General :: Printing From Command Line Won't Work - Just Sits In Print Queue
Apr 3, 2011
CUPS was not originally installed on my server, I have installed it but cannot print to my network printer. On my laptop, I can... they are both running the same version of Debian. What could be missing?
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I have two computers running the same version of Debian. One is a server with no GUI and the other is my laptop with GDM installed. My laptop (which prints with no problem) is connected via Wifi. My server is connected directly to the router via Ethernet. I cannot print from the server.
The printer is a Canon Pixma MP495 that connects to the router via Wifi. I have downloaded drivers for the printer from [url] and installed them successfully using dpkg on both computers.
Right now I have a regular text file that I am using for a test page. To print from my laptop (with success) I type:
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This does not work from the server. What could I be missing?
lpq run on server:
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lpinfo readout:
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Jul 26, 2010
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Feb 4, 2010
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This won't work in a script but it WILL work on the commandline...
Here is my output when I try the script:
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Also, what is the at the end of the path in the error?
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for fline in `sed -n '/.*.ext$/p' file1`
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Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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