006:19:42:58 +0200] Full reload is required.
I [25/Oct/2006:19:43:00 +0200] LoadPPDs: Read "/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 2804 PPDs...
I [25/Oct/2006:19:43:06 +0200] LoadPPDs: Wrote "/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 4274 PPDs...
I [25/Oct/2006:19:43:06 +0200] Full reload complete.
I [25/Oct/2006:19:46:40 +0200] Scheduler shutting down normally.
I [25/Oct/2006:19:47:52 +0200] Listening to 0:631
I [25/Oct/2006:19:47:52 +0200] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
I [25/Oct/2006:19:47:52 +0200] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [25/Oct/2006:19:47:52 +0200] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [25/Oct/2006:19:47:52 +0200] Full reload is required.
I [25/Oct/2006:19:48:07 +0200] LoadPPDs: Read "/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 4274 PPDs...
I [25/Oct/2006:19:48:08 +0200] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs...
I [25/Oct/2006:19:48:08 +0200] Full reload complete.
I [26/Oct/2006:10:51:37 +0200] Scheduler shutting down normally.
E [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Unknown directive RunAsUser on line 372.
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Listening to :::631 (IPv6)
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Listening to 0.0.0.0:631 (IPv4)
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] "AuthClass Group" is deprecated; consider using "Require @groupname" on line 842.
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] "AuthGroupName sys" directive is deprecated; consider using "Require @sys" on line 843.
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Repairing ownership of "/var/run/cups"
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Repairing ownership of "/var/run/cups/certs"
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Repairing ownership of "/etc/cups"
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Repairing access permissions of "/etc/cups"
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Repairing ownership of "/etc/cups/ppd"
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Repairing ownership of "/etc/cups/ssl"
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Repairing ownership of "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Repairing ownership of "/etc/cups/classes.conf"
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Repairing access permissions of "/etc/cups/classes.conf"
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Repairing ownership of "/etc/cups/printers.conf"
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Repairing access permissions of "/etc/cups/printers.conf"
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Using default TempDir of /var/spool/cups/tmp...
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Repairing ownership of "/var/spool/cups"
W [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Repairing ownership of "/var/spool/cups/tmp"
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Cleaning out old temporary files in "/var/spool/cups/tmp"...
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Creating CUPS default administrative policy:
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] <Policy default>
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] <Limit Send-Document Send-URI Cancel-Job Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job CUPS-Move-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job>
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Order Deny,Allow
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] </Limit>
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] <Limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Set-Printer-Attributes Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After CUPS-Add-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs CUPS-Set-Default>
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Order Deny,Allow
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] AuthType Basic
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Require user @SYSTEM
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] </Limit>
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] <Limit All>
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Order Deny,Allow
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] </Limit>
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] </Policy>
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Full reload is required.
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Loaded MIME database from '/etc/cups': 34 types, 37 filters...
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Full reload complete.
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Listening to :::631 on fd 0...
I [26/Oct/2006:10:52:57 +0200] Listening to 0.0.0.0:631 on fd 2...
I [26/Oct/2006:11:13:54 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=5055)
E [26/Oct/2006:11:14:19 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "riba43"!
E [26/Oct/2006:11:14:35 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "root"!
E [26/Oct/2006:11:14:46 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "root"!
I [26/Oct/2006:11:14:59 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/jobs.cgi" (pid=5083)
I [26/Oct/2006:11:15:18 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/help.cgi" (pid=5115)
I [26/Oct/2006:11:15:23 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/help.cgi" (pid=5117)
I [26/Oct/2006:11:15:34 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/help.cgi" (pid=5120)
I [26/Oct/2006:11:16:28 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=5132)
I [26/Oct/2006:11:16:41 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=5140)
I [26/Oct/2006:11:17:21 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=5149)
I [26/Oct/2006:11:17:23 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=5150)
E [26/Oct/2006:11:17:37 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "bgorjup"!
E [26/Oct/2006:11:17:58 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "bogomir"!
E [26/Oct/2006:11:18:07 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "bgorjup"!
I [26/Oct/2006:11:18:17 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/help.cgi" (pid=5174)
E [26/Oct/2006:15:19:34 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "bgorjup"!
E [26/Oct/2006:15:19:43 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "riba43"!
E [26/Oct/2006:17:36:12 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "bgorjup"!
E [26/Oct/2006:17:36:20 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "riba43"!
E [26/Oct/2006:17:36:26 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "bgorjup"!
E [26/Oct/2006:17:36:31 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "root"!
E [26/Oct/2006:17:36:38 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "bogomir"!
I [26/Oct/2006:17:37:07 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=15231)
I [26/Oct/2006:17:37:18 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/jobs.cgi" (pid=15234)
I [26/Oct/2006:17:37:23 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/jobs.cgi" (pid=15236)
E [26/Oct/2006:17:37:41 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "riba43"!
I [26/Oct/2006:17:37:51 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=15247)
I [26/Oct/2006:17:42:18 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/classes.cgi" (pid=15357)
I [26/Oct/2006:17:42:24 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=15359)
E [26/Oct/2006:17:42:50 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "riba43"!
E [26/Oct/2006:17:45:30 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "riba43"!
E [26/Oct/2006:17:45:40 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "riba43"!
E [26/Oct/2006:17:45:59 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "Bopgomir"!
I [26/Oct/2006:17:46:13 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=15460)
I [26/Oct/2006:17:46:19 +0200] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=15462)
I [26/Oct/2006:17:55:19 +0200] Setting epl6200l device-uri to "usb:/dev/usb/lp0" (was "file:/dev/null".)
I [26/Oct/2006:17:55:19 +0200] Setting epl6200l printer-is-accepting-jobs to 1 (was 0.)
I [26/Oct/2006:17:55:19 +0200] Setting epl6200l printer-state to 3 (was 5.)
E [26/Oct/2006:17:55:19 +0200] Filter "foomatic-rip" for printer "epl6200l" not available: No such file or directory
I [26/Oct/2006:17:55:19 +0200] Saving printers.conf...
I [26/Oct/2006:17:55:19 +0200] New printer "epl6200l" added by "root".
I [26/Oct/2006:17:55:19 +0200] Saving printers.conf...
I [26/Oct/2006:17:55:19 +0200] Saving classes.conf...
I [26/Oct/2006:17:55:19 +0200] Default destination set to "epl6200l" by "root".
E [26/Oct/2006:17:55:52 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "bgorjup"!
E [26/Oct/2006:17:56:00 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "riba43"!
E [26/Oct/2006:17:56:13 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "bgorjup"!
E [26/Oct/2006:17:56:18 +0200] cupsdAuthorize: Unknown MD5 username "root"!
I [26/Oct/2006:17:58:09 +0200] Saving remote.cache...
E [26/Oct/2006:17:58:09 +0200] Unknown directive RunAsUser on line 372.
I [26/Oct/2006:17:58:09 +0200] Listening to :::631 (IPv6)
I [26/Oct/2006:17:58:09 +0200] Listening to 0.0.0.0:631 (IPv4)
E [26/Oct/2006:17:58:09 +0200] Unknown directive Order on line 828.
E [26/Oct/2006:17:58:09 +0200] Unknown directive Deny on line 829.
E [26/Oct/2006:17:58:09 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 830.
E [26/Oct/2006:17:58:09 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 831.
E [26/Oct/2006:17:58:09 +0200] Unknown Location directive "Deny on line 848.
E [26/Oct/2006:17:58:09 +0200] Scheduler shutting down due to program error.
I [26/Oct/2006:17:58:09 +0200] Saving job cache file "/var/cache/cups/job.cache"...
E [26/Oct/2006:18:25:04 +0200] Unknown directive RunAsUser on line 372.
I [26/Oct/2006:18:25:04 +0200] Listening to :::631 (IPv6)
I [26/Oct/2006:18:25:04 +0200] Listening to 0.0.0.0:631 (IPv4)
E [26/Oct/2006:18:25:04 +0200] Unknown directive AuthType on line 824.
E [26/Oct/2006:18:25:04 +0200] Unknown directive Order on line 828.
E [26/Oct/2006:18:25:04 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 830.
E [26/Oct/2006:18:25:04 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 831.
E [26/Oct/2006:18:25:04 +0200] Unknown Location directive RunAsUser on line 845.
E [26/Oct/2006:18:35:03 +0200] Unknown directive RunAsUser on line 372.
I [26/Oct/2006:18:35:03 +0200] Listening to :::631 (IPv6)
I [26/Oct/2006:18:35:03 +0200] Listening to 0.0.0.0:631 (IPv4)
E [26/Oct/2006:18:35:03 +0200] Unknown directive AuthType on line 824.
E [26/Oct/2006:18:35:03 +0200] Unknown directive Order on line 828.
E [26/Oct/2006:18:35:03 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 830.
E [26/Oct/2006:18:35:03 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 831.
E [26/Oct/2006:18:35:03 +0200] Unknown Location directive RunAsUser on line 845.
E [26/Oct/2006:20:59:44 +0200] Unknown directive RunAsUser on line 372.
I [26/Oct/2006:20:59:44 +0200] Listening to :::631 (IPv6)
I [26/Oct/2006:20:59:44 +0200] Listening to 0.0.0.0:631 (IPv4)
E [26/Oct/2006:20:59:44 +0200] Unknown directive AuthType on line 824.
E [26/Oct/2006:20:59:44 +0200] Unknown directive Order on line 828.
E [26/Oct/2006:20:59:44 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 830.
E [26/Oct/2006:20:59:44 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 831.
E [26/Oct/2006:20:59:44 +0200] Unknown Location directive RunAsUser on line 845.
E [26/Oct/2006:23:08:45 +0200] Unknown directive RunAsUser on line 372.
I [26/Oct/2006:23:08:45 +0200] Listening to :::631 (IPv6)
I [26/Oct/2006:23:08:45 +0200] Listening to 0.0.0.0:631 (IPv4)
E [26/Oct/2006:23:08:45 +0200] Unknown directive Order on line 828.
E [26/Oct/2006:23:08:45 +0200] Unknown directive Deny on line 829.
E [26/Oct/2006:23:08:45 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 830.
E [26/Oct/2006:23:08:45 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 831.
E [26/Oct/2006:23:08:45 +0200] Unknown directive </Location> on line 832.
E [26/Oct/2006:23:08:45 +0200] Unknown Location directive RunAsUser on line 845.
E [26/Oct/2006:23:11:20 +0200] Unknown directive RunAsUser on line 372.
I [26/Oct/2006:23:11:20 +0200] Listening to :::631 (IPv6)
I [26/Oct/2006:23:11:20 +0200] Listening to 0.0.0.0:631 (IPv4)
E [26/Oct/2006:23:11:20 +0200] Unknown directive Order on line 828.
E [26/Oct/2006:23:11:20 +0200] Unknown directive Deny on line 829.
E [26/Oct/2006:23:11:20 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 830.
E [26/Oct/2006:23:11:20 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 831.
E [26/Oct/2006:23:11:20 +0200] Unknown Location directive RunAsUser on line 844.
E [27/Oct/2006:07:30:58 +0200] Unknown directive RunAsUser on line 372.
I [27/Oct/2006:07:30:58 +0200] Listening to :::631 (IPv6)
I [27/Oct/2006:07:30:58 +0200] Listening to 0.0.0.0:631 (IPv4)
E [27/Oct/2006:07:30:58 +0200] Unknown directive Order on line 828.
E [27/Oct/2006:07:30:58 +0200] Unknown directive Deny on line 829.
E [27/Oct/2006:07:30:58 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 830.
E [27/Oct/2006:07:30:58 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 831.
E [27/Oct/2006:07:30:58 +0200] Unknown Location directive RunAsUser on line 844.
E [27/Oct/2006:07:36:03 +0200] Unknown directive RunAsUser on line 372.
I [27/Oct/2006:07:36:03 +0200] Listening to :::631 (IPv6)
I [27/Oct/2006:07:36:03 +0200] Listening to 0.0.0.0:631 (IPv4)
E [27/Oct/2006:07:36:03 +0200] Unknown directive Order on line 828.
E [27/Oct/2006:07:36:03 +0200] Unknown directive Deny on line 829.
E [27/Oct/2006:07:36:03 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 830.
E [27/Oct/2006:07:36:03 +0200] Unknown directive Allow on line 831.
E [27/Oct/2006:07:36:03 +0200] Unknown Location directive RunAsUser on line 844.

And I have to show this too:

bgorjup@linux-7wim:~> su
Password:
linux-7wim:/home/bgorjup # cat /etc/cups/cupsd.conf|grep -v ^#|grep [:alnum:]
LogLevel info
Printcap /etc/printcap
User lp
Group lp
BrowseAllow @LOCAL
BrowseDeny All
<Location />
Order Deny,Allow
Allow From 127.0.0.1
Allow From 127.0.0.2
Allow From @LOCAL
</Location>
<Location /admin>
AuthType Basic
</Location>
Browsing On
linux-7wim:/home/bgorjup #

I repaired the cups config file and now I can enter into localhost:631 again. I can see my printer which is stopped. It is recognized as default printer but: Filter "foomatic-rip" for printer "epl6200l" not available: No such file or directory". I installed the foomatic-rip. But where is now?



Search in Printers: Clear
Showing 1 of 1 printer.
Sort Descending
epl6200l (Default Printer) "Filter "foomatic-rip" for printer "epl6200l" not available: No such file or directory"
Description: EPSON EPL-6200L
Location: USB tiskalnik na /dev/usb/lp0
Make and Model: Local Raw Printer
Printer State: stopped, accepting jobs, published.
Device URI: usb:/dev/usb/lp0
Print Test Page Start Printer Reject Jobs Move All Jobs Cancel All Jobs Unpublish Printer Modify Printer Set Printer Options Delete Printer Set As Default Set Allowed Users

When I try to start printer I have to enter my login name and password. I enter what was required but all i get is error 401.

I did it. Once again I installed:

cd /usr/bin
wget http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic-rip
wget http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic-gswrapper
chmod 755 foomatic-rip foomatic-gswrapper
ln -s /usr/bin/foomatic-rip /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip

Then I login , not with my login name but as:

login name : root and my root password. An I can configure my printer in CUPS.

Well, everything is not Ok. The truth is I can connectmlocalhost 631, I can manage everything there, but after printing 2 test pages, I get the following message:

A print error occurred. Error message received from system:

/usr/bin/lpr -P 'epl6200l' '-#1' '/opt/kde3/share/apps/kdeprint/testprint.ps' : execution failed with message:
/usr/bin/lpr: Quota limit reached.

And also there is no printer icon in Printing system even when I go in YAST and check for printers, there is a right printer recognized and installed.

Well, me again. I managed to get the printer in Kde print manager too. I can manage the printer options, I can practically do everything but print. When , now I try to print (from web or doc) i get the following err. message:

A print error occurred. Error message received from system:

cupsdoprint -P 'epl6200l' -J '' -H 'localhost:631' -U 'root' -o ' PageSize=A4 TonerSave=On copies=1 multiple-document-handling=separate-documents-collated-copies orientation-requested=3 prettyprint=true' '/tmp/kde-bgorjup/kdeprint_maquuFJ9' : execution failed with message:
client-error-not-possible

Help needed from you Linux Gurus. I am just trying to learn more, I like the commitments like this one, but I need your help.

When I try to print from OO I cant. There is no my printer epl-6200l, which is installed, but only a "Generic printer".

I looked up your printer model on the linux.org web site:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_pr...pson-EPL-6200L

There is a mention of a driver developed for it. The page says that the printer doesn't use Postscript or PCL so that is probably the reason for your problem. Don't feel to bad. I bought a Laser Printer thinking that it supported Post Script, but I misread the packaging.

I don't understand what you meant by Cups.org in your posting. That doesn't look like a local computers hostname.
If you type in "hostname" what is the result?

I believe that SuSE used the "lp" system user to run cups. In my experience, unless you edit /etc/cups/cupsd.conf to make changes, it doesn't allow using root using the cups web interface. Adding a user and password as a cups admin using lppasswd is the easiest way I found when I ran into this snag after installing SuSE 10.0.

Good Luck with the driver mentioned on that web page!

Hi jscihwal,

thank you for your answer. I have installed the right drivers, but somehow I just did not configure CUPS the right way. So I have to study some posts on the web regarding this and finally I did it. So I have learned a little bit more about SuSE Linux.And that is what I like.
Thanks for help

Found this when browsing, thought it should be here

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