CUPS Printing-Can Print Test Page & Nothing Else

[andrewt522]

I recently built a server from an old box using Ubuntu Server 9.10. This is my first server and I am very new to the server world.

I have an Epson Stylus NX400 connected via USB. I have managed to configure it to the point where I can see the printer listed on my client laptop and can print a test page. However, I cannot print anything else. When I access the job history through the CUPS admin (http://localhost:631/admin) I can see that the print jobs were recognized and marked as complete, even though the printer never physically engaged.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[KB1JWQ]

My CUPS experience is limited to Mac OS, but is there a log of some sort that it's leaving that you could paste?

[andrewt522]

From the CUPS Web Interface, under Administration > Manage Printers, my printer comes up as listed. I click my printer > Maintenance, and receive this information:
EPSON_Stylus_NX400 EPSON_Stylus_NX400 Error

Error:

Unknown operation ""!
I'm fairly confident that this doesn't help much. If there's something specific you'd like me to provide, please let me know.

[andrewt522]

Ok, so, I don't know why this would make a difference, but after a sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgradeon the server, I can suddenly print. There was that, plus, I logged into my SAMBA share. I don't know why both of those things would make a difference, but they did. If anybody could explain it to me, I would appreciate it. Otherwise, I apologize for wasting anybody's time and mark this problem solved.

[KB1JWQ]

Well, the Ubuntu devs don't release updates just because they enjoy watching us tie up bandwidth. There are usually patches that fix problems-- presumably you weren't the only person to have this issue.

Updating regularly is a good thing!