[cups] LaserJet stopped working

Jörg Thümmler listen at vordruckleitverlag.de
Wed Apr 12 22:22:03 PDT 2023


Am 13.04.23 um 04:15 schrieb Ken Wright:
> On Tue, 2023-04-11 at 09:13 +0200, Jörg Thümmler wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> have a look at the print system of the laptop... if it's linux &
>> cups, look at localhost:631 and "printers". Cups stops print queues
>> when errors occure by default.
>> Same may be, if your laptop runs on windows, have a look at the
>> "settings/devices/printers/<yourprinter>" ... if it is "offline"
>> means connection to the cups server is somehow lost.
>>
>> Also check the cups on the server, same thing, queue may be stopped.
> 
> Now here's an interesting datum:  I can print from the server's command
> line using the lp command, but when I try to print a test page from
> CUPS (2.4.2, if that helps) nothing prints.  The print job shows
> "connecting to printer" then goes away, as though the printing had
> finished.  I suspect this may be related to the reason I can't print
> from my Ubuntu laptop.
> 
> Ken
> 
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Hi,

do you use the same printer queue in both cases?

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