On Tue, 2015-06-09 at 15:53 +0200, notoneofmy wrote: > Hallo, > > I have spent hours on this, including the debian website. > > I have installed CUPS and have done "apt-cache policy printer-driver all." > > I used localhost/631 to add the printer and I'm on Jessie with xfce. > > and so the uri for the wired canon printer is lpd: // (ip)/queue > > I can ping the printer's ip and get a response, using the machine with > Jessie. > > But all print jobs sent produce different errors, from "the printer is > in use" to "not connected." > > I have checked /etc/cups/printers.conf file to ensure the uri is correct. > > I'm really upset. If you can help, this would be great. > > Thanks a lot.
Is there anything in the cups logs? I think you can configure cups to make verbose logs. What's the make and model of the printer? Is lpd the only option or can you use ipp? -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5
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