[cups] LaserJet stopped working

[Ken Wright]

On Thu, 2023-04-13 at 07:22 +0200, Jörg Thümmler wrote:
> 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.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> do you use the same printer queue in both cases?
> 
Yes.