Printing Issue, cupsdoprint KDE 3.4.0, SUSE 9.3
Suddenly, printing to my deskjet from KDE apps doesn't work. I am getting a catestrophic error pop up box that has the following error message. Unable to start child print process. Check the command syntax: cupsdoprint -P 'hp_deskjet720c' -J 'temail_order.pl_[PaNxDb].pl' -H 'localhost:631' -U 'helphand' -o ' ColorMode=Grayscale PageSize=Letter copies=1 multiple-document-handling=separate-documents-collated-copies orientation-requested=3' I can go to http://localhost:631 and print a test page just fine, so it seems like the printer itself is working fine. More data points. * it's not a new printer, it's worked fine from KDE apps in the past * I've not made any configuration changes to KDE or cups, as far as I know, nothing has been altered or changed other than whatever changes may have come from SUSE updates and patches applied via YOU. I'm not sure where to look next to start tracking this down, any pointers or advice would be appreciated. Scott -- POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ Linux 2.6.11.4-21.9-default x86_64 SuSE Linux 9.3 (x86-64)
On Saturday 29 October 2005 3:42 pm, Scott Leighton wrote:
Suddenly, printing to my deskjet from KDE apps doesn't work. I am getting a catestrophic error pop up box that has the following error message.
Unable to start child print process. Check the command syntax: cupsdoprint -P 'hp_deskjet720c' -J 'temail_order.pl_[PaNxDb].pl' -H 'localhost:631' -U 'helphand' -o ' ColorMode=Grayscale PageSize=Letter copies=1 multiple-document-handling=separate-documents-collated-copies orientation-requested=3'
I managed to track down the problem to kprinter, however, I do not understand what caused it. A reboot of the system returned full printing capability. More data points for any others who encounter this problem; * googling turns up other instances on various distros, none I could find had an answer for what causes the problem. * I don't think the problem has anything to do with any particular printer model. I did not see a pattern in my googling. * the problem is something with kprinter, the 'cupsdoprint' command syntax is perfectly fine, and, in fact, the identical commandline can be used at the bash prompt to successfully print a file. * In complete frustration, I did a full reboot and it started working fine, what I do not know is whether restarting my KDE session would have accomplished the same, nor did I test printing from a different user's KDE session, which may have provided further clues. Hope this info helps someone else if they get hit with this mysterious failure. Scott -- POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ Linux 2.6.11.4-21.9-default x86_64 SuSE Linux 9.3 (x86-64)
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