Re: No printing at all!

From: CW Harris (charris_at_rtcmarketing.com)
Date: 02/25/04

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    On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 05:23:43PM +0000, Alisdair wrote:
    > After using Mandrake and Knoppix over the last couple of years I have finally
    > managed to install a working Debian system :-), and everything seems to be
    > fine except the printing :-(
    >
    > I have looked through several forums, and done my best to rtfm but haven't
    > come up with anything that has made a difference. I suspect it is something
    > very basic but...
    >
    > I'm afraid I am at a complete loss. lp seems okay. CUPS seems to be properly
    > installed. In fact I have installed it and gs several times, but there is no
    > output at all, and no indication that my HP Laserjet 5L (using the hpijs ppd)

    I thought the hpijs is just for inkjets? What does linuxprinting.org
    recommend for the LaserJet 5L (I'm pretty sure I'm using a
    [foomatic-gimpprint?] driver for my 6L at home. Works great.

    > serial serial:/dev/ttyS3?baud=115200
    > direct usb://5150 [this is a hp deskjet 5150 which I have not yet setup under
    > CUPS]

    Ah! You will need the hpijs for this.

    > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] 0 %%Page: 1 1
    > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] 0 %%Page: 1 1
    > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] pw = 559.0, pl = 813.2
    > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] PageLeft = 18.0, PageRight = 577.0
    > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] PageTop = 827.6, PageBottom = 14.4
    > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] PageWidth = 595.0, PageLength = 842.0
    > D [23/Feb/2004:19:06:06 +0000] [Job 2] /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip: No
    > such file or directory

    Looks like this is what you need to track down.

    Good luck. 

    -- 
Chris Harris <charris@rtcmarketing.com>
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