Progress Re: Configuring a printer on a server without a GUI

[poma]

On 13.11.2014 19:34, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> 
> On 11/13/2014 12:44 AM, Tim Waugh wrote:
>> On Wed, 2014-11-12 at 23:51 -1000, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>> No error_log, only an access_log
>> Turn on verbose logging:
>>
>> su -c 'cupsctl --debug-logging'
> 
> Nope.  Still no error_log.
> 
> In access_log I see:
> 
> localhost - - [13/Nov/2014:13:23:49 -0500] "POST /printers/HP-TR-8610 
> HTTP/1.1" 200 307 Create-Job successful-ok
> localhost - - [13/Nov/2014:13:23:49 -0500] "POST /printers/HP-TR-8610 
> HTTP/1.1" 200 16074 Send-Document successful-ok
> 
> while when I look at the printer queue via the cups web interface I am 
> told that the State is:
> 
> Stopped "Filter failed"
> 
> I only have a bit more time here for testing, flying home tonight and 
> can then test on my home test network (where I have an HP 8600, pretty 
> much the same driver).
> 
> 

We do not know whether the device is defective or not in the first place, therefore.