Re: State: stopped "Filter failed" on a Xerox Phaser 6125N. how do you troubleshoot a printer in Linux?
Albretch Mueller wrote:
> $ date; lsmod | grep usb
[...]
> * messages in /var/log/syslog
[...]
> * after reconnecting the USB printer cable:
[...]
> * USB connected printer correctly detected by the USB subsystem and
> are ownerships and permissions correctly set?:
[...]
> * printer's device ID strings
[...]
> I don't think exactly where the problem may be/how to troubleshoot the problem?
For me it looks like your printer is correctly installed regarding
hardware connection, but no guaranty.
The more interesting question is: why does the Filter fail?
Maybe the filter, which is defined in the printer PPD file, has wrong
permissions or is missing?
Have a closer look at /var/log/cups/error_log
Maybe you've to enable Loglevel "info" or "debug" in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
before, followed by a "systemctl restart cups":
LogLevel info
Regards,
Klaus.
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Klaus Singvogel
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