I left out 1284 support - It still doesn't work. I'm getting the same
behavior/messages. I hope one of the CUPS or Gentoo guys gets a hold of this thread.
This error makes no sense whatsoever...
devi0s
On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 11:09:46 -0800
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> On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 05:56:48AM -0500, Devi0s wrote:
>
> > I am currently loading lp, parport, & parport-pc in /etc/modules.autoload.
>
> I'm not loading any of the modules at boot. You might also recompile
> your kernel and leave out the 1284 support and put a standard parallel
> cable on the printer. I don't believe the LaserJet 4 supports 1284 data
> transfers.
>
> Cheers,
> Dennis
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At 05:19 AM 2/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I followed the gentoo printing guide to no avail - still having problems.
>
>I have an HP LaserJet 4 Plus hooked up via the parallel port. I have
>parport, parport-pc, IEE 1284 Transfer mode, and lp configured correctly
>in my kernel configuration.
>
>I did:
>emerge cups
>emerge foomatic
>
>Weird behavior:
>I (as root) cat test.txt ("Hello World:) > /dev/lp0. Though the command
>returns no error, nothing happens. I keep doing it:
>cat test.txt > /dev/lp0
>cat test.txt > /dev/lp0
>cat test.txt > /dev/lp0
>cat test.txt > /dev/lp0
>
>All of these return NO errors, but nothing happens.
>
>So I issue this command:
>foomatic-configure -s cups -p 75104 -c /dev/lp0 -n HP -d ljet4
>
>And get the following error message:
>lpadmin: add-printer (set device) failed: client-error-not-possible
>Could not set up/change the queue "HP"!
>
>Then I set up cupsd:
>rc-update add cupsd default
>
>So I use mozilla to go to http://127.0.0.1:631, set up the printer with
>the following settings:
>Name: HP
>Location: /dev/lp0
>Description: HP LaserJet 4 Plus
>Device: Parallel Port #1 (Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 4 Plus)
>Make: HP
>Model: HP LaserJet Series CUPS v1.1 (en)
>
>So I print a test page and get:
>Hello World
> Hello World
> Hello World
> Hello World
> Hello World
>
>So I print another test page. This time, nothing happens. I print
>another test page... nothing happens. Etc...
>
>So I go and look at the 'completed' jobs:
>HP-11 Test Page 15k aborted Restart Job
>HP-12 Test Page 15k aborted Restart Job
>HP-13 (stdin) devios 93k aborted Restart Job
>HP-14 Test Page 15k aborted Restart Job
>HP-15 Test Page 15k aborted Restart Job
>HP-16 Test Page 15k aborted Restart Job
>
>I can't seem to find any help on this anywhere. Any help would be greatly
>appeciated. Research I've done to this point seems to suggest this is a
>gentoo problem - as if some dependencey or config file entry is missing
>somewhere...
>
>There are a lot of similar issues from gentoo users.
>
>In any case, I just would like a working printer so I don't have to
>continue using Microsoft products. I'd appreciate it if you could cc my
>email address on all responses.
>
>Thanks,
>
>devi0s
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