Re: [gentoo-user] My printing's not working. Help, please!

[Mick]

On Saturday 14 Apr 2012 01:57:13 Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> On Apr 14, 2012 4:59 AM, <ny6p01@×××××.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 03:39:12PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > > Hi, all.
> > >
> > > My printing's not working.  I've got cups-1.4.8-r1 installed.
> > >
> > > If I attempt to print from (say) Mozilla, everything appears to go fine
> > > up to the actual printing.  I do
> > >
> > >     # lpq
> > >
> > > , then I get this:
> > >     ML-1450 is ready and printing
> > >     Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
> > >     active  acm     44      Lernen im Internet - Anmeldung  94208 bytes
> > >
> > > .
> > >
> > > However the printer isn't actually printing.  I know there's nothing
> > > wrong with the printer or USB cable as such, since I can do
> > >
> > >     $ echo printing^L > /dev/lp0
> > >
> > > , and a page with "printing" on it comes out of my printer.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
> >
> > Have you checked the cups setup - http://localhost:631 - and looked at
> > all the setup settings and the Jobs queue? Sounds like a driver issue to
> > me,
>
> but
>
> > I always use HP printers, and hplip takes care of the drivers. I'm not
> > familiar with the drivers for Samsung products.
> >
> > Perhaps someone will come along who has that printer that can assist you.
> > Also you might ask on freenode IRC, channel #gentoo. That is a very
>
> helpful
>
> > resource. Good luck!
> >
> > Terry
>
> The backend driver might be failing. See cups error log.

Also, reconfigure the driver in http://localhost:631 because sometimes drivers 
change and your cups set up may still be pointing to the old driver.

-- 
Regards,
Mick