Cups crap

[Jeff Vian]

Powell, James F CONT wrote:

>Just a little more Info:
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>I've had some time this afternoon, so I set up the printer in a number of different ways:  SMB, JetDirect and IPP, all produced the same result, blank paper coming from the printer.  I don't know if this information might point someone in a direction that will help me troubleshoot this or not, but there it is.
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>Jim Powell
>L3 Communications GSI
>Senior Scientist/Engineer
>AV-8B Weapons Integration
>james.f.powell at navy.mil <mailto:james.f.powell at navy.mil>
>(760)939-9089
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Obviously the printer is getting the output, but the output is 
corrupted.  Communications are working but drivers are not.

I would try  different drivers (aka filters) to see if something works 
better, and if not (or even if you get it to work but with different 
drivers) then submit a bugzilla with information about your config.

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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
>>[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Powell, 
>>James F CONT
>>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 14:29
>>To: For users of Fedora Core releases
>>Subject: RE: Cups crap
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>>>At 11:42 6/10/2004, Powell, James F CONT wrote:
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>>>>OK, I have 2 networked printers in this office, both HP Color 
>>>>LaserJets.  One is a 4500 and one is a 4550.  I'm using both 
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>>>of them via 
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>>>>JetDirect (which worked in FC1 without any modifications).  
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>>>They both are 
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>>>>maxed out in memory and have duplex units.  Upon upgrading 
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>>>to FC2, both 
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>>>>still are accessed, but only blank sheets of paper come out 
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>>>regardless of 
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>>>>what type of document I send to them.
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>>>Is the JetDirect card internal? Or is it an external 
>>>printserver? 
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>>It is an internal card in the printers.
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>>>Which URL 
>>>or address are you using to print to the printers? 
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>>I'm using the physical IP address of each of them, in this 
>>case Cubicle has an IP of 129.131.45.12.
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>>>Does CUPS actually claim 
>>>to support them? If so, with which drivers or methods? 
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>>When you go through the printer setup, there are Drivers 
>>listed for both of the printers in the setup, so I hope that 
>>CUPS supports them.  I included the 4550 in this message, as 
>>it is the only one included in the machine I can get to from 
>>this machine.
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>>>Can you post the 
>>>relevant sections of the config files? 
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>><Location /printers/Cubicle>
>>Order Deny,Allow
>>Deny From All
>>Allow From 127.0.0.1
>>AuthType None
>></Location>
>><Location />
>>Order Deny,Allow
>>Deny From All
>>Allow From 127.0.0.1
>></Location>
>>Browsing On
>>BrowseProtocols cups
>>BrowseOrder Deny,Allow
>>BrowseAllow from @LOCAL
>>Listen 127.0.0.1:631
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>>>Are there any errors in the logs?
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>>Nope, CUPS seems to think it did it's job, and at least paper 
>>came out.
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>>>Can you print to those networked printers from an FC1 box? 
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>>Yes, no problems except it is only black and white (no 
>>color), which I can deal with, I rarely need color anyway.
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>>>Are there *any* 
>>>visible differences in the configurations between FC1 and FC2?
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>>Nothing that is obvious.
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>>>DETAILS!!! <grin> It is impossible to troubleshoot anything 
>>>without lots of details. 
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>>Sorry, I should know not to do this type of thing while I'm 
>>working on the aircraft, not enough time to really think 
>>about what you need.
>>
>>Jim Powell
>>L3 Communications GSI
>>Senior Scientist/Engineer
>>AV-8B Weapons Integration
>>james.f.powell at navy.mil <mailto:james.f.powell at navy.mil>
>>(760)939-9089
>>
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