Print troubles

hell_carnage · 07-07-2005, 02:39 PM

I'm having a little trouble setting up my printer (Samsung ML-1710). I'm running Crux 2.1. I've installed Ghostscript and Cups (in that order), downloaded/installed the PPD and foomatic stuff from linuxprinting.org. Started cupsd, added the printer using the web interface, but when I click "Print Test Page", the print job shows up as "completed", but nothing is printed. Any ideas why this may be happening?

securehack · 07-08-2005, 11:20 PM

Is your wire connected properly? Is it parallel or usb? Is it even detected?

--S.A.K

hell_carnage · 07-09-2005, 06:13 AM

Yes, the wire is connected. It is a USB printer. And yes, it is detected (shows up in USB View)

synaptical · 07-09-2005, 09:59 AM

got paper in the tray?

what happens if you try to print from the samsung utility thing?

reddazz · 07-09-2005, 10:04 AM

Also, are you using the right drivers for your printer?

securehack · 07-09-2005, 10:39 AM

Ok. So if it is detected in the usb list, it should a problem with your drivers as reddazz mentioned. Hm.. by the way, have you checked manually if you conf files has it set as usb and not parallel?

--Abid Kazmi

hell_carnage · 07-09-2005, 06:58 PM

Thanks guys for the replies

There is paper in the tray! That was one of the first things I checked lol.

The driver I am using is this one from linuxprinting.org: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_pr...amsung-ML-1710

And I'm quite sure it is configed for USB and not parallel. Here's my printers.conf:

Code:

<DefaultPrinter ML1710>
Info Samsung ML-1710
Location Office
DeviceURI usb://Samsung/ML-1710
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>

Now, I've played around with it for a bit, and I've come to notice a few things. I can print from the command line using something like:

Code:

lp -d ML1710 /usr/etc/cups/printers.conf

I can also print from KDE applications (Konqueror, Kwrite, etc.). However, the test print from the CUPS web interface still is not working, even though it shows the job as "Completed". I am unable to print from OpenOffice.org. I launced the program from a command prompt, and noticed the following error when I tried to print:

Code:

/home/carnage/.kde/share/config/gtkrc:37: error: unexpected identifier `gtk-alternative-button-order', expected keyword - e.g. `style'
FATAL: Could not configure the printing system backend!
lpr: Could not initialize LPP printing system

Attempting to print from Mozilla Firefox fails as well.

I'm at a loss as to why some applications will print while others fail.

hell_carnage · 07-09-2005, 07:31 PM

I just tried test prints from webmin. The ASCII test works, but the two Postscript tests did not.