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Re: Printer not Ready after Scan

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On Tue 24 Nov 2020 at 19:23:43 -0500, Dan Norton wrote:

> My printer on the desktop became not ready and my attempts to make it
> ready have bit the dust. I don't print much, usually just text, using
> the lp command. My printer worked fine until I used gscan2pdf to scan
> one page to a pdf for an email. The pdf was created but gscan2pdf did
> not terminate cleanly and I had to kill it. Now, print jobs are queued
> and do not print. 

A red herring. It is highly doubtful that a printing setup would be
affected by a scanning issue. IMO, of course.

> root@deb4:~# lpq
> HP_LaserJet_3050 is not ready
> Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
> 1st     unknown 493     unknown                         1024 bytes
> 
> root@deb4:~# uname -v
> #1 SMP Debian 4.19.152-1 (2020-10-18)
> 
> The HP 3050 is a usb-connected legacy printer on my desktop. Functions
> include print, fax, and scan. The display window on the printer says it
> is ready. The printer prints OK when connected to another PC. Some
> things I've tried, not necessarily in order:
> 
> root@deb4:~# systemctl restart cups
> root@deb4:~# apt remove hplip  # this is the driver for legacy printers
> root@deb4:~# apt install hplip
> root@deb4:~# /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p "HP_LaserJet_3050"

This command doesn't do anything. It needs -v and -m options to be
added.

> root@deb4:~# /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p HP_LaserJet_3050 -E

As above.

> root@deb4:~# /usr/sbin/cupsenable --release HP_LaserJet_3050
> lpadmin: The printer or class does not exist.

No destination has been setup. See above.

> The cups error log (/var/log/cups/error_log) has complaints about blank
> Name, unable to encrypt, and no URI. These don't seem relevant to me.

Missing URI? Nowhere for the job to go.

-- 
Brian.

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Printer not Ready after Scan Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2020-11-25 08:50 +0100
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