Print job stops after half page

[zyberhawk]

Sorry for late reply:

$ /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel
direct parallel:/dev/lp0 "Canon LBP-660" "Canon LBP-660 LPT #1" "MFG:Canon;MDL:LBP-660  ;CMD:RASTER;CLS:PRINTER;REV:11;VER:1010" ""

# /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel
direct parallel:/dev/lp0 "Canon LBP-660" "Canon LBP-660 LPT #1" "MFG:Canon;MDL:LBP-660  ;CMD:RASTER;CLS:PRINTER;REV:11;VER:1010" ""

# cat /proc/sys/dev/parport/parport0/autoprobe
CLASS:PRINTER;
MODEL:LBP-660;
MANUFACTURER:Canon;
COMMAND SET:RASTER;

[wedgetail]

zyberhawk
I need to re-acquaint myself with your problem, but one thing really gets me, your output of the

# lpinfo -v

Could you just post another run of that  

[zyberhawk]

# lpinfo -v
network beh
network socket
direct pdf
direct scsi
network lpd
network ipp
network http
direct hp
file cups-pdf:/
network smb

[wedgetail]

zyberhawk

I am not surprised that the line: direct parallel:/dev/lp0
is missing, this is what is giving me the headache, especially since your late reply showed

$ /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel
direct parallel:/dev/lp0 "Canon LBP-660" "Canon LBP-660 LPT #1" "MFG:Canon;MDL:LBP-660  ;CMD:RASTER;CLS:PRINTER;REV:11;VER:1010" ""

I think that CUPS is not detecting your parallelport properly.  

In the lpinfo -v you have a line direct hp what does that refer to? Do you have a hp scanner/fax connected?

[NoIBnds]

I have had this happen to an HP printer, in the past, when there was an update to the printer package, or cups. What I have done is I go into PCC, and CUPS and delete the printer (with the printer turned off), then I turn the printer on and reinstall it from either PCC or cups.

[zyberhawk]

Hello,

No, I have never had any HP equipment connected to my computer ever.

[NoIBnds]

Hello,

No, I have never had any HP equipment connected to my computer ever.

Didn't have to do with the HP Printer, just that I had the same problem and fixed it by doing what I stated. Try that and see if it works for your printer. Didn't have to do with the make, was the way I fixed it. 

[wedgetail]

zyberhawk
No hp connected, that is interesting, I do not know at this stage what the significance of this is but it is a hint that something is not right. In an earlier post you also showed hp fax backend in the lpinfo -v

Well it is my belief that the line direct parallel:/dev/lp0 must show up in the result of konsole statement lpinfo -v if the printer is connected and powered up.  If it does not show CUPS may be confused.

Ok, I can no longer ignore your particular customisation of whatever version you are running. We have to have you running a system that is standard, that I can repeat here.

I am going to change approach but will need to look at one of my base installs first. 

Right now I would like to know if you are running your present system based on a KDE liveCD version 2012.02 or is it based on earlier ISO kept fully updated?  Not clear to me.

NoIBnds
Did you run a parallel printer connection? I have no supporting facts myself but there may be something in your statement that an upgrade could have changed something slightly. I have assumed what you are suggesting has in fact been tried a number of times from the way zyberhawk has posted, this assumption could be biting me in the back. 

[NoIBnds]

NoIBnds
Did you run a parallel printer connection? I have no supporting facts myself but there may be something in your statement that an upgrade could have changed something slightly. I have assumed what you are suggesting has in fact been tried a number of times from the way zyberhawk has posted, this assumption could be biting me in the back. 

No mine was a USB at the time. I didn't see where he said, that he did that, so I just figured I would throw that out as sometimes we forget to try the obvious, OR we assume they did the obvious.   

[zyberhawk]

My present system is based on a KDE liveCD version 2012.02

[wedgetail]

zyberhawk

Post the output from konsole:

ls -l /var/spool/cups/

There is something that I am missing and I have little idea what it is.

Will you be able to install liveCD on a single 10G partition,  ie no /home partition or swap partition. No updates no customisation.  Having this on a partition rather than the liveCD allows for installing some simple programs and no loose them when shutting down.  Really a bit like liveCD with persistence.  Then when no longer needed the partition can just be deleted or overwritten.

Setting up a test system I am hoping to be able to control what you do as far as printer installs.  

[zyberhawk]

# ls -l /var/spool/cups/
total 68
-rw------- 1 root sys  698 Feb 22 02:49 c00004
-rw------- 1 root sys  698 Feb 22 02:51 c00005
-rw------- 1 root sys  719 Feb 21 20:48 c00006
-rw------- 1 root sys  702 Feb 21 21:18 c00008
-rw------- 1 root sys  719 Feb 22 18:41 c00009
-rw------- 1 root sys  726 Feb 22 20:14 c00010
-rw------- 1 root sys  706 Mar 22 19:23 c00011
-rw------- 1 root sys  706 Mar 22 19:25 c00012
-rw------- 1 root sys  706 Mar 22 19:28 c00013
-rw------- 1 root sys  846 Apr  8 23:00 c00014
-rw------- 1 root sys  718 Apr 22 18:36 c00015
-rw------- 1 root sys  721 Apr 22 20:04 c00016
-rw------- 1 root sys  721 Apr 22 20:04 c00017
-rw------- 1 root sys  721 Apr 22 21:05 c00018
-rw------- 1 root sys  706 Apr 25 21:09 c00019
-rw------- 1 root sys  806 Apr 26 08:46 c00020
drwxrwx--T 2 root sys 4096 Apr 26 08:45 tmp/


I can install as requested but not before Sunday.

[wedgetail]

zyberhawk
That sounds very good, I have suddenly got very busy with some house maintenance that I have promised to help with next door. Time is starting to be short in supply for me.   

What you showed in the last post just ells me your printer que is empty. Those c files are control files which self deletes after a certain number is reached, I think. Each job gets a temp print file allocated and a c file, ie c000020 would have been associated with a d000020