Re: CUPS: Parallel port busy; will retry in 30 seconds...
Have you checked the wiring?
I know this sounds like a stupid question, but I had this problem two days
ago. Cups doesn't check the printer connection, it simply prints this
very "helpfull" error message.
Andreas
On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 09:19:38PM -0600, DvB wrote:
> I keep getting this error when attempting to print to my HP DeskJet 932C
> from the cups web interface or with lp. When I cat a file to /dev/lp0, I
> get: "bash: /dev/lp0: Device or resource busy." Needless to say, the jobs
> never print.
> Another thing I noticed is that, even after canceling a job, files with
> names like c0000N (where N is the same number as the job I just
> cancelled... for e.g. lp0-6 will become c00006) are left in
> /var/spool/cups and /var/spool/cups/tmp is full of files that start with
> "gs."
>
> I've tried all the drivers for 932C and also a couple for 930C, which is
> what /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/autoprobe seems to think my printer
> is:
>
> CLASS:PRINTER;
> MODEL:DESKJET 930C;
> MANUFACTURER:HEWLETT-PACKARD;
> DESCRIPTION:Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 930C;
> COMMAND SET:MLC,PCL,PML;
>
> TIA
>
>
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