On April 21, 2005 11:49, Rob Blomquist wrote: > On Thursday 21 April 2005 8:50 am, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I've been having a strange printing problem for several weeks (not sure > > when it first started). > > > > I'm on Mdk 10.1 Official Download, kernel 2.6.8.1-24mdk, kde 3.2.3 > > (kdebase package version is kdebase-3.2.3-134.8.101mdk). I keep up to > > date with updates on a weekly basis. I have a local USB printer (HP > > Deskjet 990c) on a local CUPS server (no Samba). > > > > I first noticed it in Konqueror, but Kmail, Kwrite and KGhostView also do > > it. It prints normally down until around the last line of the first page. > > Then the printer hangs there for about 10 minutes with the light flashing > > (indicating it is receiving data, and not yet ready to print more). Then > > it gives up and spits out the page, and that's the end of the print. I > > can't get more than the first page. > > > > But Firefox and acroread can print normally. I normally use Konqueror for > > surfing, but I've had to start copying links to Firefox when I want to > > print (I print useful tech articles for future reference; yeah, I know, > > old fashioned, but if I bookmark it I never get back to it, I can take > > paper out into the sun to read so I don't get too much of a "monitor > > tan", and if my system's down I just might have what I need to get back > > up). Acroread is ugly, but I had to install it to be able to print pdfs > > properly (even before this printing problem, KGhostView sometimes mangled > > the document fonts). For email, I guess I'll have to save it to a text > > document and print that with something other than KWrite. > > Typically firefox and Acroread print around Kprinter, accessing the printer > through lpr. > > So your problem is likely in kprinter. > > Have you inspected your logs for kernel messages, cups messages, and the > like? > > Rob
Ah, I didn't think to check the logs. I see that cups has it's own logs, and the last few lines of /var/log/cups/error_log are: I [20/Apr/2005:15:11:04 -0600] Printer 'HPDeskJet990C' started by 'root'. I [21/Apr/2005:09:14:31 -0600] Adding start banner page "none" to job 92. I [21/Apr/2005:09:14:31 -0600] Adding end banner page "none" to job 92. I [21/Apr/2005:09:14:31 -0600] Job 92 queued on 'HPDeskJet990C' by 'rhd'. I [21/Apr/2005:09:14:31 -0600] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 27159) for job 92. I [21/Apr/2005:09:14:31 -0600] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 27160) for job 92. I [21/Apr/2005:09:14:31 -0600] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb (PID 27161) for job 92. E [21/Apr/2005:09:15:04 -0600] PID 27160 stopped with status 3! I [21/Apr/2005:09:15:04 -0600] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more. So, foomatic-rip error'ed out with status 3. Haven't found any documentation on what this error code means (the man page just says that it returns 0 unless something goes wrong - duh!). But at least it's a clue to start investigating. Thanks. -- Ron ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. "As you know, necessity is the mother of invention. I don't know who the father is. Remorse, I guess." - Red Green
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