[Gutsy] cups sharing does not work if printer is not turned on before booting the system

[Dems]

Binary package hint: cupsys

I share my USB HP Photosmart printer using system-config-printer and it works like a charm if the printers is turned on before booting ubuntu. But if the printer was turned off while booting and I turn it on later, I cannot print to it from another computer, the sharing does not work until I restart cups (/ect/init.d/cupsys restart). The printer works on the local computer but cups does not seem to share it since it can be seen from other computers until I restart cups.

[Caroline Ford (secretlondon)]

Is this still a problem?

You said "The printer works on the local computer but cups does not seem to share it since it can be seen from other computers until I restart cups.". Do you mean CANNOT be seen?

Can you look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems and see if you can get some more info? CUPS error_log might be a good place to start.

[Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount)]

Dems,

Please run hp-check -t and post the output. Also please specify which printer you are using, and how you are specifically sharing your printer over the network. Can you ping the printer even if you can't connect to it?

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[Dems (demsnawak)]

Yes it is, I'll give more infos in a few hours because I don't have the
printer here..

Caroline Ford a écrit :
> Is this still a problem?
>
> You said "The printer works on the local computer but cups does not seem
> to share it since it can be seen from other computers until I restart
> cups.". Do you mean CANNOT be seen?
>
> Can you look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems and
> see if you can get some more info? CUPS error_log might be a good place
> to start.
>
>
> ** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
>

[Dems (demsnawak)]

Hi im using an Hp Photosmart C4280 printer and i shared it using
system-config-printer.py 0.7.75 in gutsy and checking the "shared" box
on the server. I used the same system-config-printer on the client
computer to connect. I do not know how to ping the printer ...
Im sorry i do not have the hp-check tool installed and I can't find it
in the repositories. But I have tried hp-info, don't know it it
helps... Here is the result :

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 2.7.7)
Device Information Utility ver. 3.4

Copyright (c) 2001-7 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

warning: Inrecognized URI: post-in-mail:/
Using device: hp:/usb/Photosmart_C4200_series?serial=MY77PJQ12G04VP

hp:/usb/Photosmart_C4200_series?serial=MY77PJQ12G04VP

error: Channel write error
error: Error attempting to read r-value (1).
Device Parameters (dynamic data):
  Parameter
Value(s)
  ----------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
  agent1-ack
True
  agent1-desc Black
cartridge
  agent1-dvc
16300
  agent1-health
0
  agent1-health-desc
Good/OK
  agent1-hp-ink
False
  agent1-id
16
  agent1-kind
3
  agent1-known
False
  agent1-level
38
  agent1-level-trigger
0
  agent1-sku
74/74XL
  agent1-type
1
  agent1-virgin
True
  agent2-ack
True
  agent2-desc Tri-color
cartridge
  agent2-dvc
5160
  agent2-health
0
  agent2-health-desc
Good/OK
  agent2-hp-ink
False
  agent2-id
17
  agent2-kind
3
  agent2-know...

[Michael Lustfield (michaellustfield)]

Is this bug still an issue in 8.10?

[Michael Lustfield (michaellustfield)]

Marking invalid due to inactivity.