Re: CUPS problem

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> >D [19/Oct/2004:03:00:32 -0700] CancelJob: id = 18
> >D [19/Oct/2004:03:00:32 -0700] StopJob: id = 18
> >D [19/Oct/2004:03:00:32 -0700] StopJob: printer state is 3
> >D [19/Oct/2004:03:00:45 -0700] NFO: Parallel port busy; will retry in 30
> >seconds...
> >D [19/Oct/2004:03:00:45 -0700] mallinfo: arena = 1841504, used = 1205088,
> >free = 636416
> >
> >Note that after it gives up on the samba printer it tries to print to the
> >parallel port - there's no printer there, so I'm not surprised that it's
> > busy.
> >
> >Any suggestions?
> >Thanks!
> >Vaughn
> >
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> From the output above it looks like it is trying to print to the
> parallel port but it cannot gain exclusive access to it?

I believe it is. But first it tries to start the samba backend, and it can't
find foomatic.

> Foomatic refers to a set of printer drivers that can be plugged into cups.
> To use my color laser printer with Linux I had to install the foomatic
> drivers for it.
> It's been a while since I've used Mandrake, but I seem to remember there
> was something called printerdrake that I used to set up the printer.
>

Sort of. It's called printtool. It's the GUI tool that wouldn't work for me
before. The Mandrake Control Center would ask for the root password, but the
printer-configuration form wouldn't let me type anything in. I tried it
again, and it appears you must be logged in as root (not just superuser) for
this thing to work. I just tried this on my other Mandrake 8 system and it
successfully created a Samba printer, which also wouldn't work. Then I
realized the CUPS would not installed on this system. Either it doesn't
check to see if CUPS or there, or it's not using CUPS.

> Is the HP deskjet connected to the win98 machine or your linux machine?
>

It's connected to the Win98 machine called pamela.

> Here are some links that might help:
> http://www.contribs.org/contribs/rvandenaker/beta/e-smith-cups/documentatio
>n/howtos/foomatic-ppds.html
> http://www.mail-archive.com/news@mandrakesoft.com/msg00225.html
> http://cups.sourceforge.net/cups-drivers.html
>
> JD

Hmm. Maybe I can find foomatic on the cups-drivers page.

Vaughn
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