Mike Fleetwood wrote: > On 31 May 2010 04:56, Mark LaPierre <marklapier@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hey All, >> >> I'm trying to get my printer to work. I have a driver configurator and >> System/Administration/Printing tools. Both find the printer and pass >> all tests of the printer, device and backend, and send a file to the >> print queue. >> >> [mlapier@mushroom ~]$ lpq >> ml1740 is ready and printing >> Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size >> active root 11 Samsung Test Page 15360 bytes >> [mlapier@mushroom ~]$ lpq >> ml1740 is ready >> no entries >> [mlapier@mushroom ~]$ >> >> The file does not get printed but it does disappear from the print queue. >> >> Now this whole operation worked just fine with the same hardware with >> the previous version of Fedora but now it doesn't want to hear it after >> upgrading to the next version of Fedora. >> >> Does anyone know what steps I should take to debug my printing problem? >> Do you need me to post more information? >> >> Thanks >> > > Hi Mark, > > Check the CUPS log files in /var/log/cups/. > Check /var/log/messages for errors. > Try increase LogLevel to debug in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and restart > CUPS and re-examine CUPS log files. > > ATB, > Mike > Done Here's what I found in the log file. D [31/May/2010:21:53:41 -0400] PID 4990 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip) exited with no errors. D [31/May/2010:21:54:01 -0400] [Job 16] Unable to send print file to printer!: Inappropriate ioctl for device D [31/May/2010:21:54:01 -0400] PID 4991 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/mfp) exited with no errors. Now, how do I fix an Inappropriate ioctl for device? My printer is attached to the parallel port on this machine. This is what I found in the /dev directory that has to do with the parallel port. crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 2010-05-31 22:00 lp0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2010-05-31 22:00 par0 -> lp0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 99, 0 2010-05-31 22:00 parport0 The Unified Driver Configurator says the printer is connected to /dev/mfp0 I added this symlink: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2010-05-31 22:11 mfp0 -> lp0 Restarted cups and tried it again. Still no joy so I deleted the new symlink. Then I used the Unified Driver Configurator to delete the printer. Then I used System/Administration/Printing to set up a new printer. It detected the printer connected to the machine. It looked for a driver and found the Samsung directory and then the correct printer and driver. Now there's joy. It's working again. Thanks for the help. I really very much appreciate your effort to help. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
