Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:37:50 -0700 From: Micah <micahjon@ywave.com> To: David Johnson <david@usermode.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cups problems Message-ID: <44D4D76E.8010506@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: <200608041248.37285.david@usermode.org> References: <200608041134.35807.david@usermode.org> <200608041447.11069.lists@jnielsen.net> <200608041248.37285.david@usermode.org>
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David Johnson wrote: > On Friday 04 August 2006 11:47, John Nielsen wrote: > >> You have the permissions fixed, which was half the solution for me >> when I made the upgrade. The other half was to abandon cups' usb >> back-end for the time being, since it doesn't work (as well as it >> used to). The workaround suggested in an earlier thread on this >> subject was to stop cups and manually edit the printers.conf file (in >> /usr/local/etc/cups), replacing the "usb:" portion of the printer URI >> with "file:". This worked for me and several others, although I >> remember posts that it did not work for some. > > It works! Thank you! > > There is one oddity though. The printer "ready" light flashes as normal, > but then the "attention" light flashes. Pressing the "go" button then > prints out the job. According to the printer manual, this means > either "manual feed" or "continuation error". I suspect that somehow > manual feed is getting sent to the printer (even though it isn't set in > cups printer options). A minor annoyance, but one I can live with. I've had this problem when using /dev/ulpt instead of /dev/unlpt. Might be worth a try if you haven't yet. HTH, Micah
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