Re: [SL] printing

[Bill D. <wa...@gm...>]

On 6/3/07, Stroller <lin...@my...> wrote:
> Please don't top-post in reply to a bottom-post. Top-post all you
> like if you're the first respondent to a thread and I would ask
> anyone replying to you not to bottom-post when they follow you. But
> mixing the two is more annoying and less legible than either.
>
> I've fixed it for you:
>
> On 3 Jun 2007, at 05:38, Bob Gustafson wrote:
> > On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 12:46 +0100, Stroller wrote:
> >> On 1 Jun 2007, at 22:14, Bill Dika wrote:
> >>> ...
> >>> I have cups installed.
> >>> ...
> >>> The problem is I can't print to the printer from SL. When I try to
> >>> print an invoice to the printer using either postscript or pdf, I
> >>> get
> >>> nothing. The browser seems to refresh but the printer is silent.
> >>> Nothing happens.
> >>
> >> CUPS has a web-interface which runs on port 631 - i.e. you can access
> >> it via http://localhost:631/ (by default it is only accessible from
> >> the local machines, not the network).
> >>
> >> Do the invoices show up under the "Jobs" tab of that webpage?
> >> I believe they should show as "Name: (stdin)" "User: apache".
> >
> > On my system, every once in awhile, cups has a problem. Using the
> > http://localhost:631/ gui interface, my printer appears to be printing
> > and then completes, but nothing appears on the printer (the printer
> > even
> > blinks and then stops blinking).
> >
> > I just 'stop' the printer, and restart it. Usually this fixes the
> > problem. (probably a design flaw in the printer protocol).
>
> Yes - I meant to mention in my previous post that CUPS misbehaves for
> me, too. For no apparent reason It'll often need a restart (`/etc/
> init.d/cupsd restart`), but this is sufficient to start printing again.
>
> Stroller.
>
>
>
>
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Hi Stroller:

Thanks for the reply. Sorry to take so long to get back to you.

The "print test page" option in the cups web admin interface
(localhost:631) works fine. Also I emailed myself an invoice in
postscript form and tried the following:

cat ./invoice_1.ps | lpr -Php_lj_1020

and the invoice printed out perfectly.

I tried a cups restart but it didn't make any difference in trying to
print from SL.

I am using SL 2.8.4.

Thanks.

Bill Dika