Re: CUPS printing problems in Sarge, using ppd
On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 10:59:57AM -0400, xavier wrote:
> 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
>
>
After removing cups and trying lpr again unsuccessfully. I reinstalled
cups again following the "Debian Reference" and all is working fine.
Thanks,
Jim
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