Broken cups.
I am unable to print on my HP 1300n. I have cups installed, along
with hpijs and hplip.
I will append an actual list of packages to this email. My user is a
member of both
groups 'lp' and 'lpadmin'. Dmesg identifies my printer as "usb 5-2",
and the device
entry looks like this:
crw-rw-r-T+ 1 root lp 189, 516 May 25 15:54 /dev/bus/usb/005/002
I have an HP2575 connected through the network. I can print on this
printer perfectly.
My HP1300n is connected by USB. I cannot print to this printer at all.
If I delete my 1300n from cups and physically restart the printer, I
get an entry
added automatically to my list. Cups claims that the "make and model" is
"HP LaserJet 1300n pcl3, hpcups 3.12.2".
When I send a job to this printer, it claims to work. It processes N pages
(where N is the number of pages in the print job) and returns to Idle
- "ready to print"
status. This is a complete lie. Nothing is printed and no error messages
are emitted.
If I delete this printer and physically restart the printer, I get the
same automatic
entry in Cups. So I tried deleting the printer, not restarting it,
and adding it
with hp-setup.
When I do this I get an entry in Cups with the "make and model" of
"HP LaserJet 1300n hpijs pcl3, 3.12.2". Printing to this printer is
also unsuccessful.
However the failure mode is different. When I print to this device
the printer state reports "processing since [date]". Cups refreshes
this page forever without making any progress.
I have tried just about everything. I have removed and reinstalled this printer
dozens of times. I have ensured that my permissions are correct.
I have tried every PPD that could possibly work on my printer.
Nothing works, and worse that that, nothing even emits an error message
I could use to track down the problem.
What is going on here? How can I get more information to help track
this down? Should I be discussing this here or should I take it
to the cups developers?
As promised, here is the list of relevant selections from dpkg:
$ dpkg --get-selections | grep -E cups\|hp
configure-cups install
cups install
cups-bsd install
cups-client install
cups-common install
cups-driver-gutenprint install
cups-filters install
cups-pdf install
cups-ppdc install
cupsddk install
flashplugin-nonfree install
ghostscript-cups install
hpijs install
hpijs-ppds install
hplip install
hplip-data install
hplip-gui deinstall
libcups2:i386 install
libcups2-dev install
libcupscgi1:i386 install
libcupsdriver1:i386 install
libcupsfilters1:i386 install
libcupsimage2:i386 install
libcupsimage2-dev install
libcupsmime1:i386 install
libcupsppdc1:i386 install
libgnomecups1.0-1 install
libhpdf-2.1.0 deinstall
libhpdf-2.2.1 install
libhpmud0 install
libpathplan4 install
libsane-hpaio install
printer-driver-hpcups install
printer-driver-hpijs install
python-cups install
python-cupshelpers install
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