[cups.general] Test page prints OK, applications don't

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 26 March 2005 09:40, Rolf Marvin Bøe Lindgren wrote:
>Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> writes:
>> On Saturday 26 March 2005 06:51, Rolf Marvin Bøe Lindgren wrote:
>> >I have installed CUPS as part of the Debian Sarge system I use. 
>> > The test page prints OK, and various applications (OpenOffice,
>> > Firefox) use the printer I have set up as the default printer.
>> >
>> >But they won't print!
>> >
>> >lpq says
>> >
>> >roffe at claude:~$ lpq
>> >Printer: lp at localhost 'Generic dot-matrix printer entry'
>> > Queue: no printable jobs in queue
>> > Filter_status: lp is ready and printing
>> >
>> >whereas what I in fact use is a USB printer from HP.
>> >
>> >Any and all suggestions are welcome!
>>
>> It rather sounds as if you have not configured the printer for the
>> user to use.  Were you root when you ran the rest page, but a
>> normal user for the other stuff?
>
>yes, I was root.  when trying to print the test page from firefox as
> a normal user, firefox replies server-error-not-accepting-jobs. 
> the error_log file ends with
>
>
>D [26/Mar/2005:15:37:42 +0100] SendCommand: 5 file=8
>D [26/Mar/2005:15:37:42 +0100] AcceptClient: 7 from localhost:631.
>D [26/Mar/2005:15:37:43 +0100] ReadClient: 7 POST /printers/Pluto
> HTTP/1.1 D [26/Mar/2005:15:37:43 +0100] print_job: request file
> type is application/postscript. I [26/Mar/2005:15:37:43 +0100]
> print_job: destination 'Pluto' is not accepting jobs. D
> [26/Mar/2005:15:37:43 +0100] Sending error:
> server-error-not-accepting-jobs D [26/Mar/2005:15:37:43 +0100]
> ProcessIPPRequest: 7 status_code=506 D [26/Mar/2005:15:37:43 +0100]
> CloseClient: 7
>D [26/Mar/2005:15:37:43 +0100] ReadClient: 5 GET /favicon.ico
> HTTP/1.1 D [26/Mar/2005:15:37:43 +0100] SendError: 5 code=404 (Not
> Found) D [26/Mar/2005:15:37:43 +0100] CloseClient: 5
>
That sounds like cupsd isn't running, which should have started near 
the end of the init.d startups as it booted.  Also, who is 'pluto'?  
Does it resolve from your hosts file as an alias or ??

>> Also, do you have the module 'usblp' either built into the kernel,
>> or loaded on the machine the printer is attached to?
>
>it seems so.

Good.
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