USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

[dibl]

I installed 9.04 Beta on Friday, and have it configured and running great, mostly. But it looks like there's a problem with printing. I used the CUPS browser utility to set up my Epson C84, which appears to be good to go, but the test page doesn't print. At first I got a "printer doesn't seem to be connected" error, but lsusb says otherwise. After messing about re-connecting and turning it off and on, I managed to generate a python crash -- didn't capture the exact message, but that's what it was. I would guess it's a general problem with USB printers -- can anyone else confirm it?

[kjjjjshab]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

Just printed your post via USB to my Epson RX600 on JJ Beta (via UPGRADE from II + 4.2 ppa) without a problem.

[dibl]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

I think I hate you, kjjjjshab!








(not really )

[dibl]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

This is kinda weird -- from a VMWare Player Win XP VM running in 9.04, I can print a test page to the Epson C84, but from Kubuntu it won't print a CUPS test page. So, it's connected and it is seen via the USB interface to VMWare, but there's something hokey in the CUPS driver, I guess. Hmmmmmmmmmm.

[kjjjjshab]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

...Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Must be a 64-bit issue. :P

My printer was setup versions ago, so just because it works now doesn't probably mean it necessarily would if I had installed from scratch today... I think.



Blindly blaming 64-bit for problems since 2004.

[GreyGeek]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

mmm... In looking to see how I setup my Samsun ML-1210 usb laser printer connected via my Linksys wireless print server. I noticed that systemsettings did not contain the printer utility, so I checked and during all the upgrades of Januty ALPH5 the system-config-printer-kde app got deleted. I reinstalled it and "all is well in the garden" again.

Glad I caught your post.

Anyway, I used the IPP protocol using the IP of my printer, 192.168.1.99, which is fixed. I set up my wireless router to start dispensing addresses with 192.168.1.100. That way, the printer IP doesn't vary with the number and sequence of logins to the wireless router and the printer configuration is being randomly broken.

[kjjjjshab]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

...I noticed that systemsettings did not contain the printer utility, so I checked and during all the upgrades of Januty ALPH5 the system-config-printer-kde app got deleted. I reinstalled it and "all is well in the garden" again...

I have the system-config-printer-kde package installed, but I get an error from the System Settings interface... still can print though.

[krokkofant]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

I just plugged my HP805C (usb) in, and it just worked. No problem at all.

[dibl]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

The KDE 4 printer utility (which I trust far less than CUPS) gives this error upon printing a self-test page:

There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'client-error-document-format-not-supported'.

Then after a short while the "Printer 'Stylus_C84' may not be connected" message pops up. Well, such is life in Beta World, I suppose.

[GreyGeek]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

...I noticed that systemsettings did not contain the printer utility, so I checked and during all the upgrades of Januty ALPH5 the system-config-printer-kde app got deleted. I reinstalled it and "all is well in the garden" again...

I have the system-config-printer-kde package installed, but I get an error from the System Settings interface... still can print though.

Just for grins, do a COMPLETE removal of system-config-printer-kde and then reinstall it. Can't hurt.

[kubicle]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

...I noticed that systemsettings did not contain the printer utility, so I checked and during all the upgrades of Januty ALPH5 the system-config-printer-kde app got deleted. I reinstalled it and "all is well in the garden" again...

I have the system-config-printer-kde package installed, but I get an error from the System Settings interface... still can print though.

If your error is this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...e4/+bug/331192
Try reinstalling "python-qt4-dbus"

[GreyGeek]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

...I noticed that systemsettings did not contain the printer utility, so I checked and during all the upgrades of Januty ALPH5 the system-config-printer-kde app got deleted. I reinstalled it and "all is well in the garden" again...

I have the system-config-printer-kde package installed, but I get an error from the System Settings interface... still can print though.

If your error is this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...e4/+bug/331192
Try reinstalling "python-qt4-dbus"

I tried reinstalling that but it really didn't help because the error msg was "system-config-printer-kde" and then it suggested that I use apt-get to install it. I used Synaptic and the Print Utility icon re-appeared on the KDE Admin application, and was functional.

[dibl]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

Meh. Ran dist-upgrade, tried the CUPS test page, no go. Did

sudo apt-get install --reinstall python-qt4-dbus

then tried the CUPS test page again -- nada. Rebooted the system, and tried again. Nada. I think I'm waiting ....

[kjjjjshab]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

If your error is this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...e4/+bug/331192
Try reinstalling "python-qt4-dbus"

My problem has been solved with the reinstall of python-qt4-dbus. Thank you.

[kjjjjshab]

Re: USB Printer not working -- anyone else?

...Nada. I think I'm waiting ....

Does escputil tell you anything? You need the raw device name for anything interesting of course... mine is /dev/usb/lp0, so I run:

escputil -q -s -r /dev/usb/lp0

for status, ink levels, etc.