Arch Linux

eyolf

Member

From: Copenhagen

Registered: 2005-11-29

Posts: 339

Website

Deskjet printer not working

I can't make my printer work (Arch 0.7.1, Kernel 2.6.14, parallel printer, HP Deskjet710C).
I have followed the CUPS setup routine in the wiki, and installed cups, loaded the modules parport and parport_pc.
In the localhost interface I chose Parallel port (HP Deskjet 710C)
and in the model/driver part: HP Deskjet 710C Foomatic/pnm2ppa, which I believe is recommended.
Message: "Printer Deskjet has been added successfully". On the next page it is said to be on Device URI: parallel:/dev/lp0
But if I try to print a test page, or anything else, it is listed as "aborted", and nothing happens. If I try to restart job, it says: client-error-not-possible.
Same result if I try to print as root.
If I use the KDE printer interface, it says: "Test page successfully sent to printer Deskjet". Which sounds reassuring enough, but it isn't true. Can someone help me...?

The output from /var/log/cups/error_log is:

D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:26 +0100] [Job 21] cat: write error: Broken pipe
d [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] select_timeout: 2 seconds to send browse update
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] Error: /ioerror in --.outputpage--
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] Operand stack:
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] 404.903   327.46   297.48   795.26   297.48   58.475   49.58   1   true
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] Execution stack:
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] %interp_exit   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1   %stopped_push   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   1   3   %oparray_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--   7   3   %oparray_pop   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] Dictionary stack:
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] --dict:1052/1417(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:94/200(L)--
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] Current allocation mode is local
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] Last OS error: 32
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] ESP Ghostscript 7.07.1: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] renderer return value: 127
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] renderer received signal: 127
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] Process dying with "The renderer command line returned an unrecognized error code 127.", exit stat: 1
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] The renderer command line returned an unrecognized error code 127.
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] tail process done writing data to STDOUT
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] KID4 finished
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] KID3 exited with status 1
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] Renderer exit stat: 1
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] Renderer process finished
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] Killing process 17501 (KID3)
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] Process dying with "Error closing renderer", exit stat: 1
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] [Job 21] Error closing renderer
E [26/Dec/2005:04:17:27 +0100] PID 17499 stopped with status 1!
d [26/Dec/2005:04:17:28 +0100] PID 17500 exited with no errors.
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:28 +0100] UpdateJob: job 21, file 0 is complete.
d [26/Dec/2005:04:17:28 +0100] UpdateJob: Removing fd 10 from InputSet...
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:28 +0100] CancelJob: id = 21
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:28 +0100] StopJob: id = 21, force = 0
D [26/Dec/2005:04:17:28 +0100] StopJob: printer state is 3
d [26/Dec/2005:04:17:28 +0100] StopJob: Freeing status buffer...

xaos5

Member

Registered: 2005-12-30

Posts: 75

Re: Deskjet printer not working

I also have the same problem, I thought it was with pnm2ppa so I downloaded it and make && make install and configured /etc/pnm2ppa.conf to version 720 but still the same thing. Did you install pnm2ppa?

T-Dawg

Forum Fellow

From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: Deskjet printer not working

People have been having trouble with cups dying to some reason, or not working at all if backgrounded. Have you tried to restart it?
/etc/rc.d/cups restart

Stalwart

Member

From: Latvia, Riga

Registered: 2005-10-18

Posts: 445

Website

Re: Deskjet printer not working

Set up hplip

---

IRC: Stalwart @ FreeNode
Skype ID: thestalwart
WeeChat-devel nightly packages for i686

xaos5

Member

Registered: 2005-12-30

Posts: 75

Re: Deskjet printer not working

Set up hplip

I'm not sure what that is but on gentoo this setup fine, I'm guessing its pnm2ppa because its the only package pacman didn't have and I'm guessing I installed it wrong.

xaos5

Member

Registered: 2005-12-30

Posts: 75

Re: Deskjet printer not working

pacman wanted to update foomatic with foomatic-db and now it works, go figure. whats the difference between these two packages?