Re: CUPS sudden refuses to print after previously working fine - SOLVED
On 02 Mar 2020, Vincenzo Nicosia wrote: > On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 10:50:53AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > [cut] > > > > > > > Well, I finally "solved" the problem by the simple expedient of just > > deleting the printer in Cups and reinstalling it from scratch. It > > then worked perfectly without doing anything else. Here is the > > resulting /etc/cups/printers.conf: > > > > # Printer configuration file for CUPS v2.3.1 > > # Written by cupsd on 2020-03-02 09:54 > > # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING > > NextPrinterId 3 > > > > PrinterId 2 > > UUID urn:uuid:795e4424-0458-3f6d-413a-1669af7e997e > > Info Brother HL-5350DN series > > Location > > MakeModel Brother HL-5350DN BR-Script3 > > DeviceURI lpd://brother/BINARY_P1 > > It was not just about "turn it off and on again" :) In your previous > configuration file you had the printer on "socket://" without a port > specified. Now it's configured as an lpd spooler. So there is an > important difference there ;) > > (just to reaffirm that re-staring, re-booting, re-configuring, > re-whatevering do no magic on their own :P). > > HTH > Yes, I'd earlier deleted and reinstalled cups, which I'd assumed would automatically involve reinstalling the printer, but evidently not. The reason for the "socket://" stuff in the previous configuration file was that this seemed to be necssary in my two laptops (running -release) so I tried it in the desktop (-current) as well. After successfully deleting/reinstallin the printer on the desktop this morning I did the same on the laptops and in both cases the printer now works perfectly with lpd on those as well. The only explanation I can think of is that last night I'd changed the printer's IP address from dhcpd to fixed, as suggested by someone on another list. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttps://www.acampbell.uk
Re: CUPS sudden refuses to print after previously working fine - SOLVED
On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 10:50:53AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: [cut] > > > Well, I finally "solved" the problem by the simple expedient of just > deleting the printer in Cups and reinstalling it from scratch. It > then worked perfectly without doing anything else. Here is the > resulting /etc/cups/printers.conf: > > # Printer configuration file for CUPS v2.3.1 > # Written by cupsd on 2020-03-02 09:54 > # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING > NextPrinterId 3 > > PrinterId 2 > UUID urn:uuid:795e4424-0458-3f6d-413a-1669af7e997e > Info Brother HL-5350DN series > Location > MakeModel Brother HL-5350DN BR-Script3 > DeviceURI lpd://brother/BINARY_P1 It was not just about "turn it off and on again" :) In your previous configuration file you had the printer on "socket://" without a port specified. Now it's configured as an lpd spooler. So there is an important difference there ;) (just to reaffirm that re-staring, re-booting, re-configuring, re-whatevering do no magic on their own :P). HTH
Re: CUPS sudden refuses to print after previously working fine - SOLVED
On 01 Mar 2020, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 28 Feb 2020, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 08:28:52AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > I have a networked Brother-HL5350DN printer which has worked fine > > > with CUPS for over a year. Two days ago it suddenly refused to > > > print on my desktop running -current I reconfigured the printer > > > several times without effect. Well, I finally "solved" the problem by the simple expedient of just deleting the printer in Cups and reinstalling it from scratch. It then worked perfectly without doing anything else. Here is the resulting /etc/cups/printers.conf: # Printer configuration file for CUPS v2.3.1 # Written by cupsd on 2020-03-02 09:54 # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING NextPrinterId 3 PrinterId 2 UUID urn:uuid:795e4424-0458-3f6d-413a-1669af7e997e Info Brother HL-5350DN series Location MakeModel Brother HL-5350DN BR-Script3 DeviceURI lpd://brother/BINARY_P1 State Idle StateTime 1583142812 ConfigTime 1583142501 Type 8433748 Accepting Yes Shared No JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy stop-printer Attribute marker-colors \#00,#00,#00 Attribute marker-levels -1,-1,54 Attribute marker-names Black Toner Cartridge,Black Toner Cartridge,Drum Unit Attribute marker-types toner,toner,opc Attribute marker-change-time 1583142812 ~ -- -- Anthony Campbellhttps://www.acampbell.uk
Re: CUPS sudden refuses to print after previously working fine
On 28 Feb 2020, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 08:28:52AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I have a networked Brother-HL5350DN printer which has worked fine > > with CUPS for over a year. Two days ago it suddenly refused to > > print on my desktop running -current I reconfigured the printer > > several times without effect. > > > > I then set up CUPS on a laptop running -release. It also failed. In > > both cases the printer appears on screen and I can queue jobs for > > printing as normal but they don't print. The printer itself is > > working normally from my wife's computer. I cam ping the printer > > without difficulty. > > > > I turned on debug and found this: > > [Job 30] Unable to locate printer \"BRN001BA92DB44A\" > > > > I'm mystified. Whenever I've set up the printer in CUPS previously > > it has always worked. The only clue I found was on Arch Linux where > > they talk about needing to set up avahi jn such cases, but I don't > > know if that is relevant here. > > > > Any ideas gratefully received. > > Can you share your configuration? > If it's a network printer, it could be that cups is trying to connect to your > printer using avahi which doesn't work on OpenBSD. You must make sure you > configure your printer using hostname or IP. I don't have any avahi daemon running. I have a static address for the printer. Here is my latest config file: # Printer configuration file for CUPS v2.3.1 # Written by cupsd on 2020-03-01 10:32 # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING NextPrinterId 2 PrinterId 1 UUID urn:uuid:a7dada8a-a537-3188-7c98-35ec7bf5bccf Info Brother_HL-5350DN_series Location MakeModel Brother HL-5350DN Foomatic/Postscript DeviceURI socket://192.168.1.83 State Idle StateTime 1583058733 ConfigTime 1583058632 Type 8433684 Accepting Yes Shared No JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy stop-printer Attribute marker-colors \#00,#00,#00 Attribute marker-levels -1,-1,54 Attribute marker-names Black Toner Cartridge,Black Toner Cartridge,Drum Unit Attribute marker-types toner,toner,opc Attribute marker-change-time 1583058733 -- Anthony Campbellhttps://www.acampbell.uk
Re: CUPS sudden refuses to print after previously working fine
On 28 Feb 2020, Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 08:28:52AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > I have a networked Brother-HL5350DN printer which has worked fine > > with CUPS for over a year. Two days ago it suddenly refused to > > print on my desktop running -current I reconfigured the printer > > several times without effect. > > > > I then set up CUPS on a laptop running -release. It also failed. In > > both cases the printer appears on screen and I can queue jobs for > > printing as normal but they don't print. The printer itself is > > working normally from my wife's computer. I cam ping the printer > > without difficulty. > > > > I turned on debug and found this: > > [Job 30] Unable to locate printer \"BRN001BA92DB44A\" > > > > I'm mystified. Whenever I've set up the printer in CUPS previously > > it has always worked. The only clue I found was on Arch Linux where > > they talk about needing to set up avahi jn such cases, but I don't > > know if that is relevant here. > > > > Any ideas gratefully received. > > Can you share your configuration? > If it's a network printer, it could be that cups is trying to connect to your > printer using avahi which doesn't work on OpenBSD. You must make sure you > configure your printer using hostname or IP. > > -- > Antoine > > Thanks Antoine. I've now got Cups working on my laptop, by setting socket://. This is not yet working on my Desktop (-current) although the "printer not found" error no longer appears. I'm not sure which configuration I should post here - some of the files in /etc/cups? It's occurred to me that the problem on the desktop may have happened because on a couple of occasions recently after an upgrade I was unable to make the requested deletions (they disappared from the screen before I could do it). Tomorrow I'll try reinstalling Cups from scratch in case that fixes it. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttps://www.acampbell.uk
Re: CUPS sudden refuses to print after previously working fine
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 08:28:52AM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I have a networked Brother-HL5350DN printer which has worked fine > with CUPS for over a year. Two days ago it suddenly refused to > print on my desktop running -current I reconfigured the printer > several times without effect. > > I then set up CUPS on a laptop running -release. It also failed. In > both cases the printer appears on screen and I can queue jobs for > printing as normal but they don't print. The printer itself is > working normally from my wife's computer. I cam ping the printer > without difficulty. > > I turned on debug and found this: > [Job 30] Unable to locate printer \"BRN001BA92DB44A\" > > I'm mystified. Whenever I've set up the printer in CUPS previously > it has always worked. The only clue I found was on Arch Linux where > they talk about needing to set up avahi jn such cases, but I don't > know if that is relevant here. > > Any ideas gratefully received. Can you share your configuration? If it's a network printer, it could be that cups is trying to connect to your printer using avahi which doesn't work on OpenBSD. You must make sure you configure your printer using hostname or IP. -- Antoine
CUPS sudden refuses to print after previously working fine
I have a networked Brother-HL5350DN printer which has worked fine with CUPS for over a year. Two days ago it suddenly refused to print on my desktop running -current I reconfigured the printer several times without effect. I then set up CUPS on a laptop running -release. It also failed. In both cases the printer appears on screen and I can queue jobs for printing as normal but they don't print. The printer itself is working normally from my wife's computer. I cam ping the printer without difficulty. I turned on debug and found this: [Job 30] Unable to locate printer \"BRN001BA92DB44A\" I'm mystified. Whenever I've set up the printer in CUPS previously it has always worked. The only clue I found was on Arch Linux where they talk about needing to set up avahi jn such cases, but I don't know if that is relevant here. Any ideas gratefully received. Anthony -- Anthony Campbellhttps://www.acampbell.uk
