[olug] Re: [Wftl-lug] Newbie Help Requested Lexmark/HP printer help inSUSE 9.1

[Charles Bird]

Hmmm.... 
  I guess I'd remove cups and install again. Like I said 
at work earlier today, sometimes its just a bit of the 
PFM. 
   
 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> 
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:18:31 -0700 (PDT) 
To: The WFTL LUG <wftl-lug at salmar.com>, olug at olug.org 
Subject: [olug] Re: [Wftl-lug] Newbie Help Requested 
Lexmark/HP printer help inSUSE 9.1 
 
> Nothing in /mnt 
>  
> Startup log indicates  
>  
> CUPSD: Child exited with status 98! 
>  
> Joe Gulizia 
> aka CB_Joe 
> --- Harry Holt <hholt at comcast.net> wrote: 
>  
> > Ah, ok, I misunderstood the issue. 
> >  
> > The Lexmark 1000 is a GDI printer.  You may be able 
> > to get it to work  
> > anyway, but YaST is unlikely to get it set up for 
> > you.  
> >  
> > Check out http://linuxprinting.org and look for your 
> > printer there.   
> > They'll have instructions on getting it setup, links 
> > to files and  
> > drivers, etc.  
> >  
> > ... HH 
> >  
> > Joe Gulizia wrote: 
> >  
> > >Yes I have both plugged in.  The Lexmark 1000 is on 
> > >the one parallel port and the HP 842C is on one of 
> > the 
> > >USB ports.  Also nothing is in /mnt exceopt for . 
> > and 
> > >. 
> > > 
> > >Thank you for any help....Reading online 
> > documentation 
> > >is very confusing for me. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > >JRG 
> > > 
> > >--- hholt at comcast.net wrote: 
> > > 
> > >   
> > > 
> > >>What happens if you configure YaST for the Deskjet 
> > >>842C, but plug in the 
> > >>Lexmark?  Does CUPS still die, or does it try to 
> > >>print to the Lexmark? 
> > >> 
> > >>... HH 
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >>     
> > >> 
> > >>>Running Suse 9.1 with YaST I have a Lexmark 1000 
> > >>>printer configured on the parallel port.  It 
> > >>>       
> > >>> 
> > >>appears 
> > >>     
> > >> 
> > >>>that the printer is there; however, it doesn't 
> > >>>       
> > >>> 
> > >>work 
> > >>     
> > >> 
> > >>>during the "Test" phase.  I've tried an HP 
> > Deskjet 
> > >>>842C which does work on "Test". 
> > >>> 
> > >>>Part way through setup I get "CUPS daemon died 
> > >>>       
> > >>> 
> > >>during 
> > >>     
> > >> 
> > >>>initialization. 
> > >>> 
> > >>>An error occurred while communicating with the 
> > >>>       
> > >>> 
> > >>CUPS 
> > >>     
> > >> 
> > >>>server while saving queue y2test  Error while 
> > >>>contacting CUPS server occurred. 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>>Unable to print test page.  Output to print file: 
> > >>>server-error-service-unavailable 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>>I've also gotten -- 
> > >>>Print error occurred.  Error message received 
> > from 
> > >>>system.  /usr/bin/lpr -P 'Lexmark 1000' ' - #1' 
> > >>>'tmp/kde-joe/kdeprint 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>>I've used "Kate" and "Open Office" 
> > >>>With either one I get the following errors: 
> > >>> 
> > >>>"An error occurred while retrieving the printer 
> > >>>       
> > >>> 
> > >>list: 
> > >>     
> > >> 
> > >>>Connection to CUPS server failed.  Check that the 
> > >>>       
> > >>> 
> > >>CUPS 
> > >>     
> > >> 
> > >>>server is correctly installed and running: 
> > >>>Error: host not found." 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>>HELP! 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
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