Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>]

Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:

> 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?

You do that in the UK? :O

Wonderful!

But no, they wouldn't do that.

> 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.

It is all from the repositories.

$ lpinfo -m | grep 1102w

drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet Professional P 1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w.ppd HP LaserJet Professional P 1102w, hpcups 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet Professional p1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w.ppd HP LaserJet Professional p1102w, hpcups 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin

$ sudo lpinfo -v | grep LaserJet

direct hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P_1102w?serial=000000000W470T1FPR1a
direct usb://HP/LaserJet%20Professional%20P%201102w?serial=000000000W470T1FPR1a

This code tests all combinations (4*2 = 8) but
the result is inconclusive. It says different
things each time, for the same combinations.

One thing is certain: no printout!

test-all-printers () {
    local test_file=~/DO_THIS
    local test_printer

    for p in {1..8}; do
        test_printer=laser-$p
        echo "Testing $test_printer..."
        lpr -P $test_printer $test_file
    done
}

add-all-printers () {
    local -a devices
    devices=("${(@f)$(sudo lpinfo -v | \grep LaserJet | cut -d ' ' -f 2)}")

    local -a models
    models=("${(@f)$(sudo lpinfo -m | \grep 1102w | cut -d ' ' -f 1)}")

    local number=1
    for m in $models; do
        for d in $devices; do
            sudo lpadmin            \
                 -p laser-${number} \
                 -E                 \
                 -v $d              \
                 -m $m
            number=$(( number + 1 ))
        done
    done
}

Source: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/conf/.zsh/printers

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