printer stopped printing

[Michael]

okay... I got all of the queues cleared (the ones in CUPS and the ones in
the system tray) but CUPS still says it is paused (I can't get help from
the mint forums, my password doesn't work and each time I reset it the new
one isn't recognized).

On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 8:34 PM Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> was that  typo? I can print to it from another computer
>
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 8:32 PM Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
>
>> Because CUPS is saying queue is paused.  The queue doesn't get paused
>> from printer errors, only from pausing it.
>> The other piece of evidence that the printer is fine is that he can't
>> print to it from another computer.
>>
>> Brian Cluff
>>
>> On 9/11/19 4:55 PM, Harold Hartley wrote:
>>
>> Why wouldn’t it be the printer. The queue paused because it detected a
>> problem on the printer hardware.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 11, 2019, at 16:43, Brian Cluff wrote:
>>
>> I'm sure it's not your printer. You print queue is paused, and it needs
>> to be resumed so that it will send print jobs to your printer again.
>>
>> Brian Cluff
>>
>> On 9/11/19 4:29 PM, Michael wrote:
>> > really? what did you clean and what with?
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 7:28 PM Harold Hartley <wheelie207 at ownmail.net>
>> <wheelie207 at ownmail.net> wrote:
>> >> I remember having the same problem at one time. Found out it was my
>> printer that had the problem. Found my ink cartridge wasn’t working and
>> ended up cleaning it and put it in and restarted my printer and worked fine.
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Sep 11, 2019, at 16:12, Brian Cluff wrote:
>> >>> OK.. you need to resume your print queue. Until you do all the print
>> queue will do will queue up jobs, but they will never print. Once the print
>> queue is resumed anything that is in the queue will start to print.
>> >>>
>> >>> I can't remember which desktop you are running, but on KDE you can
>> pause/resume the queue by clicking on the list double bar or triangle on
>> the right side of the name of the printer when you click the little printer
>> icon in the system tray. Wherever it is, it must be easily clickable,
>> because you probably accidentally clicked it at some point.
>> >>>
>> >>> Brian Cluff
>> >>>
>> >>> On 9/11/19 10:28 AM, Michael wrote:
>> >>> > CUPS says the printer is paused
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 12:38 PM Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com>
>> <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
>> >>> >> Go to this URL and click on the name of the printer that isn't
>> printing and look to see if there is an error showing. I've found that CUPS
>> is VERY good at telling you about what is wrong.
>> >>> >> http://127.0.0.1:631/printers/
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Brian Cluff
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> On 9/11/19 5:40 AM, Michael wrote:
>> >>> >>> it does scan though. any ideas why this would be the case?
>> >>> >>>
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