Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 15:40:29 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: al plant <noc@hdk5.net> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" <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>
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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, ...
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