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Beef

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:01 pm
Post subject: more CUPS woes; setting up a print queue with WebMin
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Well, my printer works one day, doesn't work the next.

I wonder if CUPS is the problem, or the hardware, or maybe I'm going
through a particularly bad anti-midas (i.e. "everything I touch turns to
lead") period.

So I set up a test print queue using Webmin.

Device: Parallel Port #1 (EPSON Stylus Photo 890)
Make: EPSON
Model: EPSON Stylus Photo 890 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.0-rc1(en)
Printer Test has been added succesfully

But at this moment, when I look at /etc/cups/printers.conf I see this:

<Printer Test>
Info test printer added with WebMin
Location on Epson Stylus Photo 890
DeviceURI parallel:/dev/unknown-parallel0
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>

What's going on there? Hardly surprising that nothing comes out of the
printer, with the device set up like that!
"Printer not connected; will retry in 30 seconds..."

Right. And 30 seconds later, there is still no printer on
/dev/unknown-parallel0...

Hmm...

Beef.
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:25 pm
Post subject: Re: more CUPS woes; setting up a print queue with WebMin [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:01:26 +0000, Beef wrote:

> Well, my printer works one day, doesn't work the next.
>
> I wonder if CUPS is the problem, or the hardware, or maybe I'm going
> through a particularly bad anti-midas (i.e. "everything I touch turns to
> lead") period.
>
> So I set up a test print queue using Webmin.
>
> Device: Parallel Port #1 (EPSON Stylus Photo 890)
> Make: EPSON
> Model: EPSON Stylus Photo 890 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.0-rc1(en)
> Printer Test has been added succesfully
>
> But at this moment, when I look at /etc/cups/printers.conf I see this:
>
> <Printer Test>
> Info test printer added with WebMin
> Location on Epson Stylus Photo 890
> DeviceURI parallel:/dev/unknown-parallel0
> State Idle
> Accepting Yes
> JobSheets none none
> QuotaPeriod 0
> PageLimit 0
> KLimit 0
> </Printer>
>
> What's going on there? Hardly surprising that nothing comes out of the
> printer, with the device set up like that!
> "Printer not connected; will retry in 30 seconds..."
>
> Right. And 30 seconds later, there is still no printer on
> /dev/unknown-parallel0...
>
> Hmm...
>
> Beef.

Oh, I just tried again with Mandr[ake,iva]'s own tools... no joy.

Look what it did to /etc/cups/printers.conf:

# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.23
# Written by cupsd on Tue 04 Apr 2006 21:22:15 EDT
<DefaultPrinter wtf>
Info EPSON Stylus Photo 890
Location desktop
DeviceURI beh:/1/0/30/parallel:/dev/lp0
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>

Now what on earth is that?
"DeviceURI beh:/1/0/30/parallel:/dev/lp0" ?

Needless to say, it still doesn't work!

Beef.
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Nico Kadel-Garcia

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:43 am
Post subject: Re: more CUPS woes; setting up a print queue with WebMin [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Beef wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:01:26 +0000, Beef wrote:
>
>> Well, my printer works one day, doesn't work the next.
>>
>> I wonder if CUPS is the problem, or the hardware, or maybe I'm going
>> through a particularly bad anti-midas (i.e. "everything I touch
>> turns to lead") period.
>>
>> So I set up a test print queue using Webmin.
>>
>> Device: Parallel Port #1 (EPSON Stylus Photo 890)
>> Make: EPSON
>> Model: EPSON Stylus Photo 890 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.0-rc1(en)
>> Printer Test has been added succesfully
>>
>> But at this moment, when I look at /etc/cups/printers.conf I see
>> this:
>>
>> <Printer Test>
>> Info test printer added with WebMin
>> Location on Epson Stylus Photo 890
>> DeviceURI parallel:/dev/unknown-parallel0
>> State Idle
>> Accepting Yes
>> JobSheets none none
>> QuotaPeriod 0
>> PageLimit 0
>> KLimit 0
>> </Printer>
>>
>> What's going on there? Hardly surprising that nothing comes out of
>> the printer, with the device set up like that!
>> "Printer not connected; will retry in 30 seconds..."
>>
>> Right. And 30 seconds later, there is still no printer on
>> /dev/unknown-parallel0...
>>
>> Hmm...
>>
>> Beef.
>
> Oh, I just tried again with Mandr[ake,iva]'s own tools... no joy.
>
> Look what it did to /etc/cups/printers.conf:
>
> # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.23
> # Written by cupsd on Tue 04 Apr 2006 21:22:15 EDT
> <DefaultPrinter wtf>
> Info EPSON Stylus Photo 890
> Location desktop
> DeviceURI beh:/1/0/30/parallel:/dev/lp0
> State Idle
> Accepting Yes
> JobSheets none none
> QuotaPeriod 0
> PageLimit 0
> KLimit 0
> </Printer>
>
> Now what on earth is that?
> "DeviceURI beh:/1/0/30/parallel:/dev/lp0" ?
>
> Needless to say, it still doesn't work!

CUPS configuration is a famous adventure. Look for Eric Raymond's famous
rant about it.

Does *local* printing work well? I assume it's a parallel port printer, from
the DeviceURI.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:09 am
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On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 07:43:50 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:


> CUPS configuration is a famous adventure. Look for Eric Raymond's famous
> rant about it.
>
> Does *local* printing work well? I assume it's a parallel port printer, from
> the DeviceURI.

I seem to go on an "adventure" far more often than I would like.

I started using CUPS a long time ago, because it worked quite easily when
I had two RedHat boxes, coaxial cable ethernet and an old HP LaserJet III
printer.

Then I had a single Mandrake 8.2 box and this Epson Stylus Photo 890, and
it worked OK (initial config was tricky) using the Gimp Print drivers.

Through Madrake 9 and 10 it still worked OK, more or less.

But since switching to Mandriva and the Gutenprint drivers, I've had
no end of "adventures". Sad


Beef.
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:16 pm
Post subject: Re: more CUPS woes; setting up a print queue with WebMin [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Beef" <beef.TakeThisOut@no_SPAM_here.zz> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.04.05.15.09.37.629819@no_SPAM_here.zz...
> On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 07:43:50 -0400, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>
>
>> CUPS configuration is a famous adventure. Look for Eric Raymond's famous
>> rant about it.
>>
>> Does *local* printing work well? I assume it's a parallel port printer,
>> from
>> the DeviceURI.
>
> I seem to go on an "adventure" far more often than I would like.
>
> I started using CUPS a long time ago, because it worked quite easily when
> I had two RedHat boxes, coaxial cable ethernet and an old HP LaserJet III
> printer.
>
> Then I had a single Mandrake 8.2 box and this Epson Stylus Photo 890, and
> it worked OK (initial config was tricky) using the Gimp Print drivers.
>
> Through Madrake 9 and 10 it still worked OK, more or less.
>
> But since switching to Mandriva and the Gutenprint drivers, I've had
> no end of "adventures". Sad

Perhaps this is a hint about Mandriva? I haven't had a chance to play with
it, myself.
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