On 5/1/23 12:30, Brian wrote:
On Mon 01 May 2023 at 11:39:29 -0400, gene heskett wrote:On 5/1/23 11:28, Brian wrote:On Mon 01 May 2023 at 11:02:58 -0400, gene heskett wrote:On 5/1/23 10:40, Brian wrote:[...]Your printing situation appears to be a sane one, so now for a test. Do lp -d HLL2320D_coyote ANY_FILE_YOU_WANTIs not working, shell appears frozen but eventually returns: gene@bpi51:~$ lp -d HLL2320D_coyote printer.cfg lp: The printer or class does not exist.But HLL2320D_coyote does exist. It is seen in the outputs of 'lpstat -l -e' and 'sudo lpinfo -v'. Give lpoptopns -p HLL2320D_coyotegene@bpi51:~$ lpoptions -p HLL2320D_coyote device-uri=ipps://HLL2320D%20%40%20coyote._ipps._tcp.local/cups printer-info='HLL2320D @ coyote' printer-make-and-model='Brother HL-L2320D series' printer-type=25202710The print queue specified by -p is queried for some information about itself. Its reponse is given and it seems a very reasonable one.lpoptions -p HLL2320D_coyote -lgene@bpi51:~$ lpoptions -p HLL2320D_coyote -l lpoptions: Unable to get PPD file for HLL2320D_coyote: The printer or class does not exist.The -l option asks the queue for the specific options it offers. The response indicates something wrong with CUPS on bpi51. I haven't any problem when doing this and getting sensible outputs on my Debian unstable machine. Assuming your buster machines (which are working) have similar setups to bpi51, you couls try the two commands (and all the others in this thread) on one of those.
one of those machines reports this for the -l option: gene@sixty40:~$ lpoptions -p HLL2320D_coyote -lPageSize/Media Size: Custom.WIDTHxHEIGHT *Letter Legal Executive FanFoldGermanLegal A4 A5 A6 Env10 EnvMonarch EnvDL EnvC5 ISOB5 B5 ISOB6 B6 4x6 Postcard DoublePostcardRotated EnvYou4 195x270mm 184x260mm 197x273mm CUSTOM1 CUSTOM2 CUSTOM3 BrMediaType/MediaType: *PLAIN THIN THICK THICKERPAPER2 BOND ENV ENVTHICK ENVTHIN RECYCLED
InputSlot/InputSlot: MANUAL *TRAY1 Duplex/Duplex: DuplexTumble *DuplexNoTumble None Resolution/Resolution: 300dpi *600dpi 2400x600dpi TonerSaveMode/Toner Save: *OFF ON Sleep/Sleep Time [Min.]: *PrinterDefault 2minutes 10minutes 30minutes the diff between a working buster from an ls -l /etc/cups showing: gene@GO704:~/linuxcnc/src$ ls -l /etc/cups total 64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 27303 Apr 10 2019 cups-browsed.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6402 Feb 26 15:05 cupsd.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2923 May 23 2022 cups-files.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root lp 4096 May 1 00:00 ppd -rw------- 1 root lp 1882 May 1 00:00 printers.conf -rw------- 1 root lp 111 May 1 00:00 printers.conf.O drwx------ 2 root lp 4096 May 23 2022 ssl -rw-r----- 1 root lp 387 May 1 00:00 subscriptions.conf -rw-r----- 1 root lp 93 May 1 00:00 subscriptions.conf.O which works fine, And a non-working bullseye: gene@bpi51:~$ ls -l /etc/cups/ total 100 -rw------- 1 root lp 111 Dec 2 23:13 classes.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 30436 Mar 14 2022 cups-browsed.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6456 Oct 15 2022 cupsd.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3047 May 23 2022 cups-files.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10982 Jan 2 2021 cups-pdf.conf drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 23 2022 interfaces drwxr-xr-x 2 root lp 4096 Dec 2 23:13 ppd -rw------- 1 root lp 529 May 1 10:37 printers.conf -rw------- 1 root lp 529 May 1 10:36 printers.conf.O -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 240 Oct 15 2022 raw.convs -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 211 Oct 15 2022 raw.types -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 142 May 23 2022 snmp.conf drwx------ 2 root lp 4096 May 23 2022 ssl -rw-r----- 1 root lp 524 May 1 00:00 subscriptions.conf -rw-r----- 1 root lp 234 May 1 00:00 subscriptions.conf.O So call me puzzled. I've been called worse.;o)> Cheers, Gene Heskett. -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/>