When the D4160 "christmas trees" like that it means the printer firmware has hung. With the printer out-to-lunch the USB IO will loose connectivity and the USB bus:devnum will no longer be valid. Turning the printer off/on will reset the printer, but any previous print job will have to be canceled since the USB bus:devnum will most likely be new.
I have a D4160 that prints ok with FC5 and CUPS 1.2. Can you give us more specific feedback? 1. Show us the output of the syslog during both print jobs. 2. What application are you printing from? 3. What are you printing? Is the failure content specific? 4. Is this one configuration that fails? Have you tried other PCs, or Distros? -dave > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Patrick M. > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 1:53 PM > To: hplip help > Subject: [Hplip-help] Printing problems - Deskjet D4160 > > Hello, > > First, a little info about my setup. I am running a > dual-boot setup with Windows XP Home Edition and Ubuntu 6.10 > Edgy Eft, and I want to clarify that I'm having no problems > printing using XP Home with HP's Windows software and > drivers. The problems start to occur when I print while > running Ubuntu. Initially, HPLIP 1.6.9 was installed on my > system, and I recently upgraded to HPLIP 1.6.12. I've > experienced the same problems using both versions. > > I've noticed and read other threads in this mailing list with "D4160" > in the subject line, and I'm having very similar problems. > I'll provide a detailed description of the sequence of events. > > After I turn the printer on, the HP Device Manager recognizes > the printer, first with a busy status, and then an idle > status when the printer finishes its startup routine. The > first print job works fine. > The problems begin after the first print job has finished > and the second print job is sent to the printer. Instead of > beginning to print, the printer's two LED lights (the power > and feed lights) start to flash rapidly in an alternating > pattern. Nothing prints. The lights stop this behavior when > I press the power button, which cancels the print job. I > have to press the power button a second time to turn the > printer off. Once I turn the printer back on, the process repeats > itself: the first print job works normally, the second one > fails (with symptoms described above). > > I'm willing to post sample documents or text files that have > failed to print; also I can post relevant log file snippets > if I know which log files to look in. I hope I can provide > enough information for everyone so that a solution can be reached. > > Thanks, > > Patrick > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join > SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief > surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge > &CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > HPLIP-Help mailing list > HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
