HP 1020 Printer issue

[John Hupp]

On 3/3/2015 8:41 PM, Chris wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-03-03 at 18:43 -0500, John Hupp wrote:
>> On 3/3/2015 5:59 PM, Chris wrote:
>>> Some strange entries in my syslog pertaining to my printer
>>>
>>> http://pastebin.com/xGfnztcz
>>>
>>> the current kernel is 3.13.0-46-generic #77-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 2
>>> 18:23:39 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux, seems like the printer
>>> will not initialize during the boot process as it used to in previous
>>> kernel versions. As shown below in my sig this is Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS.
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> A double-check on the cause: If you enter the grub menu by holding down
>> the Shift key during boot, and then choosing an older kernel, does the
>> printer work once again?
>>
>>
> Nope, will not initialize, booted to 3.13.0-44-generic #73-Ubuntu SMP
> Tue Dec 16 00:22:43 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux cups shows
> Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 1020	localhost	HP LaserJet 1020
> Foomatic/foo2zjs-z1 (recommended)	Processing - "Waiting for printer to
> become available."
>
> Turned printer off and on several times, finally printed test page.
>
> Booting back to 3.13.0-46.77
>

If the problem persists with the older kernel, then it seems that the 
kernel upgrade was not the cause.

If you cycled power several times then successfully printed a test page, 
I begin to suspect a hardware problem.

If it were me, at this point I would want to be running some self-test 
pages (without the computer).  But that's more challenging on this 
1020.  You have to remove some covers and then jump a couple pins, as at 
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printers-LaserJet/how-to-get-test-page-from-laserjet-1020-without-PC/td-p/640119