CUPS error: "lpr: error - unable to print file: client-error-not-found"

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 01:15 +0200, Colin Brace wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> My printer spontaneously stopped working. Printing a test page from
> printer configuration returns this error message:
> 
> "lpr: error - unable to print file: client-error-not-found"
> 
> I tried deleting and recreating the printer profile, even removing
> cups with rpm -e --nodeps and reinstalling it with yum to no avail.
> 
> A Google search returns various hits, including a post on this list
> from last August,
> <https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-August/msg00362.html>,
> but nowhere a clear answer.
> 
> No, it is not a firewall issue; the printer is connected locally and I
> don't have iptables running.
> 
> Suggestions anyone?
> 
> I am running FC5, the printer is a Lexmark USB
> 
Well some random thoughts. Mixing system-config-printer and cups web
interface is a disaster in my experience.

cups has some problems with local printers. Does your machine also print
to other printers on the network, If so local printing is a little
tricky. Let me know if that is the case let me know and I can help with
this.

cups is really better with HP printers so sometimes non-HP printers are
a problem.

If you are using cups printing then the default printer should be set by
the lpoptions command although this is user specific rather than machine
specific which is a pain.
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Aaron Konstam   
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