[NTLUG:Discuss] CUPS help

[Gilbert Morrow]

I have had this happen before , I just went to YaST2 deleted the installed
printer then reinstalled it again , worked fine after that .

On 11/3/06, Fred <fredstevens at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> I need help with cups. My Suse 9.1 system stopped printing. Period.
> I can no longer access http://localhost:631 for configuration and cannot
> determine why. Cupsd is running, I don't remember any installs that should
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> have affected cups. This problem has me totally lost.
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> When I try to print, the print windows pops up ok, when I click print the
> job
> goes into queue and just sits there. It acts as though the printer is off
> line
> but the admin tool (http access) isn't available so I can't verify that.
> # lpstat -p
> # printer hp_deskjet3820 is idle.  enabled since Jan 01 00:00
>         Ready to print.
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> As I understand that message, everything should be ok. It is a usb printer
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> and it does work when I connect it to my laptop. The same usb port works
> fine with my scanner, so it doesn't look like hardware. The clue is the
> cups
> web tool isn't working.
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> Fred
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