Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:59:46 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: On 10:49 Mon 15 Mar , Camaleón wrote: It seems you are using the hp backend and failed what left the printer in a paused status. Thank you. Can you explain what you mean by 'backend' vs 'driver'? I'm not a CUPS guru, but what I understand for a backend is a method used to connect the printer, a kind of virtual interface that allows the communication between your printer and CUPS. Mmmm, better man backend to get detailed info :-) I don't know what I am using. I have loaded many many cups packages, including hplip and I have no idea what I am using. I made a list of all the debian packages and included it in one of my mails. I am just blindly following 'cargo cult of cups' and setting options to control access in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and chosing Postscript recommended in localhost:631 because I know that my hp1200 or hp1300 is a postscript printer. In brief, for every printer you want to configure in CUPS you have to define at least: 1/ A backend connection method: a) local: usb, lpt b) remote/networked: socket, ipp, samba c) virtual: fax, pdf, etc... 2/ A driver (PostScript printers are just fine with PPD description files but others need drivers to work) I always avoid using hplip as backend and drivers on my HP laserjet printers because I find PPD files a cleaner way to handle them. Hplip adds many fancy options (toner and paper status) that I do not really need (networked HP printers have their own embedded web server to see detailed information on the printer). So, I would try with another backend (if usb is available in the wizard when adding a new printer, or by direct input using lpadmin). Have you tried with usb backend? Type lpinfo -v to see the available backends for your system. Put here the output. Rashi:/home/mlaks# lpinfo -v network ipp network http network beh network lpd direct scsi direct hp:/par/HP_LaserJet_1200?device=/dev/parport0 direct hal network socket direct parallel:/dev/lp0 serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 network smb direct hpfax I see not direct hal :-? this is currently on the machine that I reverted to direct connection by parport parallel port. I will try to do it on the other machines tomorrow. So, if using parallel port it just works? Then that means the error comes from the hp bakend :-? /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb here is the output /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb DEBUG: list_devices_libusb DEBUG: usb_find_busses=5 DEBUG: usb_find_devices=6 (recall I switched on this machine to the parallel port for a while) Then the output seems normal as the printer cannot be detected on USB port. lpq here is the output HP_LaserJet_1200 is ready no entries O.K. Also, the recommended driver for your printer is pxlmono: http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_1200 So why does cups on my machine say Postscript en ? Because you can select any available driver for your printer, that is, you can use pxlmono, hplip or standard postscript. In fact, different drivers provide different quality and speed printinting output so many people have several printers added using different drivers in each of them (one hp 1200 printer instance with PostScript driver, another hp 1200 instance with hplip driver and so on...) :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.03.16.11.40...@gmail.com
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 11:40 Tue 16 Mar , Camaleón wrote: I'm not a CUPS guru, but what I understand for a backend is a method used to connect the printer, a kind of virtual interface that allows the communication between your printer and CUPS. Mmmm, better man backend to get detailed info :-) Cool!!! 1/ A backend connection method: a) local: usb, lpt b) remote/networked: socket, ipp, samba c) virtual: fax, pdf, etc... this is the first step on the web page where it 'searchs' for possible printers and usually gives me 2 or 3 different copies of my hp printers. never understood that till now. 2/ A driver (PostScript printers are just fine with PPD description files but others need drivers to work) now i guess you are saying that the backends are failing me. I always avoid using hplip as backend and drivers on my HP laserjet printers because I find PPD files a cleaner way to handle them. Hplip adds many fancy options (toner and paper status) that I do not really need (networked HP printers have their own embedded web server to see detailed information on the printer). So, I would try with another backend (if usb is available in the wizard when adding a new printer, or by direct input using lpadmin). i will look to see what comes up at work this morning and at Dad and Mom's tonight Have you tried with usb backend? Type lpinfo -v to see the available backends for your system. Put here the output. Rashi:/home/mlaks# lpinfo -v network ipp network http network beh network lpd direct scsi direct hp:/par/HP_LaserJet_1200?device=/dev/parport0 direct hal network socket direct parallel:/dev/lp0 serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 network smb direct hpfax I see not direct hal :-? what is direct hal? this is currently on the machine that I reverted to direct connection by parport parallel port. I will try to do it on the other machines tomorrow. So, if using parallel port it just works? Then that means the error comes from the hp bakend :-? /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb here is the output /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb DEBUG: list_devices_libusb DEBUG: usb_find_busses=5 DEBUG: usb_find_devices=6 (recall I switched on this machine to the parallel port for a while) Then the output seems normal as the printer cannot be detected on USB port. lpq here is the output HP_LaserJet_1200 is ready no entries O.K. Also, the recommended driver for your printer is pxlmono: http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_1200 So why does cups on my machine say Postscript en ? Because you can select any available driver for your printer, that is, you can use pxlmono, hplip or standard postscript. In fact, different drivers provide different quality and speed printinting output so many people have several printers added using different drivers in each of them (one hp 1200 printer instance with PostScript driver, another hp 1200 instance with hplip driver and so on...) :-) Is hplip a backend or a driver??? so which is 'better' or 'faster' the postscript or pxlmono? I guess some for some stuff and some for others. Any discussion that you have found anywhere I notice that my printer is slow at times for printing pdfs Any references that you can share? Greetings, -- Camaleón You are very helpful! Thank you for any more light you can share! Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.03.16.11.40...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100316120621.ga20...@earthlink.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:06:21 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: On 11:40 Tue 16 Mar , Camaleón wrote: 1/ A backend connection method: a) local: usb, lpt b) remote/networked: socket, ipp, samba c) virtual: fax, pdf, etc... this is the first step on the web page where it 'searchs' for possible printers and usually gives me 2 or 3 different copies of my hp printers. never understood that till now. I guess this is because of the auto-detection feature. CUPS tries to detect the available printers attached to the computer. I also prefer a manually selection, but on these days I'm afraid all is becoming auto-stuff :-) 2/ A driver (PostScript printers are just fine with PPD description files but others need drivers to work) now i guess you are saying that the backends are failing me. Yes, the hp backend was giving you the error in the log. So, I would try with another backend (if usb is available in the wizard when adding a new printer, or by direct input using lpadmin). i will look to see what comes up at work this morning and at Dad and Mom's tonight Anyway, I could live with the printer connected via parallel port. It's slower, yes, but if it works, better not touch it O:-) I see not direct hal :-? what is direct hal? Hal is the glue for USB devices (man hald :-P) but now is being deprecated by devicekit or something similar. So I think direct hal should detect the USB printers. In fact, I've got it listed (Debian Lenny): *** stt008:~# lpinfo -v network socket network beh file cups-pdf:/ direct hal network socket://192.168.0.49 direct hpfax network socket://192.168.0.29 network socket://192.168.0.39 direct hp network http network ipp network lpd direct parallel:/dev/lp0 direct scsi serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 serial serial:/dev/ttyS1?baud=115200 network smb *** That is, in the event you had an Epson/Canon/Brother/.../ USB printer, that printer will use the standard usb backend, not the hp one. Unless I'm wrong, HPLIP is only for HP devices. In fact, different drivers provide different quality and speed printinting output so many people have several printers added using different drivers in each of them (one hp 1200 printer instance with PostScript driver, another hp 1200 instance with hplip driver and so on...) :-) Is hplip a backend or a driver??? X-) Both, I guess. It's a bundle, a combo package that integrates itself into CUPS and provides PPD drivers *and* HP backend to communicate with HP devices (inkjet and laserjet printers and also multifunction devices -those that print/scan/copy/fax/.../make cups of coffee-). so which is 'better' or 'faster' the postscript or pxlmono? Try both and test. I find that PS drivers provide very high quality images and text but also are a bit (a lot) slow when you select higher resolutions (600/1200ppp). I guess some for some stuff and some for others. Any discussion that you have found anywhere I notice that my printer is slow at times for printing pdfs Any references that you can share? Ys. I mean, yes! :-) Complex PDFs are a hell to put into CUPS queue (it lasts minutes!). And we have here, at the office, laserjet colour printers with 96 MiB of ram but still has nothing to do with the speeds we get from the same printer when using PCL6 drivers in windows machines. PCL6 driver is faster that PS one and provides very good results, also. But in Linux, we have to use PS drivers because allows us to manage advanced printer controls (duplex, paper trays, watermarks, media sources, printer quaility levels...). And when printers have very little ram (24MiB), it becomes really slow. You are very helpful! Thank you for any more light you can share! You're welcome :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.03.16.13.01...@gmail.com
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 14 Mar 2010, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2010-03-14 22:28, Mitchell Laks wrote: On 22:05 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: 3 PCs or 3 printers? Three different pcs, each with a hp printer directly connected to it via a usb cable using cups printing. Note that cups has always been flakey for me. So I have not infrequently had to reinstall the printer driver to get it working over the years. I have used debian since 2002 or so. Before that redhat 7.3. Cups has been the opposite for me: rock stable. Since I run Sid, I'm of course constantly getting point upgrades, but as for problems: nada. My system is pretty different though: a Dell 3100cn network printer that uses some Lexmark driver. I've always found Cups a waste of time and space, I get better results, without hassles, using lprng and magicfilter. This is on a number of different printers - Kyocera, Samsung, Brother ... Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100315095505.gb1...@acampbell.org.uk
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:44:52 -0400, Mitchell Laks wrote: I have a Hp laserjet printer connected through a usb backend. I am plagued by repeated episodes of failure of the printer to print. It works for a while and then it spontaneously stops working. I reinstall the driver via the localhost:631 interface and it prints and a day later it stops working. D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] Printer stopped due to backend errors; please consult the error_log file for details. D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] End of messages D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state=5(stopped) D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state-message=/usr/ lib/cups/backend/hp failed D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state-reasons=paused E It seems you are using the hp backend and failed what left the printer in a paused status. Have you tried with usb backend? Type lpinfo -v to see the available backends for your system. Put here the output. Then, query the printer to see if it is detected in that port. As root, type: /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb And put here the output. Also, the recommended driver for your printer is pxlmono: http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_1200 [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 -0400] Unable to remove temporary file /var/spool/cups/tmp/.hplip - Is a directory E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 -0400] Unable to remove temporary file /var/spool/cups/tmp/.fontconfig - Is a directory E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm! E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt! strange I am using the recommended Postscript en driver and what is this about Kyocera? That message comes from cups-driverd a daemon that is run when you add or modify any aprinter. Do not care about that, it seems not related to the main problem. I am tempted to switch back to the parallel port connection ,,, If it's USB 1.1 you will get lower bandwith, but if there is no other choice... Side note: if you don't like the web interface, you can always add and manage your printers via command line (lpadmin, lpstast...). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.03.15.10.49...@gmail.com
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:55:05 -0400 (EDT), Anthony Campbell wrote: On 14 Mar 2010, Ron Johnson wrote: On 2010-03-14 22:28, Mitchell Laks wrote: Note that cups has always been flakey for me. So I have not infrequently had to reinstall the printer driver to get it working over the years. I have used debian since 2002 or so. Before that redhat 7.3. Cups has been the opposite for me: rock stable. Since I run Sid, I'm of course constantly getting point upgrades, but as for problems: nada. My system is pretty different though: a Dell 3100cn network printer that uses some Lexmark driver. I've always found Cups a waste of time and space, I get better results, without hassles, using lprng and magicfilter. This is on a number of different printers - Kyocera, Samsung, Brother ... CUPS has been installed by default since Etch, I think; so I try to use it. But there have been times that I have had to revert to lpr/apsfilter, which is what I used in Sarge. For example, I was trying to get an IBM Proprinter II to work. The Lenny version of CUPS did not have a driver for it. The Squeeze version of CUPS did have a driver for it, but it did not work. I had to revert to lpr/apsfilter, which did have a driver for it, and it worked fine. From there I was able to do some debugging and come up with the appropriate ghostscript command line options to convert a postscript file to IBM Proprinter II native printer language. From there, I was able to fix the broken PPD file in Squeeze, which backported to Lenny successfully as well. (I used three different computers to test the printer, moving the printer from computer to computer to minimize re-installs.) I think part of the problem may be that the CUPS people are trying to write drivers for old printers that they don't have. Therefore, they can't test them. The drivers in lpr/apsfilter were developed back in the day when these printers were much newer, and chances are the drivers were actually tested on those very printers. -- .''`. Stephen Powellzlinux...@wowway.com : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/317222427.19183911268661983605.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 10:49 Mon 15 Mar , Camaleón wrote: It seems you are using the hp backend and failed what left the printer in a paused status. Thank you. Can you explain what you mean by 'backend' vs 'driver'? I don't know what I am using. I have loaded many many cups packages, including hplip and I have no idea what I am using. I made a list of all the debian packages and included it in one of my mails. I am just blindly following 'cargo cult of cups' and setting options to control access in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and chosing Postscript recommended in localhost:631 because I know that my hp1200 or hp1300 is a postscript printer. Have you tried with usb backend? Type lpinfo -v to see the available backends for your system. Put here the output. Rashi:/home/mlaks# lpinfo -v network ipp network http network beh network lpd direct scsi direct hp:/par/HP_LaserJet_1200?device=/dev/parport0 direct hal network socket direct parallel:/dev/lp0 serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 network smb direct hpfax this is currently on the machine that I reverted to direct connection by parport parallel port. I will try to do it on the other machines tomorrow. Then, query the printer to see if it is detected in that port. As root, type: /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb here is the output /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb DEBUG: list_devices_libusb DEBUG: usb_find_busses=5 DEBUG: usb_find_devices=6 (recall I switched on this machine to the parallel port for a while) lpq here is the output HP_LaserJet_1200 is ready no entries And put here the output. Also, the recommended driver for your printer is pxlmono: http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_1200 So why does cups on my machine say Postscript en ? [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 -0400] Unable to remove temporary file /var/spool/cups/tmp/.hplip - Is a directory E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 -0400] Unable to remove temporary file /var/spool/cups/tmp/.fontconfig - Is a directory E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm! E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt! strange I am using the recommended Postscript en driver and what is this about Kyocera? That message comes from cups-driverd a daemon that is run when you add or modify any aprinter. Do not care about that, it seems not related to the main problem. I am tempted to switch back to the parallel port connection ,,, If it's USB 1.1 you will get lower bandwith, but if there is no other choice... Side note: if you don't like the web interface, you can always add and manage your printers via command line (lpadmin, lpstast...). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.03.15.10.49...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100316025945.ga16...@earthlink.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 2010-03-14 11:44, Mitchell Laks wrote: Hi, I have a Hp laserjet printer connected through a usb backend. I am plagued by repeated episodes of failure of the printer to print. It works for a while and then it spontaneously stops working. I reinstall the driver via the localhost:631 interface and it prints and a day later it stops working. D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] Printer stopped due to backend errors; please consult the error_log file for details. Dumb question: what does the error_log file say? D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] End of messages D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state=5(stopped) D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed D [14/Mar/2010:11:29:05 -0400] [Job 2806] printer-state-reasons=paused E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 -0400] Unable to remove temporary file /var/spool/cups/tmp/.hplip - Is a directory E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:52 -0400] Unable to remove temporary file /var/spool/cups/tmp/.fontconfig - Is a directory E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm! E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt! strange I am using the recommended Postscript en driver and what is this about Kyocera? I am tempted to switch back to the parallel port connection ,,, Mitchell -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms. Mike Ditka -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9d56e3.7060...@cox.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 16:36 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: Dumb question: what does the error_log file say? !!! That is from the error_log :) ls /var/log/cups/ access_log access_log.5.gz error_log.1.gz error_log.6.gz page_log.3.gz access_log.1.gz access_log.6.gz error_log.2.gz error_log.7.gz page_log.4.gz access_log.2.gz access_log.7.gz error_log.3.gz page_log page_log.5.gz access_log.3.gz access_log.O error_log.4.gz page_log.1.gz page_log.6.gz access_log.4.gz error_logerror_log.5.gz page_log.2.gz page_log.7.gz the info i quoted was the info content in the error_log E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt! from another line in the log. Note that I never owned any other printer than the HP 1200 (at work a 1300). I never had this problem with the lp0 connection. Only with the USB connection. Trouble is I have 3 machines (hp 1200 or 1300) - work/home/my parents 3 are now with usb connections. I only have one parallel connector for home, to revert to. i have the same failing driver in each place. Cups stops printing every few days and I have to reinstall the driver whenever I want to print. It is annoying to my dad who cannot print when I am not there... Bad news. strange I am using the recommended Postscript en driver and what is this about Kyocera? I am tempted to switch back to the parallel port connection ,,, Mitchell -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms. Mike Ditka -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9d56e3.7060...@cox.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100315021217.gb4...@earthlink.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 2010-03-14 21:12, Mitchell Laks wrote: On 16:36 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: Dumb question: what does the error_log file say? !!! That is from the error_log :) I wonder why the error_log would say please consult the error_log file. Very interesting. [snip] E [14/Mar/2010:11:39:54 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt! from another line in the log. Here's what my Sid system reports: $ dir /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/ total 144 drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 36864 2009-06-17 20:17:34 ./ drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 2009-03-14 08:17:14 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 de/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2009-06-17 20:17:34 en/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 es/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 fr/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 it/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4234 2009-06-16 02:21:34 kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 pt/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19596 2009-06-16 02:21:34 ReadMe.htm $ file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt: ASCII English text Note that I never owned any other printer than the HP 1200 (at work a 1300). I never had this problem with the lp0 connection. Only with the USB connection. Loose connection somewhere? Trouble is I have 3 machines (hp 1200 or 1300) - work/home/my parents 3 are now with usb connections. I only have one parallel connector for home, to revert to. i have the same failing driver in each place. Cups stops printing every few days and I have to reinstall the driver whenever I want to print. It is annoying to my dad who cannot print when I am not there... Understandable. What exactly is the printer driver you are using? hplip? -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms. Mike Ditka -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9d9a9a.1080...@cox.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
Mitchell Laks wrote: On 16:36 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: Dumb question: what does the error_log file say? !!! That is from the error_log :) ls /var/log/cups/ access_log access_log.5.gz error_log.1.gz error_log.6.gz page_log.3.gz access_log.1.gz access_log.6.gz error_log.2.gz error_log.7.gz page_log.4.gz access_log.2.gz access_log.7.gz error_log.3.gz page_log page_log.5.gz access_log.3.gz access_log.O error_log.4.gz page_log.1.gz page_log.6.gz access_log.4.gz error_logerror_log.5.gz page_log.2.gz page_log.7.gz the info i quoted was the info content in the error_log Having the same problem here with an HP 6P. This has been going on since December. Error log show what you get and then some. Getting 500 Internal Server Error from all but the admin pages so can't ever see the printer/classes, etc. E [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt! E [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_600C_Photo_Series.ppd! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_900C_Series.ppd! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_990C.ppd! -- W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_350C.ppd! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_600C_Series.ppd! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_630C.ppd! E [14/Mar/2010:20:43:43 -0400] PID 19209 (/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/jobs.cgi) crashed on signal 6! E [14/Mar/2010:20:43:50 -0400] PID 19352 (/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi) crashed on signal 6! Upgraded cups for the last time today. It great when it works but a real pain when it doesn't. Going back to lpr/magicfilter which always worked. Good luck - you are not alone anyway, if that matters. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9d9f4a.5030...@gmail.com
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 21:25 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: Here's what my Sid system reports: $ dir /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/ total 144 drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 36864 2009-06-17 20:17:34 ./ drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 2009-03-14 08:17:14 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 de/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 16384 2009-06-17 20:17:34 en/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 es/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 fr/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 it/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4234 2009-06-16 02:21:34 kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 2009-06-17 20:17:34 pt/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19596 2009-06-16 02:21:34 ReadMe.htm and here is mine ls /home/mlaks# ls /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/ -ltr total 52 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19596 Jun 16 2009 ReadMe.htm -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4234 Jun 16 2009 kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 10 00:54 pt drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 10 00:54 fr drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 10 00:54 it drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 10 00:54 es drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 10 00:54 en drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 10 00:54 de and file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt: ASCII English text Loose connection somewhere? i have had flaky printing (ie intermittent stopping of printing) on all three machines with the standard install of cups. 2 machines are running sid and my dad's is an old 4.0 install because all he needs is openoffice and internet. Understandable. What exactly is the printer driver you are using? hplip? yep i have that installed and i use Rashi:/home/mlaks# dpkg -l|grep hplip ii hplip3.10.2-1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP) ii hplip-cups 3.10.2-1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - CUPS Raster dr ii hplip-data 3.10.2-1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - data files ii hplip-doc3.10.2-1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - documentation ii hplip-gui3.10.2-1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - GUI utilities and on the sid machine I have: i cups 1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server ii cups-bsd 1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands ii cups-client 1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client progr ii cups-common 1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common files ii cups-driver-gutenprint 5.2.4-1 printer drivers for CUPS ii cups-ppdc1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD manipula ii cupsddk 1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System (transitional pack ii cupsys 1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System (transitional pack ii cupsys-bsd 1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System (transitional pack ii cupsys-client1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System (transitional pack ii cupsys-common1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System (transitional pack ii ghostscript-cups 8.71~dfsg-2 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF interpreter rc gnome-cups-manager 0.31-3+b1 CUPS printer admin tool for GNOME ii hal-cups-utils 0.6.16-3 Utilities to detect and configure printers aut ii hplip-cups 3.10.2-1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - CUPS Raster dr ii libcups2 1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Core library ii libcups2-dev 1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Development ii libcupscgi1 1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - CGI library ii libcupsdriver1 1.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Driver libra ii libcupsimage21.4.2-9.1 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Raster image ii
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 2010-03-14 21:52, Mitchell Laks wrote: On 21:25 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: Here's what my Sid system reports: [snip] and file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt: ASCII English text Loose connection somewhere? i have had flaky printing (ie intermittent stopping of printing) on all three machines with the standard install of cups. 2 machines are running sid and my dad's is an old 4.0 install because all he needs is openoffice and internet. 3 PCs or 3 printers? *Anything* physically, literally common? Even something that seems minor and inconsequential? Maybe going through a hub? Especially an un-powered or cheap hub. If there's nothing there, and it really does consistently work though the parport, then next step is to go to a cups-dedicated list. I chose the Postscript recommended option in the hp drivers section in cups... Thank you for your interest Ron, you have been very helpful in the past too! Appreciate that. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms. Mike Ditka -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9da40b.4000...@cox.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 22:45 Sun 14 Mar , Wayne wrote: Upgraded cups for the last time today. It great when it works but a real pain when it doesn't. Going back to lpr/magicfilter which always worked. If you would post about that, or give me a reference I would be grateful. I have not used anything other than cups in 8 years... Thanks Mitchell Good luck - you are not alone anyway, if that matters. Wayne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9d9f4a.5030...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100315030950.gd4...@earthlink.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 2010-03-14 21:45, Wayne wrote: Mitchell Laks wrote: On 16:36 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: Dumb question: what does the error_log file say? !!! That is from the error_log :) ls /var/log/cups/ access_log access_log.5.gz error_log.1.gz error_log.6.gz page_log.3.gz access_log.1.gz access_log.6.gz error_log.2.gz error_log.7.gz page_log.4.gz access_log.2.gz access_log.7.gz error_log.3.gz page_log page_log.5.gz access_log.3.gz access_log.O error_log.4.gz page_log.1.gz page_log.6.gz access_log.4.gz error_logerror_log.5.gz page_log.2.gz page_log.7.gz the info i quoted was the info content in the error_log Having the same problem here with an HP 6P. This has been going on since December. Error log show what you get and then some. Getting 500 Internal Server Error from all but the admin pages so can't ever see the printer/classes, etc. E [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/kyocera_ppd_8.2.txt! E [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file /usr/share/ppd/postscript/Kyocera/ReadMe.htm! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_600C_Photo_Series.ppd! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_900C_Series.ppd! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_990C.ppd! -- W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_350C.ppd! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_600C_Series.ppd! W [14/Mar/2010:20:43:21 -0400] [CGI] Missing Product in /usr/share/ppd/hp-ppd/HP/HP_DeskJet_630C.ppd! E [14/Mar/2010:20:43:43 -0400] PID 19209 (/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/jobs.cgi) crashed on signal 6! E [14/Mar/2010:20:43:50 -0400] PID 19352 (/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi) crashed on signal 6! Upgraded cups for the last time today. It great when it works but a real pain when it doesn't. Going back to lpr/magicfilter which always worked. Signal 6 is SIGABRT. I'd file a bug against hplip. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms. Mike Ditka -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9da5a0.5020...@cox.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 22:05 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: 3 PCs or 3 printers? Three different pcs, each with a hp printer directly connected to it via a usb cable using cups printing. Note that cups has always been flakey for me. So I have not infrequently had to reinstall the printer driver to get it working over the years. I have used debian since 2002 or so. Before that redhat 7.3. My guess about usb is only that, a guess . I reverted at home to the parport connection today in frustration. It may simply be accidentally that I switched to the usb version when I thought I might get greater throughput and faster printing than with the 'older' parport approach. My family is up in arms about this printing so I will need to explore this idea over the next week or so. So today after the switch my computer prints, but that is not a victory. Let me see if it keeps on printing tomorrow etc. The usb connection method printed the first day also, it just forgets how to in a day or so... I will also check to see if it is a problem caused by rebooting, Dad keeps rebooting his machine, while I do not reboot nor at work. *Anything* physically, literally common? Even something that seems minor and inconsequential? Maybe going through a hub? Especially an un-powered or cheap hub. nope. direct usb connect. If there's nothing there, and it really does consistently work though the parport, then next step is to go to a cups-dedicated list. yeah i guess so. but googling i find random notes that sound similar all over the web. I have always had a love hate thing with cups. Nice when it works, but so finicky and difficult when it doesn't. Blame apple :). Appreciate that. Keep up the good work! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100315032845.ge4...@earthlink.net
Re: hp laserjet 1200 repeated printer-state-message=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed usb
On 2010-03-14 22:28, Mitchell Laks wrote: On 22:05 Sun 14 Mar , Ron Johnson wrote: 3 PCs or 3 printers? Three different pcs, each with a hp printer directly connected to it via a usb cable using cups printing. Note that cups has always been flakey for me. So I have not infrequently had to reinstall the printer driver to get it working over the years. I have used debian since 2002 or so. Before that redhat 7.3. Cups has been the opposite for me: rock stable. Since I run Sid, I'm of course constantly getting point upgrades, but as for problems: nada. My system is pretty different though: a Dell 3100cn network printer that uses some Lexmark driver. -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given us arms. Mike Ditka -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9db300.6040...@cox.net
