Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"
On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 16:44:50 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:
>
> > Or I suppose a Splix PPD could work, as it
> > apparently did for this user:
> >
> > I managed to get my Samsung M2022W working
> > with Splix by pretening it was an ML-2160.
> > .........
> >
> > https://sourceforge.net/p/splix/discussion/605558/thread/a0f66cb8/
> >
> > My CUPS filters a job without error using the
> > ML-2160 PPD. Only you can test whether the
> > output file prints.
>
> To late!
>
> I returned the printer for another, namely
>
> HP LaserJet P1102w
Shame! The result would have good to have known. You don't fancy
returning to the store with your ARM device and persuading them
to let you do a quick test, do you?
> This I added with
>
> $ sudo lpadmin -p laser -E -v 'usb://HP/LaserJet%20Professional%20P%201102w?serial=000000000W470T1FPR1a' -P /usr/share/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w-hpijs.ppd
Any Debian package will provide its own PPDs. lpadmin would be used
with the "-m" option after searching the output of "lpinfo -m".
Where is this PPD from? printer-driver-hpcups has it.
> and
>
> $ lpstat -p
>
> says
>
> printer laser is idle. enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016 16:41:19 CEST
>
> But when I print with
>
> $ lpr -P laser TEXT_FILE
>
> I get
>
> printer laser now printing laser-528. enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016 16:42:55 CEST
> Filter failed
>
> What now?
You look at an error_log. You search for "filter", "exited" and
"failed". You report back with detail.
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