Print jobs on ubuntu (Feisty Fawn)

[E K]

--- Paul King <sciguy-Ja3L+HSX0kI at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Ubuntu detected my wireless printer (a Brother MFC-640CW), and I
> was
> able to download and install drivers for it. The problem is that it
> simply won't print. Brother recommends an MFC-210C driver for my
> printer
> under Linux/CUPS.
> 
> If I send a test page from the CUPS dialog, the test page stops
> dead,
> and a message appears in the CUPS state column saying "Stopped:
> job-stopped". The printer remains silent. This is true for all
> print
> jobs sent from Linux, regardless of the method (command line,
> dialog,
> application (Adobe Acrobat was tried), or a CUPS window). The
> correct
> syntax of lpr was used on the command line and in the Acrobat
> dialog.
> 
> I can telnet to the IP of the printer and print a test page
> directly
> from the printer. I just can't do anything in Linux. The printer
> works
> great in Window$. This means that the network and printer are both
> working.
> 
> Any help or advice would be appreciated.
> 
> Paul King
> 

This might be a problem with the spooler. What is the status of the
print queue when you check is with lpstat -t?

EK


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