[cups.general] lexmark 1000 - no output on ubuntu

[Till Kamppeter]

Klaus wrote:
> Till Kamppeter schrieb:
>> Klaus wrote:
>>> That is the output I get in CUPS:
>>>
>>> NewLexmark-74      Test Page      klabog      19k      Unbekannt      
>>> beendet um
>>> Do 17 Mai 2007 22:34:58 CEST
>> The CUPS queue
>> is not relevant here, as the commands I have given you do not send the 
>> data to CUPS but directly to the printer.
> 
> Yes, I know, but I tried the testpage afterwards and gave you the ouput 
> of CUPS, to see that the job is done, but no ouput on printer.
>> Can you do
>>
>> sudo cancel -a
>> sudo killall -9 parallel
>> sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys stop
>> rmmod lp
>> rmmod ppdev
>> rmmod parport_pc
>> rmmod parport
>> modprobe ppdev
>> modprobe lp
>> ls -l /devlp0
>>
>> and post the output here.
>>
>> After that try the command swhich I have given to you again.
>>
> klabog at cruces:~$ sudo cancel -a
> Password:
> klabog at cruces:~$ sudo killall -9 parallel
> parallel: Kein Prozess beendet
> klabog at cruces:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys stop
>   * Stopping Common Unix Printing System: cupsd 
>    [ OK ]
> klabog at cruces:~$ rmmod lp
> ERROR: Removing 'lp': Operation not permitted
> klabog at cruces:~$ sudo rmmod lp
> klabog at cruces:~$ rmmod ppdev
> ERROR: Removing 'ppdev': Operation not permitted
> klabog at cruces:~$ sudo rmmod ppdev
> klabog at cruces:~$ sudo rmmod parport_pc
> klabog at cruces:~$ sudo rmmod parport
> klabog at cruces:~$ sudo modprobe ppdev
> klabog at cruces:~$ sudo modprobe lp
> klabog at cruces:~$ sudo ls -l /devlp0
> ls: /devlp0: No such file or directory
> klabog at cruces:~$  sudo ls -l /dev/lp0
> crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 2007-05-17 23:22 /dev/lp0
> klabog at cruces:~$ cc -O2 lx.c -o lx
> klabog at cruces:~$ sudo -s
> root at cruces:~# cat /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps | \
>  > gs -q -sDEVICE=pbmraw -r288 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sOutputFile=- - | \
>  > ./lx > /dev/lp0
> 
> Here I waited three minutes, then did ^C to exit.
> 

Try

cat /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps | \
gs -q -sDEVICE=pbmraw -r288 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sOutputFile=- - | \
../lx > x

Do "ls -l x" to check whether x is not empty.

Then do

sudo cat x > /dev/lp0

Does this print?

    Till