Re: Printing in CUPS -- almost there!
On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 14:31 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> michael wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 06:28 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> >
> > > michael wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 05:32 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Dear friends:
> > > > >
> > > > > I've spent the past hour searching in Google for articles that will
> > > > > explain to me how to install my printer in Debian 3.1. I'm literally 99%
> > > > > of the way there.
> > > > >
> > > > > First, I found out that Debian 3.1 does not include the CUPS server by
> > > > > default. So, I downloaded that via Synaptic. Then I downloaded hp-ppd
> > > > > (for my Okipage 14e, which uses HP Laserjet 4 emulation). Then, I found
> > > > > out that I need the gimp-print foomatic files, so I downloaded them as
> > > > > well as other gimp files dependent on them. I then went logged out and
> > > > > logged back in as root and configured the printer in Kprinter (KDE
> > > > > Control Center, Peripherals). Configuration was a total success, and at
> > > > > the end of it all I saw my Okipage printer listed at the top of the
> > > > > printers. So what's wrong? Well, when I tried to print a test page, it
> > > > > said: "print test successflly sent to the printer", but so far no actual
> > > > > printing. My guess is that I am just one step away from actually
> > > > > printing, but I am at a loss as to what is holding things up.
> > > > >
> > > > > Would appreciate your help in resolving this issue.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > look in /var/log/cups files
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Dear Michael and friends:
> > >
> > > Thanks so much for the tip. Here is the output of error_log.
> > >
> >
> > I couldn't see anything there that helped me. Can you confirm that your
> > printer did flash some lights to show it was receiving data and that you
> > did send the correct page size and didn't press any 'cancel' button on
> > the printer?
> >
> > You should also check www.linuxprinting.org, particularly the
> > fora/discussions for your specific printer.
> >
> >
> >
> Dear Michael:
>
> Thanks for writing. No, the printer did NOT flash any lights to show
> that it was receiving data. On my Okipage 14e you can usually see the
> second green light blinking, indicating that the printer was about to
> start printing. This did not happen in this case.
and what does the CUPS web interface report?
did you chk linuxprinting?
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