Re: error when printing to Samsung C410 series colour laser printer
On Sat 15 Jun 2019 at 12:09:51 -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> On 2019-06-15 9:49 a.m., Brian wrote:
> > On Fri 14 Jun 2019 at 19:08:02 -0400, Gary Dale wrote:
> >
> > > On 2019-06-14 7:15 a.m., Brian wrote:
> > > > Very useful. As confirmation (or not) of an idea, let us have what
> > > >
> > > > cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/<Samsung_C410_Series_ppd> -m printer/foo \
> > > > -e --list-filters /etc/nsswitch.conf
> > > >
> > > > gives (as root). The line is broken for readability.
> > > >
> > > Reading over the above output, it struck me that my printer setup wasn't
> > > quite what I thought it was, so I went back to basics, deleted the queues on
> > > both my workstation and the server, downloaded and installed the Samsung
> > > driver on both machines then put the print queues back.
> > The Samsung driver should be installed only on the server. Having
> > filtering done twice is very strongly discouraged and is hell to
> > debug.
> >
> > https://wiki.debian.org/PrintQueuesCUPS#Double_Filtering
> Printing to a network attached printer isn't double-queuing.
No, it is not. It was what you were doing when going through the server
but, as I realise now, the server has no importance in what you want to
do.
> > > Now I seem to be able to print from the workstation to the server via the
> > > USB connector.
> > I do not follow this and cannot see how a USB cable between client and
> > server does anything.
> You missed the part where the printer is attached to the server via the USB
> cable. My grammar was a little unclear but the point is that I always have
> been able to print through the server via the USB cable. The server can also
> print via the printer's network connection. However the workstation can't
> print through the server or directly to the printer's network connection.
I didn't miss it; I was just being a bit slow. I realise now that you
are not interested in using the server.
> > > I stopped sharing the network connected printer from the server since that
> > > really made little sense. Unfortunately I still can't print directly to the
> > > network connection. The job gets processed but I just get an error message
> > > again.
> > Printing can only take place if the printer is connected by USB to the
> > client or shared over the network. Not sharing the printer connected to
> > the server seems counterproductive.
> No. The network attached printer is always visible on the network. Putting a
> server between the printer and the workstation is adding a layer of
> complexity. The problem, which printing through the server doesn't solve, is
> printing to the network attached printer from Buster.
> >
> > > I tried switching to the "driverless" driver but CUPS complained about not
> > > being able to copy the PPD file. I noticed an "IPP Anywhere" driver but that
> > > produced the same results as the normal driver.
> > A shared server queue provides an AirPrint service and the queue is
> > suitable for a driverless printing system. CUPS should be able to query
> > the queue for its IPP attributes and construct a PPD.
> >
> > https://wiki.debian.org/DriverlessPrinting#The_CUPS_PPD_Generator
> Yes, but the "IPP anywhere" driver produced the same results as the regular
> C410 driver.
> > > The error I got on both print attempts (normal and IPP Anywhere) was:
> > >
> > > SPL-C ERROR - Disconnected from host. Please check the connection and try
> > > again.
> > >
> > > POSITION : 0x396913 (3762451)
> > >
> > > SYSTEM : src/os_hook
> > >
> > > LINE : 1981
> > >
> > > VERSION : SPL-C 5.59.01 06-19-2013
> > >
> > > This was printed by the printer instead of the output I sent.
> > >
> > > The lpstat output is now:
> > >
> > > Samsung_C410_Series permanent ipp://localhost/printers/Samsung_C410_Series
> > > ipp://SEC30CDA71CB48A.local:631/ipp/printer
> > This is a queue that has been set up locally on the client using the
> > Samsung driver. It is likely to bring havoc to printing. Delete the
> > queue. If you really want to set up a local queue, use the CUPS web
> > interface with the driverless or everywhere models, or do
> >
> > lpadmin -p c410 -v ipp://SEC30CDA71CB48A.local:631/ipp/printer -E -m everywhere
> >
> > > Samsung_C410_Series_SEC30CDA71CB48A_ network none
> > > ipp://Samsung%20C410%20Series%20(SEC30CDA71CB48A)._ipp._tcp.local/
> > This is the printer itself. It would be interesting to see what is given
> > for 'avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp'.
> command not found when run as normal use and as root.
https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages
For you want do you need (as we both know) the Samsung driver on the
client. When setting up the queue, I suggest you use
socket://<IP_address_of_printer>
--
Brian.
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