no printer response, no error reported

[Paul Conklin]

Nope, neither would the data light :-)
sorry, i usually live in network attached printer land.

try building it as a raw device and sending just a flat text file "this is a test" with the lp command (or use the -o raw option) and see if that prints out.  what I suspect is happening is the printer is getting the job in a language it doesn't understand so it's flushing the job, but since it did recieve the job, CUPS is none the wiser that it didn't print.

> Sorry if this is a naive question, but the printer is local --- connected to a usb port. Does your suggestion still apply?
>
> > Try telnetting to port 9100 on the printer and just type something "this is a test" then dis-connect and see if that prints out.
> >
> > > Nope --- there's no response at all.
> > >
> > > > It's possible the printer is flushing the job, do you see the data light blinking when you print the job?
> > > >
> > > > > I've compiled and installed the canon mx320 driver for 64-bit linux (mandriva 2010.2, kernel 2.6.33.7). All seems to have gone well, but when I attempt to print to this printer nothing happens; no printing, and also no error in /var/log/cups/error_log. (This is a dual-boot system, and I printing works under Windows.)
> > > > >
> > > > > Here's what I've done so far:
> > > > >
> > > > > cupstestppd reports "Pass", although with several warnings about non-standard names for page sizes
> > > > >
> > > > > lpstat-cups -a reports:
> > > > > Canon-MX320-series accepting requests since Tue 23 Aug 2011 01:31:20 PM EDT
> > > > > Cups-PDF accepting requests since Tue 23 Aug 2011 09:04:19 AM EDT
> > > > > HP-LaserJet-2420 accepting requests since Tue 23 Aug 2011 01:30:54 PM EDT
> > > > >
> > > > > lpr-cups HP-LaserJet-2420 somefile.txt works fine
> > > > > lpr-cups Canon-MX320-series somefile.txt produces no response from the printer, but in the web interface to cups, "Show Completed jobs" lists the job as completed. (I haven't tried printing to Cups-PDF)
> > > > >
> > > > > Any suggestions would be most welcome.
> > > > >
> > > > > Jerry Pollack
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