epson worked, then didn't next day

Tue Nov 28 22:19:37 PST 2006

Another silly newbie trying to get linux to work.

I did print to this epson stylus photo ex connected by cable to parallel port the first time I tried it.  But after mucking about a few days, and loading emc2, it didn't go.  deleted and added it a coouple times.  Check printer and cable on another system.

Stuck.

Followed your suggestions about getting some information about the problem.  The information follows.  Please - what next?

root at UbuntuGate:/etc/init.d# bash cupsys restart
 * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd                         [ ok ]
root at UbuntuGate:/etc/init.d# more /var/log/cups/error_log
E [29/Nov/2006:06:22:40 +1000] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Listening to 127.0.0.1:631 (IPv4)
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Listening to /var/run/cups/cups.sock (Domain)
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Cleaning out old temporary files in "/var/spool/c
ups/tmp"...
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Using policy "default" as the default!
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Full reload is required.
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Loaded MIME database from '/etc/cups': 34 types,
39 filters...
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Loading printer Stylus-Photo-EX...
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Loading job cache file "/var/cache/cups/job.cache
"...
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Loading job 9 from cache...
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Loading attributes for job 9...
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:34 +1000] Full reload complete.
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] Listening to 127.0.0.1:631 on fd 0...
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] Listening to /var/run/cups/cups.sock on fd 1...
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event...
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] job-sheets=none,none
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] banner_page = 0
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] argv[0]="Stylus-Photo-EX"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] argv[1]="9"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] argv[2]="larry"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] argv[3]=""
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] argv[4]="1"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] argv[5]="StpFineBlackGamma=None StpColorPrecision=Normal StpFineSaturation=None StpBrightness=None StpLightMagentaTransition=None StpMagentaGamma=None StpFineYellowGamma=None StpFineMagentaBalance=None StpBlackTrans=None StpGCRUpper=None PageSize=A4 StpInkType=None StpFineCyanBalance=None StpFineGamma=None StpFineGCRLower=None OutputOrder=Reverse MediaType=Plain StpYellowGamma=None StpCyanBalance=None StpContrast=None StpFineMagentaDensity=None noStpLinearContrast StpFineCyanDensity=None StpBlackDensity=None StpQuality=Standard StpDensity=None StpBlackGamma=None StpInkLimit=None StpSaturation=None StpDitherAlgorithm=None StpCyanGamma=None StpFineYellowBalance=None StpCyanDensity=None StpGCRLower=None StpFineLightCyanTransition=None StpFineCyanGamma=None StpYellowBalance=None StpFineYellowDensity=None StpGamma=None noStpAdjustDotsize StpWeave=None StpFineMagentaGamma=None StpMagentaDensity=None StpFineBrightness=None StpPrintingDirection=None StpMagentaBalance=None PageRegion=A4 StpYellowDensity=None StpFineContrast=None StpFineBlackTrans=None StpFineGCRUpper=None StpImageType=TextGraphics StpColorCorrection=None ColorModel=RGB StpLightCyanTransition=None StpFineInkLimit=None StpFineLightMagentaTransition=None StpInkSet=None Resolution=None StpFineBlackDensity=None StpFineDensity=None orientation-requested=3 sides=two-sided-long-edge job-uuid=urn:uuid:918188da-5555-3289-54c7-d8fe43f01e98"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] argv[6]="/var/spool/cups/d00009-001"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[0]="CUPS_CACHEDIR=/var/cache/cups"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[1]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[2]="CUPS_DOCROOT=/usr/share/cups/doc-root"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[3]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[4]="CUPS_REQUESTROOT=/var/spool/cups"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[5]="CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/lib/cups"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[6]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[7]="CUPS_STATEDIR=/var/run/cups"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[8]="PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[9]="SERVER_ADMIN=root at UbuntuGate"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[10]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.2.2"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[11]="TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[12]="TZ=Australia/Brisbane"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[13]="USER=root"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[14]="CUPS_SERVER=/var/run/cups/cups.sock"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[15]="CUPS_ENCRYPTION=IfRequested"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[16]="IPP_PORT=631"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[17]="CHARSET=utf-8"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[18]="LANG=en_AU"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[19]="PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/Stylus-Photo-EX.ppd"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[20]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=8m"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[21]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/postscript"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[22]="DEVICE_URI=hp:/no_device_found"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[23]="PRINTER=Stylus-Photo-EX"
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] envp[24]="FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE=application/vnd.cups-raster"
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 6776) for job 9.
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster (PID 6777) for job 9.
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertogutenprint.5.0 (PID 6778) for job 9.
I [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp (PID 6779) for job 9.
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] Discarding unused job-state event...
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] Running /usr/bin/gs-esp -dQUIET -dDEBUG -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dNOMEDIAATTRS -sDEVICE=cups -sstdout=%stderr -sOUTPUTFILE=%stdout -c -
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] Page = 595x842; 9,30 to 586,842
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] slow_collate=0, slow_duplex=0, slow_order=0
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] Before copy_comments - %!PS-Adobe-3.0
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %!PS-Adobe-3.0
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%Creator: Gnome Print Version 2.12.1
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%CreationDate: D:20061129062322
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%LanguageLevel: 2
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%DocumentMedia: Regular 595 842 0 () ()
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%Orientation: Portrait
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%BoundingBox: 0 0 595 842
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%Pages: 1
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%PageOrder: Ascend
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%Title:
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%DocumentSuppliedResources: procset pnome-print-procs-2.12.1
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%+ font (GnomeUni-DejaVuSansMono) cvn
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%+ font (GnomeUni-DejaVuSans) cvn
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%Requirements: numcopies(1)
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] %%EndComments
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] Before copy_prolog - %%BeginDefaults
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] Before copy_setup - %%BeginSetup
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] Before page loop - %%Page: 1 1
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] Copying page 1...
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] pagew = 577.0, pagel = 812.0
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] bboxw = 595, bboxl = 842
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] PageLeft = 9.0, PageRight = 586.0
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] PageTop = 842.0, PageBottom = 30.0
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] PageWidth = 595.0, PageLength = 842.0
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] Wrote 1 pages...
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] PID 6776 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops) exited with no errors.
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] unable to open /var/run/hplip/hpssd.port: No such file or directory: prnt/hpijs/hplip_api.c 94
D [29/Nov/2006:15:37:35 +1000] [Job 9] unable to connect hpssd socket 50002: Connection refused: prnt/hpijs/hplip_api.c 720
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