Public bug reported: With a parallel Samsung ML-4500 series printer, plugged in to a Dell Dimension 1100, running up-to-date feisty, when I try to print the first time, data is sent, and the printer data light flashes, but nothing further happens and the print queue doesn't change. From then until the next restart, the printer light continues to flash, and if I try to uninstall and reinstall the driver within the same session as a print attempt, lpt1 no longer shows as an option. The port is set to EPP from the bios.
~$ lsmod | grep lp lp 11332 2 parport 35272 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc ~$ dmesg | grep par [ 9.626532] Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware [ 9.696987] PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0 [ 45.131075] parport: PnPBIOS parport detected. [ 45.131129] parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, using FIFO [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP] [ 45.235081] parport0: Printer, Samsung ML-4500 [ 46.047885] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). [ 64.036499] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver [ 122.498706] ppdev0: registered pardevice [ 122.530339] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice [ 122.627079] ppdev0: registered pardevice [ 122.658212] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice [ 141.399121] ppdev0: registered pardevice [ 141.419001] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice [ 141.624140] ppdev0: registered pardevice [ 141.654474] ppdev0: unregistered pardevice ~$ lpinfo -v network socket network beh network bluetooth direct hpfax direct hp network http network ipp network lpd direct scsi serial serial:/dev/ttyS0?baud=115200 network smb and printingbuginfo -l gives: ProblemType: printingbuginfo v2.0: printingbug+locallpt (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrintingBugInfoScript) CupsConfiguredDevices: device for ML-4500: parallel:/dev/lp0 CupsConfiguredPPDs: ML-4500: Samsung ML-4500 Foomatic/gdi (recommended) Date: Mon Aug 27 15:54:03 2007 DesktopEnvironment: GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04 EtcPapersize: a4 InstalledPrintingPackages: ii cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu8 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server ii cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2 printer drivers for CUPS ii foo2zjs 20061224-0ubuntu3 Support for printing to ZjStream-based printers ii foomatic-db 20070327-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - database ii foomatic-db-engine 3.0.2-20070303-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - programs ii foomatic-db-gimp-print 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2 OpenPrinting printer support - database for Gimp-Print printer d ii foomatic-db-gutenprint 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2 OpenPrinting printer support - database for Gutenprint printer d ii foomatic-db-hpijs 20070327-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - database for HPIJS driver ii foomatic-filters 3.0.2-20070323-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - filters ii gnome-cups-manager 0.31-3ubuntu5 CUPS printer admin tool for GNOME ii gs-common 0.3.11ubuntu1 Common files for different Ghostscript releases ii gs-esp 8.15.4.dfsg.1-0ubuntu1 The Ghostscript PostScript interpreter - ESP version ii gs-esp-x 8.15.4.dfsg.1-0ubuntu1 The Ghostscript PostScript interpreter - ESP version ii gs-gpl 8.54.dfsg.1-5build1 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript interpreter ii hpijs 2.7.2+1.7.3-0ubuntu1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJS driver (hpijs) ii hplip 1.7.3-0ubuntu1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP) ii ijsgutenprint 5.0.0.99.1-0ubuntu2 inkjet server - Ghostscript driver for Gutenprint ii libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.18.0-0ubuntu1 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture - runtime files ii min12xxw 0.0.9-1build1 Printer driver for KonicaMinolta PagePro 1[234]xxW ii openprinting-ppds 20070327-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - PostScript PPD files ii pnm2ppa 1.12-16 PPM to PPA converter Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8 LptPrinterDevices: crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Aug 27 15:44 /dev/lp0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 0 Aug 27 15:44 /dev/parport0 LptPrinterIEEE1284Id: /dev/parport0: CLASS:PRINTER; MODEL:ML-4500; MANUFACTURER:Samsung; COMMAND SET:GDI; LptPrinterKernelModules: ppdev 9220 0 lp 11332 2 parport 35272 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc Uname: Linux me 2.6.20-16-386 #2 Thu Jun 7 20:16:13 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- parallel printing fails and clogs port https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/135079 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
