Re: No printing at all!
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 05:23:43PM +0000, Alisdair wrote:
> After using Mandrake and Knoppix over the last couple of years I have finally
> managed to install a working Debian system :-), and everything seems to be
> fine except the printing :-(
>
> I have looked through several forums, and done my best to rtfm but haven't
> come up with anything that has made a difference. I suspect it is something
> very basic but...
>
> I'm afraid I am at a complete loss. lp seems okay. CUPS seems to be properly
> installed. In fact I have installed it and gs several times, but there is no
> output at all, and no indication that my HP Laserjet 5L (using the hpijs ppd)
I thought the hpijs is just for inkjets? What does linuxprinting.org
recommend for the LaserJet 5L (I'm pretty sure I'm using a
[foomatic-gimpprint?] driver for my 6L at home. Works great.
> serial serial:/dev/ttyS3?baud=115200
> direct usb://5150 [this is a hp deskjet 5150 which I have not yet setup under
> CUPS]
Ah! You will need the hpijs for this.
> D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] 0 %%Page: 1 1
> D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] 0 %%Page: 1 1
> D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] pw = 559.0, pl = 813.2
> D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] PageLeft = 18.0, PageRight = 577.0
> D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] PageTop = 827.6, PageBottom = 14.4
> D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] PageWidth = 595.0, PageLength = 842.0
> D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip: No
> such file or directory
Looks like this is what you need to track down.
Good luck.
--
Chris Harris <charris@rtcmarketing.com>
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