Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message="/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed" usb
On 2010-03-14 21:12, Mitchell Laks wrote:
On 16:36 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote:
Dumb question: what does the error_log file say?
!!! That is from the error_log !!!! :)
I wonder why the error_log would say "please consult the error_log
file". Very "interesting".
[snip]
E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file "/usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt"!
from another line in the log.
Here's what my Sid system reports:
$ dir /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/
total 144
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 36864 2009-06-17 20:17:34 ./
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 2009-03-14 08:17:14 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 de/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2009-06-17 20:17:34 en/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 es/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 fr/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 it/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4234 2009-06-16 02:21:34 kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 pt/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19596 2009-06-16 02:21:34 ReadMe.htm
$ file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt
/usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt: ASCII English
text
Note that I never owned any other printer than the HP 1200 (at work a 1300).
I never had this problem with the lp0 connection. Only with the USB connection.
Loose connection somewhere?
Trouble is I have 3 machines (hp 1200 or 1300) - work/home/my parents
3 are now with usb connections. I only have
one parallel connector for home, to revert to.
i have the same failing driver in each place. Cups stops printing
every few days and I have to
reinstall the driver whenever I want to print. It is annoying to my dad who cannot
print when I am not there...
Understandable.
What exactly is the printer driver you are using? hplip?
--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given
us arms." Mike Ditka
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