printing issues on Debian sarge 3.1 [SOLVED !!!]
Hi,
I know there are other threads that deal with this issue and I have read them carefully and do some of the things advised. I still cannot get my HP deskjet 3550 to print anything even a test page. I have installed cupsys-client and cups-related packages (foomatic ... even printconf) to no avail. When I execute http//: localhost:631 I can set up this printer. Trouble is nothing gets printed ! I just cannot see what more to do. I need help.. :confused: :confused: Thanks in advance |
CUPS needs quite a lot of packages to work correctly. I've never bothered to list all these needed packages because I've noticed that the simple command "aptitude -r install foomatic-bin" installs as dependencies all the packages that are needed to set up HP deskjet printers. (That includes the hpijs driver for CUPS -- Epson printers also need the cupsys-driver-gimpprint package.) I think you should first try this command (as root) and then maybe reboot to make sure that the CUPS print server starts correctly. Ensuring that you've actually installed all the needed packages seems to me like the first step in troubleshooting printing problems.
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Thanks for the reply, Dead Parrot,
I tried the command you advised but strangely enough, it just uninstalled kmail and its libraries. :confused: The packages were already installed. Cups seems to be working. I am still unable to print anything. Thxs anyway. If you think of sthg else, feel free to mention it. I will have to search a bit more. Cheers |
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Well, you should have all the necessary packages installed and the next logical step in proceeding to investigate your printing problem would be the printer configuration you made in http://localhost:631/admin . Maybe you picked the wrong printer port? Or maybe the CUPS configuration program offered you several drivers and you picked the wrong one? (Linuxprinting.org recommends the hpijs driver for your printer.) But if you configured your printer correctly and it still refuses to print, there's only one further advice I can suggest: you can change the LogLevel to debug in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf , then try to print something, and then search /var/log/cups/error_log for any error messages. This error_log file is usually quite long and sometimes interpreting where the problem lies requires extensive knowledge about the inner workings of CUPS. I certainly don't have such knowledge. But it may be still worth a try. Maybe the problem is something obvious and you can figure it out by studying the error_log. But if I was you, I'd first double-check that the printer cable is firmly connected and power is turned on, and then I'd remove the printer configuration in http://localhost:631/admin and try to configure it again. And only if all these efforts fail, I'd try the "change the LogLevel to debug in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf , then try to print something, and then check /var/log/cups/error_log" trick as the last resort. EDIT: I'm not sure if editing /etc/cups/cupsd.conf changes the LogLevel immediately. I think you should restart the CUPS server after changing the LogLevel. Then you can try to print something and the errors should show in /var/log/cups/error_log. |
HI again, I have not fixed my printing issue yet
This is what the last lessage look like. I found I did not have ESP Ghostscript installed so I did it, the printer, which I changed from an HP deskjet 3550 to an old HP Deskjet 845c to see if there would be a change, does not want to start.. dispo-82-255-162-90:/home/eric1# tail -f /var/log/cups/error_log I [19/Apr/2005:19:46:17 +0200] Adding end banner page "none" to job 37. I [19/Apr/2005:19:46:17 +0200] Job 37 queued on 'printie1' by 'eric1'. I [19/Apr/2005:19:46:17 +0200] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 4196) for job 37. I [19/Apr/2005:19:46:17 +0200] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster (PID 4197) for job 37. I [19/Apr/2005:19:46:17 +0200] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertohp (PID 4198) for job 37. I [19/Apr/2005:19:46:17 +0200] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb (PID 4199) for job 37. E [19/Apr/2005:19:46:17 +0200] PID 4199 stopped with status 1! I [19/Apr/2005:19:46:17 +0200] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more. E [19/Apr/2005:19:46:17 +0200] [Job 37] Unable to open USB device "usb:/dev/usb/lp1": No such device I [19/Apr/2005:19:46:19 +0200] Saving printers.conf... Is it a USB problem now ? Can you confirm that ? Thx again for your help Dead Parrot. Hope I am not bothering you too much. Cheers |
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Thanks again, Dead Parrot,
As you can see it the title, I have just succeeded in printing (Actually, using the same printer, the quality is MUCH better than in Mandrake). :D I just reinstalled the printer in CUPS, changing to a generic driver, it recognized my Deskjet 845c. I checked on Debian.org, on debianHELP.org (good site) and finally, switching to KDE did the trick. I could not print in Fluxbox :confused: Well, that's it !! Thxs again for your time Cheers ! |
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