Binary package hint: cups
Went through wizards to setup HP LaserJet 4L. There is no 'usb' printer found. Yet, using manual entries (uri is hp:/usb/hp_LaserJet_4l?device=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp), a printer can be configured. Although no test page actually prints, the system says the test page hits the print queue and then says the print job is finished.
Having read the litany of 'stuff' regarding printing in 9.10, and having tried a great many of the suggestions, nothing has caused the system to find the printer behind the USB port. One of the commands yielded a 'broken pipe' right after having identifed that USB 003:002 was, indeed, a bi-directional parallel printer.
Reluctant to try to match this issue with an existing bug, I opted to create this new one hoping that someone with far more experience with all this could re-categorize it into the proper spot.
Ubuntu 9.10
release 9.10
cups: 1.4.1-Subuntu2.1
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Dec 15 19:45:17 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Lpstat:
device for HP-LaserJet-4l_cups: hp:/usb/hp_LaserJet_4l?device=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp
device for HP_LaserJet_4l: hp:/usb/hp_LaserJet_4l?device=/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: cups 1.4.1-5ubuntu2.1
Papersize: letter
PpdFiles:
HP_LaserJet_4l: HP LaserJet 4L Foomatic/ljet4 (recommended)
HP-LaserJet-4l_cups: HP LaserJet 4l, hpcups 3.9.10
ProcCmdLine: root=/dev/mapper/nvidia_abchffja1 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: cups
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors:
(gnome-settings-daemon:2048): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
(gnome-settings-daemon:2048): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:2097): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
(nautilus:2077): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed
dmi.bios.date: 07/18/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0308
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: M2N68-VM
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0308:bd07/18/2008:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM2N68-VM:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
Wife 3.0 is putting pressure on having the ability to print. She has not-so-subtly suggested rebuilding the box with Windows ... please help, I can't hold out much longer!