From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Nov 7 14:40:38 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94BA2A28A3C for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2015 14:40:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 59A8D11D4 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2015 14:40:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-13-119.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.13.119]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8DECD3CCCD; Sat, 7 Nov 2015 15:40:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id tA7EeTw3001996; Sat, 7 Nov 2015 15:40:29 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 15:40:29 +0100 From: Polytropon To: al plant Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: Aps filter printer stopped working. Message-Id: <20151107154029.42685086.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <563D5825.1050900@hdk5.net> References: <563D5825.1050900@hdk5.net> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2015 14:40:38 -0000 On Fri, 06 Nov 2015 15:47:17 -1000, al plant wrote: > Aloha list , > > I have a HP Laser jet 1100 working for 10 plus years no problem. Just > changed out a power cable on printer Free BSD 8 printer box . > It stopped working now. Tried several parts swaps . APS Filter software > gives me. error "1 entry in spool area". "Waiting for lp to become > ready (off line)" Only 2nd time I ever had a problem with this box. I > cant recall what causes this error. This doesn't look like a printer filter error, but more like a spool error. Can you provide the output of "lpq" for that printer queue (including the printer status), as well as the recent entries in /var/log/lpd-errs? Additionally, which printer spooler do you use - the one provided by the OS (lpr), or the common 3rd party CUPS? (I assume it's lpr, but still the question is valid.) > APS is from Andreas Klemm in Germany. Correct. I've been using apsfilter for many many years with laser printers and dotmatrix printers (yes, I actually need those "museum pieces" for work). Then suddenly Opera required CUPS for printing, as did other applications, so I moved to CUPS, and things stopped working. :-) > This is a network printer for 3 boxes. Any ideas would be a help. Check the printer settings on its panel as well: Make sure it can be reached (usually "ping" will show, and its name must be in "arp -a"). Also have a look at the printer ports and its "personality". I'm using a HP Laserjet 4000 DN here for almost 10 years, it's the successor of a very successful HP Laserjet 4 that worked successfully for 15 years. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...