Printing Problems (2nd request) - users - Fedora mailing-lists

16 Dec 2004


      Please help. If I cannot fix this printing problem, I will have to 
abandon Linux for the hated world of Windoze!!!
Two weeks ago, I no longer could send a document to either printer. I've 
got two printers connected, both of which used to work fine. One is a 
Canon S600 connected to a USB port. The other is a HP LJ 6MP connected 
through my local network. Both worked fine previously.
Whenever I try to print from a program (e.g., Firefox), the only printer 
available is the PostScript default. Previously, both printers were 
listed, with the HP as the default printer.
When I try to print a test page, I get this error:
lpr: error - unable to print file: server-error-service-unavailable
I'm running Core 3, and have done all of the updates. I downloaded and 
installed the latest version of CUPS (1.1.22). That did not help.
Here are the last few lines from cups.conf:
# Encryption: whether or not to use encryption; this depends on having
# the OpenSSL library linked into the CUPS library and scheduler.
#
# Possible values:
#
#     Always       - Always use encryption (SSL)
#     Never        - Never use encryption
#     Required     - Use TLS encryption upgrade
#     IfRequested  - Use encryption if the server requests it
#
# The default value is "IfRequested".
#
<Location />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
</Location>
#<Location /classes>
#
# You may wish to limit access to printers and classes, either with Allow
# and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
#
#</Location>
#<Location /classes/name>
#
# You may wish to limit access to printers and classes, either with Allow
# and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
#
#</Location>
#<Location /jobs>
#
# You may wish to limit access to job operations, either with Allow
# and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
#
#</Location>
#<Location /printers>
#
# You may wish to limit access to printers and classes, either with Allow
# and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
#
#</Location>
#<Location /printers/name>
#
# You may wish to limit access to printers and classes, either with Allow
# and Deny lines, or by requiring a username and password.
#
## Anonymous access (default)
#AuthType None
## Require a username and password (Basic authentication)
#AuthType Basic
#AuthClass User
## Require a username and password (Digest/MD5 authentication)
#AuthType Digest
#AuthClass User
## Restrict access to local domain
#Order Deny,Allow
#Deny From All
#Allow From .mydomain.com
#</Location>
<Location /admin>
#
# You definitely will want to limit access to the administration functions.
# The default configuration requires a local connection from a user who
# is a member of the system group to do any admin tasks.  You can change
# the group name using the SystemGroup directive.
#
AuthType Basic
AuthClass System
## Restrict access to local domain
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
#Encryption Required
</Location>
#
# End of "$Id: cupsd.conf.in,v 1.16 2004/08/18 17:53:47 mike Exp $".
#
<Location /printers/usblp0>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
AuthType None
</Location>
<Location /printers/s600-4>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
AuthType None
</Location>
# Lines below are automatically generated - DO NOT EDIT
<Location /printers/Canon>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
AuthType None
Allow from All
</Location>
<Location /printers/HP>
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From All
Allow From 127.0.0.1
AuthType None
Allow from All
</Location>
Browsing On
BrowseProtocols cups
BrowseOrder Deny,Allow
BrowseAllow from @LOCAL
BrowseAddress 255.255.255.255
Listen *:631
Please help.
Joe