CUPS problem

[Karl Larsen]

Andy Green wrote:
> Somebody in the thread at some point said:
>
>   
>>> I remove and reinstall the printer (which btw. is online, lights are
>>> up :-) ) and when sending a testpage to the printer i get the
>>>       
>
>   
>>    I had a problem like that. I had to delete the printer from the
>> printer setup program and then re-load it with the same name and so
>>     
>
> He does mention that he did this.  But he doesn't mention how the
> printer is connected to his machine.  "Connection refused" usually means
> that something was alive at the IP address being touched but nothing was
> listening at the port being used.  If the printer was a network printer,
> for example, he might have chosen the wrong protocol and be trying to
> touch, say, port 9100 when the printer is not listening there.
>
> Have a look in the cups error log at /var/log/cups/error_log and see if
> there is more info, and confirm that cups is still running
>
> ps -Af | grep cupsd
>
> -Andy
>
>   
    I am so sorry :-[

There was no use to my message. He said he did what I suggested already. 
I was stupid to suggest it again. Sorry I was still asleep =-O




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