[ubuntu-uk] Cannot print from Ubuntu

[Neil Greenwood]

2009/1/12 David King <linuxman at avoura.com>:
> I am having a problem with printing to my laser printer recently.
> Although it is connected, the print jobs are not being sent. The
> computer cannot seem to find the printer.
>
> The printer is a Brother HL-5150D, I am using Ubuntu 8.04.1. It is
> connected via USB. The last time this happened, a few days ago, I
> rebooted the PC and when I was logged in the page was printed without me
> having to reprint it at all. It is like the computer cannot see the
> printer, but is sending the print job, which gets stuck somewhere, and
> will not go through unless the PC is rebooted. I used to have this
> problem a few years ago, when using Windows on a different PC. I would
> try to print, nothing happened, until I rebooted and then it printed.
>
> This problem has not occurred before with Ubuntu or any other Linux
> distro and this printer, this is now the second time it has happened. I
> tried unplugging the printer USB cable and reinserting, I tried
> switching the printer off and on, I tried using the CUPS printer admin
> page in Firefox (http://localhost:631/printers) to look at what is
> happening, in that page I had to click on Start Printer but still
> nothing comes out of the printer.
>

I had a similar problem with my HP LJ1018. I had to go into the
printer control panel (System > Printing IIRC) and enable the printer.

I don't have a handy Ubuntu machine, but I've left a text file on my
wife's desktop with the instructions. I'll post them this evening.

Cofion,
Neil.