Print problems FC7

[Aaron Konstam]

On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 09:09 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 10:10 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
> >   
> >> Since updates yesterday including the latest kernel my printer is off 
> >> line,I have tried the following without success
> >>
> >> [david at reddwarf ~]$ sudo /usr/share/hplip/setup
> >>
> >> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.4a)
> >> Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 4.5
> >>
> >> Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
> >> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> >> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
> >> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
> >>
> >> error: hplip-gui not installed.  GUI not available. Exiting.
> >> error: PyQt init failed. Reverting to interactive mode.
> >> error: No devices found.
> >> error: Error occured during interactive mode. Exiting.
> >>
> >> [david at reddwarf ~]$ /usr/share/hplip/probe
> >>
> >> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.4a)
> >> Printer Discovery Utility ver. 3.2
> >>
> >> Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
> >> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> >> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
> >> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
> >>
> >> warning: No devices found on the 'usb' bus. If this isn't the result you 
> >> are expecting,
> >> warning: check to make sure your devices are properly connected and 
> >> powered on.
> >>
> >> Restarting "service hplip restart" worked but 'print screen' gives me 
> >> nothing.
> >>
> >>  What do I need to do now please
> >> does the
> >>  Thanks   david
> >>  
> >>     
> > I need an explanation of off-line. What does the cups web pages say
> > about the printer? Does it indicate that you can start the printer? If
> > it does then start the printer. That worked for me.

> >   
> Aaron this from cups web page'
> 
> *Printer State:* stopped, accepting jobs, published
> 
> By off-line I mean the printer is not recieving any jobs
> 
> Thanks   david
> 
I am still confused. When I get the message printer off-line it means
the printer is stopped. In the cups web pages for the printer I click on
start printer and it is no longer off-line.

That seems to me what cups is saying to you about your printer.




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