[Foomatic] Re: lexmark Z33 cups

Liam powerstrike at eircom.net
Sun Dec 12 14:53:39 PST 2004


Martin,
I have just upgraded from FC2 to FC3. Now the printer (also modem & N/W card)
does not work again! I will try to note better the steps next time I try it.

Liam.

In article <cpidgt$gv$1 at poblano.linuxprinting.org>, vgbzuosm at vc.ehu.es (Martin
) writes:
> 
> Hello Liam,
> I have done as you said and now I get:
> [root at localhost root]# ls -l /dev/usb/lp0
> crw-rw----    1 lp       sys      180,   0 sep 15  2003 /dev/usb/lp0
> 
> But I have the same problem:
> 
> [root at localhost root]# foomatic-printjob -P martin -Q
> inprimagailua is ready
> no entries
> [root at localhost root]# lp -P martin .bash_profile
> lp: unable to print file: client-error-bad-request
> 
> One question, lp is not in sys group
>  [root at localhost root]# grep sys /etc/group
> sys:x:3:root,bin,adm
> 
> do I have to include lp in sys group?
> 
> Martin
> 
> In article <coo4il$9pe$1 at poblano.linuxprinting.org>, powerstrike at eircom.net
> (Liam) writes:
> > 
> > Hi Martin,
> > See the thread of mine below. I was gettign similar output to these
commands
> as
> > you are. I think the crucial step was changing the chown/chmod of
> /dev/usb/lp0
> > as describer by Till Kampeter in an earlier post:
> > 
> > chmod 660 /dev/usb/lp0 
> > chown lp.sys /dev/usb/lp0 
> > 
> > 
> > I now get:
> > [root at localhost liam]# ls -l /dev/usb/lp0
> > crw-rw----  1 lp sys 180, 0 Feb 23  2004 /dev/usb/lp0
> > 
> > Liam.
> > 
> > In article <coc4nv$4v1$1 at poblano.linuxprinting.org>, vgbzuosm at vc.ehu.es
> (Martin
> > Zugasti ) writes:
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > I have a Lexmark Z33 printer, in one partition I have FedoraCore I with
LPD
> > and
> > > foomatic works well, but in other partition I have FedoraCore I with CUPS
> but
> > > foomatic does not work well.
> > > For example:
> > > 
> > > [root at localhost root]# lpq -a
> > > no entries
> > > [root at localhost root]# lpq -P martin
> > > martin is ready
> > > no entries
> > > [root at localhost root]# foomatic-printjob -P martin -Q
> > > martin is ready
> > > no entries
> > > [root at localhost root]# foomatic-printjob -P martin .bashrc
> > > [root at localhost root]# echo $?
> > > 0
> > > [root at localhost root]# foomatic-printjob -P martin -Q
> > > martin is ready
> > > no entries
> > > [root at localhost root]# lpq -P martin
> > > martin is ready
> > > no entries
> > > 
> > > [root at localhost root]# lp -P martin .bash_profile
> > > lp: unable to print file: client-error-bad-request
> > > [root at localhost root]# echo $?
> > > 1
> > > [root at localhost root]# lpq -P martin
> > > martin is ready
> > > no entries
> > > 
> > > But lexmarkmaintain works well
> > > 
> > >  “So make sure that the user "lp" (CUPS, LPRng, GNUlpr, LPD), "ppr"
(PPR),
> or
> > > all users who
> > > should be able to print (PDQ) have read and write access to the
> > > printer port ("/dev/lp0", "/dev/usb/lp0", ...). “
> > > 
> > > [root at localhost root]# ls -l /dev/usb/lp0
> > > crw-rw----    1 root     lp       180,   0 sep 15  2003 /dev/usb/lp0
> > > [root at localhost root]# grep lp /etc/passwd
> > > lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/sbin/nologin
> > > [root at localhost root]# grep lp /etc/group
> > > lp:x:7:daemon,lp
> > > 
> > > [root at localhost root]# cat /etc/printcap
> > > # This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
> > > # /etc/cups/printers.conf file.  All changes to this file
> > > # will be lost.
> > > martin|martin:rm=localhost.localdomain:rp=martin:
> > > 
> > > [root at localhost root]# cat /etc/cups/printers.conf
> > > # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.19
> > > # Written by cupsd on dom 28 nov 2004 00:20:26 CET
> > > <DefaultPrinter martin>
> > > Info Created by redhat-config-printer 0.6.x
> > > DeviceURI file:/dev/null
> > > State Idle
> > > Accepting Yes
> > > JobSheets none none
> > > QuotaPeriod 0
> > > PageLimit 0
> > > KLimit 0
> > > </Printer>
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Bye,
> > > 
> > > Martin



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