hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" usb

[Mitchell Laks <mlaks@post.harvard.edu>]

Hi,

I have a Hp laserjet printer connected through a usb backend. I am plagued by repeated
episodes of failure of the printer to print. It works for a while and then it 
spontaneously stops working. I reinstall the driver via the localhost:631 interface
and it prints and a day later it stops working.

D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] Printer stopped due to backend errors; please consult the error_log file for details.
D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] End of messages
D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state=5(stopped)
D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed"
D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state-reasons=paused
E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 -0400] Unable to remove temporary file "/var/spool/cups/tmp/.hplip" - Is a directory
E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 -0400] Unable to remove temporary file "/var/spool/cups/tmp/.fontconfig" - Is a directory
E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file "/usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm"!
E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file "/usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt"!


strange I am using the recommended Postscript en driver and what is this about Kyocera?

I am tempted to switch back to the parallel port connection ,,,

Mitchell