[PLUG] Printer Issue

[John Jason Jordan]

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:44:07 -0700 (PDT)
Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> dijo:

> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008, Rich Shepard wrote:
> 
> >   I originally posted this to the xubuntu users mail list yesterday, but
> > have seen no responses.
> 
>    Well, I also asked on the ubuntu forum site, and there's still no
> response. So, let me ask where I could look in the xubuntu system for the
> cause of this perpetual message box.
> 
>    In /etc/cups/printers.conf the status of the printer is 'processing' even
> though it is turned off and the print queue is empty. Using the browser
> interface I tried changing the status of the printer (it was stopped and not
> accepting jobs), saved that configuration, then went back to printers.conf
> and changed the status to 'idle.' However, the message box displays again
> within a few seconds of being closed and changes the status in printers.conf
> back to 'processing.'
> 
>    I've used the GUI approach (Applications -> Settings -> Printer
> [Manager|Settings], but to no avail. Since I don't know my way around a
> ubuntu system, where else should I look for the cause of this problem?
> 
>    A while ago the network manager would be invoked multiple times when the
> system was booted, but with help I was able to find where to turn that off.
> I would like to turn off this 'printer may not be connected' message box and
> leave the printer status as idle.

I don't know the answer, but I know where to find someone who probably
does. There is a very active CUPS mailing list here:

http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/cups