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

[Rolf Marvin Bøe Lindgren]

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

> 
> 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.

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Rolf Lindgren                                            http://www.roffe.com/
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