my printer keeps printing blank pages

[hicham]

On 4/27/05, Alexander Apprich <a.apprich at science-computing.de> wrote:
> Hicham,
> 
> hicham wrote:
> > On 4/27/05, Alexander Apprich <a.apprich at science-computing.de> wrote:
> >
> >>Hicham,
> >>
> >>hicham wrote:
> >>
> >>>Hello
> >>>   I have been getting trouble  printing a few weeks ago a pdf file
> >>>with acrobat reader.
> >>>and now , each time I feed a blank page to the printer ( HP laserjet
> >>>110 ) , it prints me a blank page
> >>>  any idea how to solve this ?
> >>
> >>Try a different postscript level ( e.g 1, 2 or 3), that should help...
> >>
> >>
> >>>  Thanks
> >>>
> >>>hicham.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Alex
> >>
> >
> > Thanks Alex for replying
> > the problem I 'm having , is that each time I start cups service, it
> > prints me some jobs kept memorized somewhere ( that I've got trouble
> > to print in the past ),
> 
> Even on reboot??
yes even on reboot 

> > looking at http://127.0.0.1:631/jobs, shows no active jobs
> >
> > lpq command gives me:
> > printer is ready
> > no entries
> 
> check /var/spool/cups and /var/spool/lpd maybe there is something
> leftover
ls  /var/spool/cups/ shows a bench of files c000... 
shoud i  delete them ? 

> 
> also, what does your printers.conf look lik
#
# "$Id: printers.conf,v 1.14 2004/02/25 20:15:27 mike Exp $"
#
#   Sample printer configuration file for the Common UNIX Printing System
#   (CUPS) scheduler.
#
#   Copyright 1997-2004 by Easy Software Products, all rights reserved.
#
#   These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the
#   property of Easy Software Products and are protected by Federal
#   copyright law.  Distribution and use rights are outlined in the file
#   "LICENSE.txt" which should have been included with this file.  If this
#   file is missing or damaged please contact Easy Software Products
#   at:
#
#       Attn: CUPS Licensing Information
#       Easy Software Products
#       44141 Airport View Drive, Suite 204
#       Hollywood, Maryland 20636-3111 USA
#
#       Voice: (301) 373-9603
#       EMail: cups-info at cups.org
#         WWW: http://www.cups.org
#

########################################################################
#                                                                      #
# This is a sample printer configuration file.  This file is included  #
# from the main configuration file (cups.conf) and lists all of the    #
# printers known to the system.                                        #
#                                                                      #
########################################################################

#
# Each printer starts with a <Printer name> definition.  Printer names
# can be up to 128 characters in length and are *not* case sensitive.
#
# One <DefaultPrinter name> entry can appear in this file; if you don't
# define a default destination, the first printer or class becomes the
# default.
#

#<Printer sample>
#
# Info: the description for the printer.
#

#Info Acme LaserPrint 1000

#
# Location: the location of the printer.
#

#Location Room 101 in the activities building

#
# DeviceURI: the device URI for this printer.
#

#DeviceURI parallel:/dev/plp
#DeviceURI serial:/dev/ttyd1?baud=38400+size=8+parity=none+flow=soft
#DeviceURI scsi:/dev/scsi/sc1d6l0
#DeviceURI socket://hostname:port
#DeviceURI tftp://hostname/path
#DeviceURI ftp://hostname/path
#DeviceURI http://hostname[:port]/path
#DeviceURI ipp://hostname/path
#DeviceURI smb://hostname/printer

#
# State: sets the initial state of the printer.  Can be one of the
# following:
#
#     Idle    - Printer is available to print new jobs.
#     Stopped - Printer is disabled but accepting new jobs.
#

#State Idle

#
# StateMessage: sets the printer-state-message attribute for the printer.
#

#StateMessage Printer is idle.

#
# Accepting: is the printer accepting jobs?
#
#Accepting Yes
#Accepting No

#</Printer>

#
# End of "$Id: printers.conf,v 1.14 2004/02/25 20:15:27 mike Exp $".
#
<DefaultPrinter printer>
Info Created by redhat-config-printer 0.6.x
DeviceURI parallel:/dev/lp0
Location HP laserjet 1100
State Idle
Accepting Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
</Printer>