[olug] Printing problems under Suse

[Don E. Kauffman]

I've considered that possibility but thought that would have resolved
with the CUPS reinstall . . . . If not then I will attempt to resolve
that.

Thanks,

Don K. 

On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 09:37 -0500, Bill Brush wrote:
> Have you considered your "driver" aka PPD file may be borked?  If it
> was a Windows problem I would definitely think it was a driver issue.
> 
> Just a thought.  If that's not it, i would concur it may be a hardware
> issue with the port.
> 
> Bill
> 
> On 10/3/05, Don E. Kauffman <dekauff at cox.net> wrote:
> > I followed the recommendation here but -- No joy -- still get garbage.
> >
> > I even shut down the system and turned off the power supply thinking
> > that maybe there was a "gremlin" somewhere that I could "starve"!! :-) I
> > reinstalled the printing system via Yast2.
> >
> > I'm thinking that it's a hardware problem -- probably a motherboard
> > problem. The printer works fine when connected to another system but not
> > this one. I would think that reinstalling the software and resetting
> > everything would have taken care of this &%$#@! crap!
> >
> > I'm interested in hearing other people's opinions though.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Don
> >
> > On Sun, 2005-10-02 at 21:10 -0500, Jake Churchill wrote:
> > > A friend of mine had a similar problem with a Canon series with Mandrake.
> > > He had to install some extra CUPS package.  Use YaST and install new
> > > software.  Search for CUPS and install EVERYTHING you find.  If that doesn't
> > > work, then I'm as lost as you.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Don
> > > E. Kauffman
> > > Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 5:41 PM
> > > To: OLUG
> > > Subject: [olug] Printing problems under Suse
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm getting garbage from my Epson Stylus Photo 82o printer that is
> > > connected to my Suse 9.3 box w/ CUPS via my parallel port.  I started to
> > > print a page from OpenOffice 2.0 beta (this process has worked before)
> > > and since then I've gotten nothing but an unrelenting stream of garbage
> > > characters no matter what I try. I've disconnected the printer and
> > > turned it on to flush its memory, I've canceled and killed print jobs.
> > > I've used lpstat to try and identify the problem job -- nothing shows
> > > up.
> > >
> > > I know the printer works from my laptop so that possibility is
> > > eliminated.
> > >
> > > When I do get the stream stopped the minute I put a test job in the
> > > stream it returns to printing garbage characters. Can anyone point me to
> > > a resource that will troubleshoot whether it's a hardware or software
> > > problem? I've been working on this all afternoon and it's driving me
> > > nuts!
> > >
> > > Any help will be greatly appreciated!! (I will kiss the feet of those
> > > who attempt to help -- metaphorically speaking!!)
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help!!
> > >
> > > Don K,
> >
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