Re: CUPS printing problems in Sarge, using ppd
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 10:28:04AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 02:16:11AM -0400, Jim Seymour wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I remember seeing several messages in recent months about being able to
> > print test pages and nothing else when using CUPS. I have not been able
> > to locate them. I am running Sarge with kernel 2.6.6 and cups
> > 1.1.2final+cvs20040330-3. Basically if I try to print anything I get
> > hundreds of sheets ranging from blank to covered with gibberish. Test
> > pages work just fine though. Ideas?
>
> Very similar problem I have in woody -- it worked when I installed
> it, but after a reboot never again. It accepts jobs for printing,
> it queues them, it prints them, it marks them as printed, but somehow
> it fails to inform the printer and nothing appears on paper.
looks like to me you're not using the right ppd
0644 1 root root 26962 Jun 4 13:38 LaserJet_2100-lj5gray.ppd
0644 1 root root 27310 Jun 4 13:38 LaserJet_2100-ljet4.ppd
0644 1 root root 26587 Jun 4 13:38 LaserJet_2100-pxlmono.ppd
0644 1 root root 33162 Jun 4 13:38 LaserJet_2100M-Postscript.ppd
0777 1 root root 25 Jun 4 14:33 lj2100.ppd -> LaserJet_2100-lj5gray.ppd
ii cupsomatic-ppd 0.20010420-4 cups printer ppd's from LinuxPrinting.org
(i copied the ppd from the package cupsomatic-ppd, i'm runnig woody)
lj2100 is the name of the printer in /etc/cups/printer.conf :
<DefaultPrinter lj2100>
Info hp laserjet 2100
Location near fax
DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>
--
xavier
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