I have the same issue on an Epson Stylus Color 670 inkjet printer, on Precise 12.04.1 (32 and 64 bits). The first print is ok, but the following prints result in random characters (see attached scan) It's a regression because it was working fine on Lucid 10.04.x
lsusb gives : Bus 002 Device 011: ID 04b8:0005 Seiko Epson Corp. Printer I ran the requested tests : lpadmin -p Stylus-COLOR-670 -o usb-unidir-default=true + switch off/on the printer => not better lpadmin -p Stylus-COLOR-670 -R usb-unidir-default lpadmin -p Stylus-COLOR-670 -o usb-no-reattach-default=true + switch off/on the printer => works This setting seems to be kept after a reboot, so it looks like a viable workaround for now ** Attachment added: "Scanned printout of StylusColor670 with random characters" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/872483/+attachment/3422698/+files/EpsonStylusColor670-random-characters.jpeg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/872483 Title: laser printer only prints first job correct Status in “cups” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “cups” source package in Oneiric: Fix Committed Status in “cups” source package in Precise: Fix Released Bug description: please also refer to this bug - this seems to be exactly my issue and does not seem to be solved. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic-db/+bug/855412 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 - all updates as of today applied. I followed https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems according to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foomatic- db/+bug/855412/comments/20 I printed two copies of the same document, since this forces the error easily. The content under /var/spool/cups/d... look fine - see attached files. after cupsenable <PRINTER> the first copy comes out fine - the second as random character - I stopped after some pages. The test is with Samsung ML-2250 Series (SPL II) - which worked fine under all previous versions of Ubuntu Samsung ML-2250 Foomatic/pxlmono (recommended) generates basically the same result. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/872483/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
