[PLUG] Why lpr Works ... or Doesn't

[wes]

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Sep 2011, Galen Seitz wrote:
>
> > Rich, if you haven't already done so, I suggest taking a look at the cups
> > log files.  On my CentOS system they are located under /var/log/cups.
>
>    Well, well, well. Tried printing a .pdf from the command line with
> lpr -P colorp <filename.pdf>
>
>   According to /var/log/cups/access.log,
>
> localhost - - [16/Sep/2011:11:54:25 -0700] "POST /printers/colorp HTTP/1.1"
> 200 469 Create-Job successful-ok
> localhost - - [16/Sep/2011:11:54:25 -0700] "POST /printers/colorp HTTP/1.1"
> 200 254021 Send-Document successful-ok
>
>   Nothing in the error.log. JetDirect activity light blinked a while, so
> did
> the printer's green light. Now the activity light is off and the printer's
> light is steady. No output.
>
>   The CUPS web interface shows the job as processing.
>
> Rich
>
>
try with a plain text file?

-wes