[cups.development] cupe-1.4.3,kde-4.4.5

sibu xolo sibxol at btconnect.com
Tue Sep 14 16:07:49 PDT 2010


Greetings,

I have a computer with these:
-----cpu -amd64 2 cores
-----o/s cblfs 64-bit linux kernel-2.6.35.4  
-----printing cups-1.4.3 epson-BX300F (a usb printer)


I used localhost:631 to configure cups.  
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----running lpinfo -v (no usb printers are listed) and USB-printing  has 
kernel support.

root [ ~ ]#  /usr/sbin/lpinfo -v
network ipp
direct scsi
network lpd
network http
network socket
direct hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4b8_848_18-digit-
serialNO_if1_printer_noserial
network beh
root [ ~ ]# 

------ running  lpstat  -p -d:
root [ ~ ]#  /usr/bin/lpstat  -p -d
printer EPSON_Stylus_Office_BX300F is idle.  enabled since Tue Sep 14 16:27:02 
2010
system default destination: EPSON_Stylus_Office_BX300F
root [ ~ ]#

--------------------------PRINT TESTS----------------------------------
###file to print (text file named testPRINT) in kwrite  with  a single line  
at line 3 "testPRINT".
Result:  nothing happened

########## logs files  after 'nothing-happened' attempt in KDE

------------/var/log/cups/error_log
D [14/Sep/2010:23:35:10 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: Dirty files
D [14/Sep/2010:23:35:10 +0100] cupsdReadClient: 16 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [14/Sep/2010:23:35:10 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients and dirty 
files
D [14/Sep/2010:23:35:10 +0100] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data 
provided.
D [14/Sep/2010:23:35:10 +0100] cupsdReadClient: 16 1.1 Get-Job-Attributes 1
D [14/Sep/2010:23:35:10 +0100] Get-Job-Attributes ipp://localhost/jobs/10
D [14/Sep/2010:23:35:10 +0100] Returning IPP successful-ok for Get-Job-
Attributes (ipp://localhost/jobs/10) from localhost
D [14/Sep/2010:23:35:10 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: Dirty files
D [14/Sep/2010:23:35:10 +0100] cupsdReadClient: 16 WAITING Closing on EOF
D [14/Sep/2010:23:35:10 +0100] cupsdCloseClient: 16
I [14/Sep/2010:23:35:41 +0100] Saving job cache file 
"/var/cache/cups/job.cache"...
I [14/Sep/2010:23:35:41 +0100] Saving subscriptions.conf...
D [14/Sep/2010:23:35:41 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: Not busy


---------/var/log/access_log
localhost - - [14/Sep/2010:23:35:10 +0100] "POST 
/printers/EPSON_Stylus_Office_BX300F HTTP/1.1" 200 196 Create-Job successful-
ok
localhost - - [14/Sep/2010:23:35:10 +0100] "POST 
/printers/EPSON_Stylus_Office_BX300F HTTP/1.1" 200 15099 Send-Document client-
error-document-format-not-supported
localhost - - [14/Sep/2010:23:35:10 +0100] "POST /jobs/ HTTP/1.1" 200 189 
Cancel-Job successful-ok

###file to print (text file named testPRINT)  with  a single line  at line 3 
"testPRINT" using cli.
Result: printer responds and produces black blank page

sx [ ~ ]# lp -d EPSON_Stylus_Office_BX300F  testPRINT
request id is EPSON_Stylus_Office_BX300F-11 (1 file(s))
sx [ ~ ]# 



------------/var/log/cups/error_log
D [14/Sep/2010:23:43:43 +0100] cupsdAcceptClient: 15 from localhost (Domain)
D [14/Sep/2010:23:43:43 +0100] cupsdReadClient: 15 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [14/Sep/2010:23:43:43 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients and dirty 
files
D [14/Sep/2010:23:43:43 +0100] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data 
provided.
D [14/Sep/2010:23:43:43 +0100] cupsdReadClient: 15 1.1 Get-Notifications 1
D [14/Sep/2010:23:43:43 +0100] Get-Notifications /
D [14/Sep/2010:23:43:43 +0100] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="sx"
D [14/Sep/2010:23:43:43 +0100] Returning IPP successful-ok for Get-
Notifications (/) from localhost
D [14/Sep/2010:23:43:43 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: Dirty files
D [14/Sep/2010:23:43:43 +0100] cupsdReadClient: 15 WAITING Closing on EOF
D [14/Sep/2010:23:43:43 +0100] cupsdCloseClient: 15
D [14/Sep/2010:23:43:44 +0100] [Job 11] Unloading...
I [14/Sep/2010:23:44:14 +0100] Saving job cache file 
"/var/cache/cups/job.cache"...
I [14/Sep/2010:23:44:14 +0100] Saving subscriptions.conf...
D [14/Sep/2010:23:44:14 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: Not busy

-------------/var/log/cups/acces_log
localhost - - [14/Sep/2010:23:42:20 +0100] "POST 
/printers/EPSON_Stylus_Office_BX300F HTTP/1.1" 200 394 Create-Job successful-
ok
localhost - - [14/Sep/2010:23:42:20 +0100] "POST 
/printers/EPSON_Stylus_Office_BX300F HTTP/1.1" 200 290 Send-Document 
successful-ok






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This printer performed  'outof'the-box' with cups-1.3.7/kde-4.2.2. 

Sonme advice on whether   mmalfunctioning is due to kde or cups  and possible 
remedies  would be appreciated


 SibuXolo








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