Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:27:19 -0700 From: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: printer woes Message-ID: <5317C0E7.5010105@dreamchaser.org>
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Returned from being out a month, booted up, turned on printers...
printers are sitting on network at dedicated ip addrs.
When I try to print something from gimp using gutenprint,
it generates the print data and control files in the spool directory
(cf..., df...)
However, the printer never wakes up and does anything.
lpd is running, and the lock file indicates the pid of one of the lpd processes
There is an errs.xxxxxx file which is empty (how is this used??)
status file has a message from when I set it and it never seems to change
Any ideas why the lpd process isn't doing anything?
cups is installed and cupsd is running,
although it's my understanding gutenprint from gimp bypasses cups;
nothing shows up in the cups queues, no surprise there.
The gutenprint dialog shows three printers:
Printer
HP 8500
epson3880
Attempting to print to the hp or epson fails;
printing to Printer prints fine to the hp8500,
which is the first printer listed in /etc/printcap
epson attempts leave the cf and df files in the printer's spool directory,
with no errors listed in /var/log/lpd-errs
hp attempts leave no cf or df files in the printer's spool directory,
and the following lines show up in the printer-specific error log:
GPL Ghostscript 9.06: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
(repeated 5 times)
and the following in /var/log/lpd-errs:
Mar 5 17:10:30 breakaway lpd[19654]: lp: lost connection
Mar 5 17:10:30 breakaway lpd[19654]: restarting lp
(repeat previous two 3 more times)
Mar 5 17:10:30 breakaway lpd[19654]: lp: lost connection
Mar 5 17:10:30 breakaway lpd[19654]: lp: job could not be sent to remote
host (cfA514breakaway.dreamchaser.org)
Mar 5 17:10:30 breakaway lpd[19654]: mail sent to user garya about job
<unknown> on printer lp (FATALERR)
Print commands in the gutenprint dialog are as follows:
Printer lp -s
Printer Queue:(Default Printer)
HP 8500 lp -s -d 'HP_Officejet_Pro_8500_A909g' -oraw
Printer Queue:HP_Officejet_Pro_8500_A909g
epson3880 lp -s -d 'Epson_Stylus_Pro_3880' -oraw
Printer Queue:Epson_Stylus_Pro_3880
If I select the hp or epson printer and set its print cmds and que to
match those of "Printer", I still get errors and no output.
arrgh!
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