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shengchieh
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printer setup problem

Post by shengchieh » 2007/04/26 02:56:28

To All:

I just installed CentOS 5 and am trouble setting up locally
this old printer Canon BJC-1000. I tried two angles:

1.

If I use the KDE control center -> peripheral -> printers,
I get the message

Unable to retrieve the printer list. Error message received from manager:
Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is correctly installed and running. Error: the IPP request failed for an unknown reason.

2.

If I go to

http://localhost.localdomain:631

and add the printer using the downloaded

Canon-BJC-1000-bjc250gs.ppd

it says it installed correctly. But then when "test printer", it
says

"/usr/lib/cups/backend/serial failed"

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Also, using lp in the console fails. I get

$ lp .kderc
lp: Error - no default destination available.

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What is my next step? If I can't get the printer working, I'll
have to reverse back to CentOS 4.4 (sigh).

Thank in advance for any tip.

Sheng-Chieh

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Re: printer setup problem

Post by foxb » 2007/04/26 13:27:49

Is cups running?

/etc/init.d/cups status

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Re: printer setup problem

Post by shengchieh » 2007/04/26 15:01:58

Thank for replying.

Yes, it is. I get

$ /etc/init.d/cups status
cupsd (pid 2217) is running...

Sheng-Chieh

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Re: printer setup problem

Post by foxb » 2007/04/26 15:16:37

Is SELinux enabled?

Edit:

did you check this?
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-BJC-1000

Edit2:

Printer driver is already included in cups ?!?!?!?!? why you do not use it?

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Re: printer setup problem

Post by shengchieh » 2007/04/26 16:32:47

Hmmm....

That's could be the problem?!?

I have an external firewall so I turned off all the security stuffs including
SElinux. Let me go and put SElinux back on.

I thought CUPS already had the PPD. I only tried the downloaded PPD
as last resort.

Sheng-Chieh

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Re: printer setup problem

Post by shengchieh » 2007/04/27 04:06:43

Nope - didn't work.

I did a completely new fresh install (had nothing to lose anyway)
with default firewall, ssh, and SELinux. It still gives me the same error,
i.e., control center -> peripheral -> printers gives "initializing printing",
and then,

Unable to retrieve the printer list. Error message received from manager:
Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is correctly installed and running. Error: the IPP request failed for an unknown reason.

and console gives

$ /etc/init.d/cups status
cupsd (pid 2273) is running...

Btw, what does IPP stands for? What does IPP request means?

Sheng-Chieh

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Re: printer setup problem

Post by foxb » 2007/04/27 13:46:18

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Printing_Protocol

You can always submit a bug http://bugs.centos.org/main_page.php

Edit:

I cannot confirm this problem fro gnome, now I'll install KDE and will test...

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Re: printer setup problem

Post by gerald_clark » 2007/04/27 13:57:07

using your web browser, connect to
localhost:631
and configure your printer.

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Re: printer setup problem

Post by foxb » 2007/04/27 14:29:14

[quote]
foxb wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Printing_Protocol

You can always submit a bug http://bugs.centos.org/main_page.php

Edit:

I cannot confirm this problem fro gnome, now I'll install KDE and will test...[/quote]

Sorry I cannot confirm this as bug I see printer list in my CentOS5 under vmware.

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