Printing Problems (2nd request)

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Thu Dec 16 15:54:14 UTC 2004


Joseph McCrary wrote:
> Please help. If I cannot fix this printing problem, I will have to 
> abandon Linux for the hated world of Windoze!!!
> 
> Two weeks ago, I no longer could send a document to either printer. I've 
> got two printers connected, both of which used to work fine. One is a 
> Canon S600 connected to a USB port. The other is a HP LJ 6MP connected 
> through my local network. Both worked fine previously.
> 
> Whenever I try to print from a program (e.g., Firefox), the only printer 
> available is the PostScript default. Previously, both printers were 
> listed, with the HP as the default printer.
> 
> When I try to print a test page, I get this error:
> 
> lpr: error - unable to print file: server-error-service-unavailable

What's the output of:

$ lpstat -t
$ /sbin/service cups status

Paul.




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