print jobs sit in the queue (SOLVED)

[rhaynes]

Hi, running the linux hplip install from HP and then installing the printer from the cups www admin page did the trick.

 

Thanks,

R Haynes

 

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Hi, I am running mandrake 10.0 official. I have a hp 1300 laserjet printing

which installed and worked fine until recently until I tried to get a local

network printer working.

 

I deleted the printer definition from

/etc/cups/printers.conf and used printerdrake to reinstall.

I searched for printers and it found the hp 1300 printer on /dev/usb/lp1 (it is a usb printer) and I chose the recommended driver (one of the choices under

the laserjet 1300 list). The test files would not print.

 

I exited the printerdrake and tried to print a file. Nothing happened.

lpq says the jobs are in the Q.

 

If I run the cups www admin tool it says the printer is not connected, "retrying in 30 seconds...) I have tried to manually change the device

to the various usb devices without any luck. I changed the Loglevel

in the cups.conf file to debug2 and the error_log file again said printer is

not connected.

 

I do remember seeing the device listed on the cups www admin tool when the printer was working as something like /dev/usb/hp%%%1300%%% or something like that. I certainly didn't enter

this device.

 

I tried to delete cups ( to see if that is the problem) but then a lpq returns a "can not connect

to server" message (or something like that). If I delete cups what do I need to get printing working?

 

 

Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

Thanks,

R Haynes

Edited March 17, 2005 by rhaynes

[iphitus]

http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net/install.php

 

try following step three up to and including 13.

 

if that doesnt work, try running from the top of the screen, following the mandrake configuration.

[rhaynes]

Hi, thanks for the link. I will try when I get to work on Monday. Why isn't this configured in Mandrake by default with printerdrake.??? Why does it work sometimes and not others?

 

Again thanks for you help.

 

R Haynes

[rhaynes]

AFter digging a little more some people seem to think that this is a more general

kernel issues and the way the kernel assigns addresses to devices.

 

Anyone have a fix or kernel patch for this?

 

R Haynes