[lug] setting up CUPS....

Hugh Brown hugh at math.byu.edu
Sun Jan 29 12:21:24 MST 2006


On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 12:02 -0700, Bear Giles wrote:
> I thought LPR and IPP referred to the protocols used to talk to 
> remote/network printers, not the mechanism driving the printer from the 
> host system. But that's a moot difference since LPR's reporting 
> mechanisms are... challenged.
> 
> Anyway, installing cupsys deinstalls lprng. When I attempt to print test 
> pages the queue managers (lpstat in BSD compatibility package, gnome 
> app) report that the print jobs were cancelled. I don't think the 
> problem is on the enqueuing side since I can get a print history and 
> there are files in /var/spool/cups. I know it's not on the hardware side 
> since lprng works fine. There's a PPD file for the printer in 
> /etc/cups/ppd. What's left?
> 
> Bear


At this point, I'd edit your cupsd.conf to tell it to log debug
messages.

LogLevel debug

and restart cups

Also, what's the ouput of lpstat -t (if you don't mind sharing).

Hugh




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