snakedog
April 7th, 2009, 10:57 PM
I'm running an HP 1020 on Ubuntu 8.04 and it works great. Until I run out of paper in the middle of a job. Any subsequent print jobs appear to get set to run OK, but then just disappear. Absolutely nothing will print until I reboot. I tried restarting cupsys, which it does OK. But still, Ubuntu won't print unless I reboot.
There's a trick we used on Windows desktops, which was restarting the print spooler service. I was hoping restarting CUPS would work similarly, but it does not. It's got to be a service-related problem, but I can't figure it out. I've also tried unplugging the printer, turning the printer off, and even throwing salt over my shoulder (for good luck), all to no avail.
It's a real pain to have to reboot every time the printer runs out of paper. Any suggestions would be helpful.
There's a trick we used on Windows desktops, which was restarting the print spooler service. I was hoping restarting CUPS would work similarly, but it does not. It's got to be a service-related problem, but I can't figure it out. I've also tried unplugging the printer, turning the printer off, and even throwing salt over my shoulder (for good luck), all to no avail.
It's a real pain to have to reboot every time the printer runs out of paper. Any suggestions would be helpful.