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From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] My printing's not working. Help, please!
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:09:20
Message-Id: 20120413153912.GA3046@acm.acm
1 Hi, all.
2
3 My printing's not working. I've got cups-1.4.8-r1 installed.
4
5 If I attempt to print from (say) Mozilla, everything appears to go fine
6 up to the actual printing. I do
7
8 # lpq
9
10 , then I get this:
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12 ML-1450 is ready and printing
13 Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size
14 active acm 44 Lernen im Internet - Anmeldung 94208 bytes
15
16 .
17
18 However the printer isn't actually printing. I know there's nothing
19 wrong with the printer or USB cable as such, since I can do
20
21 $ echo printing^L > /dev/lp0
22
23 , and a page with "printing" on it comes out of my printer.
24
25 Any suggestions?
26
27 --
28 Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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