Printer Idle - waiting for job to complete

[jd1008]

On 09/10/2014 12:17 PM, Temlakos wrote:
> On 09/10/2014 01:29 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:
>> I just defined an ipp printer (a Toshiba e-Studio 3530c) and
>> I can print to it OK from fedora 20, but as soon as I print
>> one thing the system-config-printer icon gets a red circle
>> with a white - in it and the printer status stays as
>>
>>     Idle - Waiting for job to complete.
>>
>> basically forever. The printout does come out, and the
>> print queue goes empty.
>>
>> Is this normal? Is it a problem with the printer? Is it
>> a problem with cups?
>
> Tell us more about this "ipp printer" of yours. Does it stand alone on 
> your network? Or does it attach to another computer on your network 
> that must share it?
>
> I had no end of problems using a shared printer, before finally I 
> installed a printer that stood alone on the network. Many times the 
> sharing computer would lose the job.
I have used both standalone and shared (by windows or linux) without any 
problems.
When using a shared printer, I just had to make sure that the user 
sending the print
job was authorized on the printer server.