On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 09:09 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 10:10 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > > > >> Since updates yesterday including the latest kernel my printer is off > >> line,I have tried the following without success > >> > >> [david@reddwarf ~]$ sudo /usr/share/hplip/setup > >> > >> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.4a) > >> Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 4.5 > >> > >> Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP > >> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > >> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it > >> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. > >> > >> error: hplip-gui not installed. GUI not available. Exiting. > >> error: PyQt init failed. Reverting to interactive mode. > >> error: No devices found. > >> error: Error occured during interactive mode. Exiting. > >> > >> [david@reddwarf ~]$ /usr/share/hplip/probe > >> > >> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.4a) > >> Printer Discovery Utility ver. 3.2 > >> > >> Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP > >> This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > >> This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it > >> under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details. > >> > >> warning: No devices found on the 'usb' bus. If this isn't the result you > >> are expecting, > >> warning: check to make sure your devices are properly connected and > >> powered on. > >> > >> Restarting "service hplip restart" worked but 'print screen' gives me > >> nothing. > >> > >> What do I need to do now please > >> does the > >> Thanks david > >> > >> > > I need an explanation of off-line. What does the cups web pages say > > about the printer? Does it indicate that you can start the printer? If > > it does then start the printer. That worked for me. > > > Aaron this from cups web page' > > *Printer State:* stopped, accepting jobs, published > > By off-line I mean the printer is not recieving any jobs > > Thanks david > I am still confused. When I get the message printer off-line it means the printer is stopped. In the cups web pages for the printer I click on start printer and it is no longer off-line. That seems to me what cups is saying to you about your printer. -- ======================================================================= "We will be better and braver if we engage and inquire than if we indulge in the idle fancy that we already know -- or that it is of no use seeking to know what we do not know." -- Plato ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
