Re: [SLUG] Re: Printer problem in Ubuntu

2011-07-10 Thread Heracles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, The problem seems to have righted itself after the latest updates from Ubuntu. Thanks to all those who replied. I now know a whole lot more about cups. Heracles On 16/06/11 18:55, Richard Ibbotson wrote: On Thursday 16 June 2011 00:04:25

[SLUG] Re: Printer problem in Ubuntu

2011-06-16 Thread Richard Ibbotson
On Thursday 16 June 2011 00:04:25 Heracles wrote: It is an HP P1005 Laserjet. As it worked in 11.04 loses the settings etc. each time it is restarted whereas 10.10 did not, I believe it is a problem in 11.04. I'm considering going back to 10.10.

Re: [SLUG] Re: Printer problem in Ubuntu

2011-06-16 Thread Heracles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 16/06/11 18:55, Richard Ibbotson wrote: On Thursday 16 June 2011 00:04:25 Heracles wrote: It is an HP P1005 Laserjet. As it worked in 11.04 loses the settings etc. each time it is restarted whereas 10.10 did not, I believe it is a problem in

[SLUG] Re: Printer problem in Ubuntu

2011-06-16 Thread Richard Ibbotson
On Thursday 16 June 2011 11:03:27 Heracles wrote: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=644041 http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-LaserJet_1005 Thanks for the info. I have discovered that just downloading the required plugin each time I start the computer solves the problem

[SLUG] Re: Printer problem in Ubuntu

2011-06-15 Thread Richard Ibbotson
On Wednesday 15 June 2011 08:20:32 Heracles wrote: I have this printer attached to my computer via USB. Using Ubuntu 10.10 it worked fine. I have now installed 11.04 and the only way I can get it to work is to completely remove it each time I start my PC and reinstall it (including

Re: [SLUG] Re: Printer problem in Ubuntu

2011-06-15 Thread Heracles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 15/06/11 18:11, Richard Ibbotson wrote: On Wednesday 15 June 2011 08:20:32 Heracles wrote: I have this printer attached to my computer via USB. Using Ubuntu 10.10 it worked fine. I have now installed 11.04 and the only way I can get it to work

Re: [SLUG] Re: Printer problem in Ubuntu

2011-06-15 Thread Troy Rollo
On Thursday 16 June 2011 00:04:25 Heracles wrote: It is an HP P1005 Laserjet. As it worked in 11.04 loses the settings etc. each time it is restarted whereas 10.10 did not, I believe it is a problem in 11.04. I'm considering going back to 10.10. Have you tried restarting cups? (sudo sh

Re: [SLUG] Re: Printer problem in Ubuntu

2011-06-15 Thread Heracles
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 16/06/11 01:21, Troy Rollo wrote: On Thursday 16 June 2011 00:04:25 Heracles wrote: It is an HP P1005 Laserjet. As it worked in 11.04 loses the settings etc. each time it is restarted whereas 10.10 did not, I believe it is a problem

Re: [SLUG] Re: Printer problem in Ubuntu

2011-06-15 Thread Troy Rollo
On Thursday 16 June 2011 15:07:10 Heracles wrote: Thanks Troy, I tried that but no luck. I have copied the cups log for the relevant period. It seems OK but still no printout without starting from scratch again. The standard CUPS logs are useless for troubleshooting. Try turning on