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

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2010-03-14 22:28, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> On 22:05 Sun 14 Mar     , Ron Johnson wrote:
> > 3 PCs or 3 printers?
>
> Three different pcs, each with a hp printer directly connected to it via a usb 
> cable using cups printing.
>
> Note that cups has always been flakey for me. So I have not infrequently had
> to reinstall the printer driver to get it working over the years. I have used debian 
> since 2002 or so. Before that redhat 7.3.

Cups has been the opposite for me: rock stable.  Since I run Sid, 
I'm of course constantly getting point upgrades, but as for 
problems: nada.

My system is pretty different though: a Dell 3100cn network printer 
that uses some Lexmark driver.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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