[cups.general] CUPS/Netatalk/LaserJet...

[Helge Blischke]

vze26m98 wrote:
> 
> Hi all-
> 
> Messed around most all day with this w/no luck.
> 
> I have:
> 
> Mostly stock Debian Woody distro on Mac powerpc Pismo laptop.
> apt-get'd CUPS today and installed.
> Netatalk previously installed.
> 
> LaserJet 2100 TN with JetDirect 600 3110a.
> 
> Found Thomas Kaiser's pap backend script, placed in
>      /usr/lib/cups/backend and made executable.
> 
> lpinfo -v shows pap as a device, along with my printer.
> 
> Used Lynx <http://localhost:631/admin> to setup LaserJet.
>      recogizes pap and provides <pap://%2a/PET/LaserWriter>
>      as a choice in the "add printer" sequence.
> 
> Selected 'HP' as model/device and the LaserJet .ppd that comes with CUPS
> as .ppd:  'HP LaserJet Series CUPS v1.1 (en)'.
> 
> I've rebooted, so presumably CUPS has restarted.
> 
> Of course, can't get anything to print.
> 
> I can 'pap -p PET test.txt' and get a printout.
> 
> I can 'lp -d PET test.txt' and see the job created, but
>      it's listed as cancelled after a while.
> 
> . . . . . . . . . . . . .
> 
> So it seems that I can print via pap/netatalk and can put a print job in
> a CUPS queue via lp.  But I'm unclear what in between in giving me
> trouble.  Startup says CUPS lp can't find any devices, because it's
> running before Netatalk does.  Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Charles
> 

Modify your configuration such that CUPS gets started *after* netatalk
(which probably only is possible by editing some startup scripts, I
suspect),
or edit the netatalk startup script to do a CUPS restart as the last
action.

Helge


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