I have a Lexmark Optra E+ PCL/Postrscript printer which I use on my network on a printer server.
It was working fine under Knoppix 1/31/03 HD installed. A while back it quit working. Still works fine on the printer server under wimpdoze.
I've tried removing and re-adding the printer several times, still the same thing.
The most it will do now, is take a print job into the queue, send some sort of packet to the printer as I get a data light on the printer, then stop. The job remains in the queue "processing," then goes away. Nothing prints, test pages, print requests from any program, nothing.
Here is a snippet from the /var/log/cups/error_log from a WORKING session:
[13/Jul/2003:11:39:16 -0400] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs...
I [15/Jul/2003:00:15:21 -0400] Job 16 queued on 'OptraonPS' by 'rec9140'.
I [15/Jul/2003:00:15:21 -0400] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 2986) for job 16.
I [15/Jul/2003:00:15:21 -0400] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/cupsomatic (PID 2987) for job 16.
I [15/Jul/2003:00:15:21 -0400] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/lpd (PID 298for job 16.
I [15/Jul/2003:00:17:17 -0400] Job 17 queued on 'OptraonPS' by 'rec9140'.
I [15/Jul/2003:00:17:17 -0400] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 3000) for job 17.
I [15/Jul/2003:00:17:17 -0400] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/cupsomatic (PID 3001) for job 17.
I [15/Jul/2003:00:17:17 -0400] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/lpd (PID 3002) for job 17.
E [20/Jul/2003:23:55:18 -0400] Scheduler shutting down due to SIGTERM.
I [20/Jul/2003:23:57:50 -0400] Listening to 0:631
I [20/Jul/2003:23:57:50 -0400] Configured for up to 100 clients.
This what I get NOW/NON WORKING:
I [19/Feb/2004:22:40:54 -0500] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs...
I [19/Feb/2004:22:40:58 -0500] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 309) for job 31.
I [19/Feb/2004:22:40:58 -0500] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/cupsomatic (PID 310) for job 31.
I [19/Feb/2004:22:40:58 -0500] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 311) for job 31.
E [19/Feb/2004:22:41:09 -0500] PID 310 stopped with status 32!
E [27/Feb/2004:02:30:29 -0500] Scheduler shutting down due to SIGTERM.
E [27/Feb/2004:02:30:29 -0500] PID 311 crashed on signal 9!
I [27/Feb/2004:02:33:46 -0500] Listening to 0:631
I [27/Feb/2004:02:33:46 -0500] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [27/Feb/2004:02:33:47 -0500] LoadPPDs: Read "/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 144 PPDs...
Wiping out the install and starting over is not really an option, even with this being so old a version, since it took A LOT of effort to get this older test machine to even boot the CD to a stable envrioment I could HD install it.
I can not duplicate this error from the CD as it will not let me add printers and the CUPS server is not running from it.
Setup:
EdiMax PrintSir Single port mini printer server
Lexmark Optra E+ PCL/Postrscript printer
HD installed Knoppix 1/31/03
Suggestions? Thank you in advance.
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