Re: HP LaserJet 5L - cannot print postscript from cmd line
michael wrote:
> Folks, I've tried and tried but have failed to get my HP LaserJet 5L,
> connected by parallel port, to print postscript from the command line.
> It will print a page from say iceweasel but just isn't having
> lpr test.ps
> do the expected thing - rather it prints out the postscript file line by
> line by line.
>
> This is under Debian Lenny (amd64) on a new build on my SATA HDD. Irony
> is I did have it working on Lenny (amd64) previously with my old IDE
> HDD. I've compared the two but can't see what differs.
>
> I'm not quite sure what info is best to send, but hopefully the below
> will help. All help appreciated. Thanks, Michael
I'm using the same printer model in debian. Are you trying to print from
local or from a remote desktop. You mentioned parallel port, so may be
local.
My printer is actually connected via ussb-parallel, but it doesn't matter.
I also used lenny until few weeks ago and yes the driver used was the
foomatic ljet4 (as I remember well).
You don't need anything in the printcap except the defaults that are put
there by cups
You better look to configure cups right.
The other thing is that I have installed cups-lpd or lpr I don't remember.
what does lpstat -a says?
>
> Script started on Wed 15 Sep 2010 22:36:40 BST
> ]0;mkb@amd64: ~ mkb@amd64:~$ lpoptions
> media=A4 sides=one-sided finishings=3 copies=1 job-hold-until=no-hold
> job-priority=50 number-up=1 auth-info-required=none job-sheets=none,none
> printer-info printer-is-accepting-jobs=1 printer-is-shared=1
> printer-location printer-make-and-model='HP LaserJet 5l Foomatic/hpijs,
> hpijs 2.8.6b' printer-state=3 printer-state-change-time=1284585794
> printer-state-reasons=none printer-type=135196
> ]0;mkb@amd64: ~ mkb@amd64:~$ file /etc/printcap
> /etc/printcap: symbolic link to `/var/run/cups/printcap'
> ]0;mkb@amd64: ~ mkb@amd64:~$ cat /var/run/cups/printcap
> # This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
> # /etc/cups/printers.conf file. All changes to this file
> # will be lost.
> lp|laserjet|:rm=amd64.lan:rp=laserjet:
> ]0;mkb@amd64: ~ mkb@amd64:~$ exit
>
> Script done on Wed 15 Sep 2010 22:37:07 BST
on the remote machine with kde3(lenny)
lpoptions
copies=1 job-hold-until=no-hold job-priority=50 number-up=1 finishings=3
auth-info-required=none job-sheets=none,none printer-info='HP LaserJet 5L'
printer-is-accepting-jobs=1 printer-is-shared=1 printer-location='Home
Office (*******)' printer-make-and-model='HP LaserJet 5L Foomatic/ljet4
(recommended)' printer-state=3 printer-state-change-time=1282890233
printer-state-reasons=none printer-type=8531972 _kde-filters=true
on the host (kde4/sid)
lpoptions
_kde-filters=true auth-info-required=none copies=1
device-uri=usb://HP/LaserJet%205L finishings=3 job-hold-until=no-hold
job-priority=50 job-sheets=none,none marker-change-time=0 number-up=1
printer-commands=AutoConfigure,Clean,PrintSelfTestPage printer-info='HP
LaserJet 5L' printer-is-accepting-jobs=true printer-is-shared=true
printer-location='Home Office (*******)' printer-make-and-model='HP
LaserJet 5L Foomatic/ljet4 (recommended)' printer-state=3
printer-state-change-time=1282890233 printer-state-reasons=none
printer-type=8531972
printer-uri-supported=ipp://192.168.40.40:631/printers/HP_LJ_5L
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