[PLUG] HPLIP Issue? -- UPDATED

[Rich Shepard]

On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, Rich Shepard wrote:

>   Here's more information: running 'lpstat -p -d' shows me
>
> printer laser5_duplex disabled since Mon 01 Dec 2008 11:08:05 AM PST -
>         /usr/lib/cups/backend/socket failed

   Well, the plot thickens (or sickens, depending on one's point of view).
There are three definitions of the LJ5 in /etc/cups/printers.conf: laser5
(generic), laser5_single (simplex printing), and the default laser5_duplex.
Trying to print with either of the latter two fails; lpstat shows a failed
socket.

   _However_, if I print using -Plaser5 (the generic definition), it works!
It works both from the command line ('lpr -P laser5 -l <filename>.ps') and
from within xpdf if I change the printer definition.

   Here's the current /etc/cups/printers.conf (after I hand edited it to
change the stopped state to idle and removed the messages:

# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.2.11
# Written by cupsd on 2008-12-01 18:06
<Printer colorp>
Info Color InkJet 2500C
Location office
DeviceURI socket://colorp:9100
State Idle
StateTime 1228008394
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
</Printer>
<Printer laser5>
Info LJ5 with no specifications
Location Office
DeviceURI socket://lj5:9100
State Idle
StateTime 1228008394
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
</Printer>
<DefaultPrinter laser5_duplex>
Info Double-sided printing
Location office
DeviceURI socket://lj5:9100/
State Idle
StateTime 1228158485
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
</Printer>
<Printer laser5_single>
Info Single-sided printing
Location office
DeviceURI socket://lj5:9100
State Idle
StateTime 1228183560
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy stop-printer
</Printer>

   This time, while lpstat shows a failed socket the printers.conf file has
not been altered.

   Can anyone enlighten me on what seems to be inexplicable?

Rich

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