General printing strangeness in 5.04?

Alan Swartz kde at swartzes.com
Sat Aug 6 14:31:52 UTC 2005


Christian Convey wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> Once in a while, I have a Ubuntu 5.04 installation start having
> printing problems, and I can't figure out why.
> 
> I have two network printers (an HP LaserJet 4000 and 4050) that I
> print to. Normally that works just fine from within Ubuntu. However,
> sometimes I start experiencing one of two symptoms:
> (1) The printing process looks normal, but the document never shows up
> at the printer, or
> (2) I can queue the print job, but it stays there in the "processing"
> state indefinitely. Sometimes when this happens, the printer
> eventually transitions to the "stopped" state.
> 
> When I have these problems, other users can still use the printer
> without a problem. They're mostly / all Windows users.
> 
> I use various techniques to try to restore printing, and sometimes
> they work, sometimes they don't:
> (a) Delete the printer instance and re-create it.
> (b) Restart my network connection (this doesn't usually work).
> (c) Restart my computer.

Christian, I have one computer on a network that does this. Restarting
cupsys doesn't seem to help. Rebooting sometimes does. I have installed
a different driver for the same printer (a different but compatible
model). The one driver will have the problems you list and the other
will not. I would recommend that you try another driver with your HP and
see how it works.




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