On Thursday 16 December 2004 10:49, Joseph McCrary wrote:
> Please help. If I cannot fix this printing problem, I will have to
> abandon Linux for the hated world of Windoze!!!
>
> Two weeks ago, I no longer could send a document to either printer. I've
> got two printers connected, both of which used to work fine. One is a
> Canon S600 connected to a USB port. The other is a HP LJ 6MP connected
> through my local network. Both worked fine previously.
>
> Whenever I try to print from a program (e.g., Firefox), the only printer
> available is the PostScript default. Previously, both printers were
> listed, with the HP as the default printer.
>
> When I try to print a test page, I get this error:
>
> lpr: error - unable to print file: server-error-service-unavailable
>
> I'm running Core 3, and have done all of the updates. I downloaded and
> installed the latest version of CUPS (1.1.22). That did not help.
>
> Here are the last few lines from cups.conf:
>
> # Encryption: whether or not to use encryption; this depends on having
> # the OpenSSL library linked into the CUPS library and scheduler.
> #
> # Possible values:
> #
> # Always - Always use encryption (SSL)
> # Never - Never use encryption
> # Required - Use TLS encryption upgrade
> # IfRequested - Use encryption if the server requests it
> #
> # The default value is "IfRequested".
> #
>
> <Location />
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> </Location>
>
> #<Location /classes>
> #
> # You may wish to limit access to printers and classes, either with Allow
> # and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
> #
> #</Location>
>
> #<Location /classes/name>
> #
> # You may wish to limit access to printers and classes, either with Allow
> # and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
> #
> #</Location>
>
> #<Location /jobs>
> #
> # You may wish to limit access to job operations, either with Allow
> # and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
> #
> #</Location>
>
> #<Location /printers>
> #
> # You may wish to limit access to printers and classes, either with Allow
> # and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
> #
> #</Location>
>
> #<Location /printers/name>
> #
> # You may wish to limit access to printers and classes, either with Allow
> # and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
> #
>
> ## Anonymous access (default)
> #AuthType None
>
> ## Require a username and password (Basic authentication)
> #AuthType Basic
> #AuthClass User
>
> ## Require a username and password (Digest/MD5 authentication)
> #AuthType Digest
> #AuthClass User
>
> ## Restrict access to local domain
> #Order Deny,Allow
> #Deny From All
> #Allow From .mydomain.com
> #</Location>
>
> <Location /admin>
> #
> # You definitely will want to limit access to the administration functions.
> # The default configuration requires a local connection from a user who
> # is a member of the system group to do any admin tasks. You can change
> # the group name using the SystemGroup directive.
> #
>
> AuthType Basic
> AuthClass System
>
> ## Restrict access to local domain
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
>
> #Encryption Required
> </Location>
>
> #
> # End of "$Id: cupsd.conf.in,v 1.16 2004/08/18 17:53:47 mike Exp $".
> #
> <Location /printers/usblp0>
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> AuthType None
> </Location>
> <Location /printers/s600-4>
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> AuthType None
> </Location>
> # Lines below are automatically generated - DO NOT EDIT
> <Location /printers/Canon>
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> AuthType None
> Allow from All
> </Location>
> <Location /printers/HP>
> Order Deny,Allow
> Deny From All
> Allow From 127.0.0.1
> AuthType None
> Allow from All
> </Location>
> Browsing On
> BrowseProtocols cups
> BrowseOrder Deny,Allow
> BrowseAllow from @LOCAL
> BrowseAddress 255.255.255.255
> Listen *:631
>
>
> Please help.
>
> Joe
OK lets start with the basics, is the cups daemon running? Set to start at
startup?
ps -ef | grep cups
/sbin/chkconfig --list cups
If you do indeed see a cupsd in the output of the ps command, and runlevels
2345 are set to on the chkconfig output. Then run system-config-printers and
make sure that your printers are configured correctly. Delete them and
reconfigure if required. Test print from the printer config. Post the
resutls.
