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Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works. (SOLVED, thanks)
« on: September 23, 2011, 10:54:06 PM »
(Not sure if this is exactly the right place for this but if not, please move it.)

EeePC netbook, LXDE 2011.6 Updated, printing wirelessly through CUPS to a desktop server also running LXDE. Printer is a HP 2180 connected via USB to server.

Recently the printer stopped printing. No valid reason was found, so I deleted and reinstalled the printer on the server and using the address http://localhost:631/ deleted and reinstalled the server printer as default shared printer for both my wife's and my laptops. All three machines now print happily.
When I attempted to do the same operation on the netbook I found two instances of the printer that were essentially identical to the server description listed, and a few others besides left over from times gone by and invalid.
Now it gets mucky. Instead of just deleting all the entries and starting clean, I chose to send a document via one of the duplicate addresses as an experiment in identity. Twice. Yes, I know....
It was the invalid address I sent to, and now whenever I boot the netbook it raises flocks of error messages looking for the non-existent printer, and I can't cancel or delete the document jobs via the GUI and I can't access localhost because it's busy with the print demands presumably. I can close the error messages in the Taskbar but the localhost access problem remains. Both ether and wireless connections behave the same.
Is there a CUPS terminal command to purge the job list? Is there a file in the OS I can modify? Has anyone done something this stupid before and fixed it?

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John.
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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works.
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2011, 10:08:18 PM »
Just a thought: Could I reinstall, or delete and reinstall, CUPS or Task-Printing to get rid of the unwanted queue? Or does that idea not overwrite the file with the bogeys in it. Whatever it is.  ???

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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works.
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2011, 02:41:21 AM »
BJF,
you need to;
  • Enter CUPS
  • goto Administration > Manage Printers
  • Select the printer
  • Click maintenance > Cancel all Jobs

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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works.
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2011, 03:14:17 AM »
I understand the theory, but that requires a trip to localhost:631 doesn't it? And that is my problem. If there is access to CUPS independent of the server, ie within the netbook's OS only, that would certainly be possible. Is there a way? I did su root and typed cups>(tab) but cannot decide what if any of the options to try.
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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works.
« Reply #4 on: September 26, 2011, 04:55:20 AM »
Quote from: BJF on September 23, 2011, 10:54:06 PM
Recently the printer stopped printing. No valid reason was found, so I deleted and reinstalled the printer on the server and using the address http://localhost:631/ deleted and reinstalled the server printer as default shared printer for both my wife's and my laptops. All three machines now print happily.
When I attempted to do the same operation on the netbook I found two instances of the printer that were essentially identical to the server description listed, and a few others besides left over from times gone by and invalid.


BJF,  
After setting up the server/printer and allowing sharing of that printer to all the other linux/CUPS PCs on your local network, others should auto detect the shared printer.  (give it a few minutes for the router to announce) IMHO..    
By configuring printer on the other PCs - you are sharing the original printer + sharing extra links to it.  It shouldn't be necessary to perform this extra configuring.  :-\
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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works.
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2011, 12:01:33 PM »
Understood. And yes, the server printer was found in each instance with the laptops after all other references to printers past had been deleted. The problem with the netbook is that before I deleted other instances and accepted the server as the printer, I sent a job to a non-existant instance and now have a tail-chase tying up the machine. It is this I need to resolve, preferably without a reinstall!  :D
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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works.
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2011, 02:33:50 PM »
BJF,
if you go to http://localhost:631/ on your netbook you are only accessing the cups server on that device, changes made there will not be shown on the device hosting the printer but will have an effect on how the netbook communicates with the printer.
This means that you can have several machines accessing the same printer with slightly different configurations (should you wish to do so)
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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works.
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2011, 10:52:35 PM »
Andy, the basic problem still remains. If I boot the netbook it goes spastic trying to send to a faux printer. I get three superimposed error windows which take a LOT of closing. Any attempt to open http://localhost:631 returns an error message in the browser saying that the server is busy, or the address is wrong, or the firewall is being naughty. And I don't know how else to proceed.  ???

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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works.
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2011, 12:42:39 AM »
Aah, right. Any chance of showing a screeny of the error message (or repeating it here)?
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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works.
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2011, 01:17:39 AM »
Quote from: BJF on September 26, 2011, 10:52:35 PM
Andy, the basic problem still remains. If I boot the netbook it goes spastic trying to send to a faux printer. I get three superimposed error windows which take a LOT of closing. Any attempt to open http://localhost:631 returns an error message in the browser saying that the server is busy, or the address is wrong, or the firewall is being naughty. And I don't know how else to proceed.  ???

Thanks

BJF,
Can you check if CUPS service is running and set to start on boot..

Can you ping the IP of the print server PC?

also what is the content of your  /etc/cups/printers.conf     ? (you may need to check as root!)
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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works.
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2011, 02:30:04 AM »
In addition to our requests above, could you also post contents of the log file /var/log/cups/error_log

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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works.
« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2011, 06:32:16 PM »
Gentlepeople,

Running from boot; Yes.
Ping server; Successful.

/etc/cups/printers.conf;

# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.4.6
# Written by cupsd on 2011-09-28 06:14
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING

/var/log/cups/error_log;

E [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] Destination printer does not exist!
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] The following messages were recorded from 06:19:20 to 06:19:20
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] Sending job to queue tagged as raw...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] job-sheets=none,none
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[0]="Deskjet_F2100"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[1]="4"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[2]="mdm"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[3]="Scratchpad 02"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[4]="1"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[5]="job-originating-user-name=mdm PageSize=A4 job-priority=50 job-uuid=urn:uuid:82f10753-ace1-36e4-5e3e-c57285c7fa74 job-sheets=none,none lease-duration=300 job-originating-host-name=localhost time-at-creation=1316601049 time-at-processing=1317143960 job-id=4 job-state=5 job-media-sheets-completed=0 job-k-octets=34 job-printer-state-message= job-printer-state-reasons=none"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[6]="/var/spool/cups/d00004-001"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[0]="CUPS_CACHEDIR=/var/cache/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[1]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[2]="CUPS_DOCROOT=/usr/share/cups/doc"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[3]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[4]="CUPS_REQUESTROOT=/var/spool/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[5]="CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/lib/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[6]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[7]="CUPS_STATEDIR=/var/run/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[8]="HOME=/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[9]="PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[10]="SERVER_ADMIN=root@localhost.localdomain"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[11]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.4.6"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[12]="TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[13]="USER=root"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[14]="CUPS_SERVER=/var/run/cups/cups.sock"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[15]="CUPS_ENCRYPTION=IfRequested"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[16]="IPP_PORT=631"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[17]="CHARSET=utf-8"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[18]="LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[19]="PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/Deskjet_F2100.ppd"
9:20 +1300] [Job 4] The following messages were recorded from 06:19:20 to 06:19:20
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] Sending job to queue tagged as raw...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] job-sheets=none,none
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[0]="Deskjet_F2100"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[1]="4"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[2]="mdm"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[3]="Scratchpad 02"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[4]="1"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[5]="job-originating-user-name=mdm PageSize=A4 job-priority=50 job-uuid=urn:uuid:82f10753-ace1-36e4-5e3e-c57285c7fa74 job-sheets=none,none lease-duration=300 job-originating-host-name=localhost time-at-creation=1316601049 time-at-processing=1317143960 job-id=4 job-state=5 job-media-sheets-completed=0 job-k-octets=34 job-printer-state-message= job-printer-state-reasons=none"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] argv[6]="/var/spool/cups/d00004-001"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[0]="CUPS_CACHEDIR=/var/cache/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[1]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[2]="CUPS_DOCROOT=/usr/share/cups/doc"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[3]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[4]="CUPS_REQUESTROOT=/var/spool/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[5]="CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/lib/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[6]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[7]="CUPS_STATEDIR=/var/run/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[8]="HOME=/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[9]="PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[10]="SERVER_ADMIN=root@localhost.localdomain"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[11]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.4.6"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[12]="TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[13]="USER=root"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[14]="CUPS_SERVER=/var/run/cups/cups.sock"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[15]="CUPS_ENCRYPTION=IfRequested"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[16]="IPP_PORT=631"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[17]="CHARSET=utf-8"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[18]="LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[19]="PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/Deskjet_F2100.ppd"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[20]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=8m"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[21]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/pdf"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[22]="DEVICE_URI=ipp://192.168.2.8:631/printers/Deskjet_F2100"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[23]="PRINTER_INFO=Deskjet_F2100"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[24]="PRINTER_LOCATION=Location Unknown"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[25]="PRINTER=Deskjet_F2100"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] envp[26]="CUPS_FILETYPE=document"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp (PID 8542)
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] 1 files to send in job...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] STATE: +connecting-to-device
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] Connecting to 192.168.2.8:631
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] Connecting to printer...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] STATE: -connecting-to-device
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] Connected to printer...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] Connected to 192.168.2.8:631 (IPv4)...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] hrDeviceDesc="Unknown"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] prtGeneralCurrentLocalization type is 5, expected 2!
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] Getting supported attributes...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] Set job-printer-state-message to "Destination printer does not exist!", current level=ERROR
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] Backend returned status 4 (stop printer)
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] Printer stopped due to backend errors; please consult the error_log file for details.
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] End of messages
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] printer-state=3(idle)
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] printer-state-message="Destination printer does not exist!"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:20 +1300] [Job 4] printer-state-reasons=none
E [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] Destination printer does not exist!
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] The following messages were recorded from 06:19:20 to 06:19:21
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] Sending job to queue tagged as raw...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] job-sheets=none,none
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] argv[0]="Deskjet_F2100"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] argv[1]="4"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] argv[2]="mdm"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] argv[3]="Scratchpad 02"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] argv[4]="1"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] argv[5]="job-originating-user-name=mdm PageSize=A4 job-priority=50 job-uuid=urn:uuid:82f10753-ace1-36e4-5e3e-c57285c7fa74 job-sheets=none,none lease-duration=300 job-originating-host-name=localhost time-at-creation=1316601049 time-at-processing=1317143960 job-id=4 job-state=5 job-media-sheets-completed=0 job-k-octets=34 job-printer-state-message= job-printer-state-reasons=none"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] argv[6]="/var/spool/cups/d00004-001"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[0]="CUPS_CACHEDIR=/var/cache/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[1]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[2]="CUPS_DOCROOT=/usr/share/cups/doc"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[3]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[4]="CUPS_REQUESTROOT=/var/spool/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[5]="CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/lib/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[6]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[7]="CUPS_STATEDIR=/var/run/cups"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[8]="HOME=/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[9]="PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[10]="SERVER_ADMIN=root@localhost.localdomain"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[11]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.4.6"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[12]="TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[13]="USER=root"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[14]="CUPS_SERVER=/var/run/cups/cups.sock"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[15]="CUPS_ENCRYPTION=IfRequested"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[16]="IPP_PORT=631"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[17]="CHARSET=utf-8"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[18]="LANG=en_NZ.UTF-8"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[19]="PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/Deskjet_F2100.ppd"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[20]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=8m"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[21]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/pdf"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[22]="DEVICE_URI=ipp://192.168.2.8:631/printers/Deskjet_F2100"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[23]="PRINTER_INFO=Deskjet_F2100"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[24]="PRINTER_LOCATION=Location Unknown"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[25]="PRINTER=Deskjet_F2100"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] envp[26]="CUPS_FILETYPE=document"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp (PID 8546)
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] 1 files to send in job...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] STATE: +connecting-to-device
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] Connecting to 192.168.2.8:631
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] Connecting to printer...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] STATE: -connecting-to-device
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] Connected to printer...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] Connected to 192.168.2.8:631 (IPv4)...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] hrDeviceDesc="Unknown"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] prtGeneralCurrentLocalization type is 5, expected 2!
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] Getting supported attributes...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] Set job-printer-state-message to "Destination printer does not exist!", current level=ERROR
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] Backend returned status 4 (stop printer)
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] Printer stopped due to backend errors; please consult the error_log file for details.
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] End of messages
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] printer-state=3(idle)
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] printer-state-message="Destination printer does not exist!"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] printer-state-reasons=none
E [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] Destination printer does not exist!
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] The following messages were recorded from 06:19:21 to 06:19:21
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] Sending job to queue tagged as raw...
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] job-sheets=none,none
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] argv[0]="Deskjet_F2100"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] argv[1]="4"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] argv[2]="mdm"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] argv[3]="Scratchpad 02"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] argv[4]="1"
D [28/Sep/2011:06:19:21 +1300] [Job 4] argv[5]="job-originating-user-name=mdm PageSize=A4 job-priority=50 job-uuid=urn:uuid:82f10753-ace1-36e4-5e3e-c57285c7fa74 job-sheets=none,none lease-duration=300 job-originating-host-name=localhost time-at-creation=1316601049 time-at-processing=1317143961 job-id=4 job-state=5 job-media-sheets-completed=0 job-k-octets=34 job-printer-state-message= job-printer-state-reasons=none"

Eeek! And it just repeats, way too big to publish in entirety.
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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works.
« Reply #12 on: September 28, 2011, 12:55:40 AM »
Quiet optimism here, as I write from a notebook currently free of error messages about printers.
I put the problem aside and took a couple of deep breaths. The added oxygen perhaps, but a plan occurred to me. I booted and with a mouse instead of the scratchpad played Whack The Mole with the flurry of error windows until I'd shot them all and the thing took time out. Then, whilst the server wasn't busy, I got localhost open and deleted the jobs (which didn't get all the errors for some strange reason), then rebooted and went after the printers. Taking out all of them has stopped the errors! I'll reboot a time or two in order to test the theory, then try finding the server printer again. I'll report back, and hopefully mark this solved. Thank you for you input and interest. Your blood's worth bottling. :D
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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works.
« Reply #13 on: September 28, 2011, 03:22:20 AM »
I'll admit to being hopeful too,

the error log says you don't have any printers and the printers.conf is empty (implying you have no printers). Your current plan (remove them, reboot and add the printer back in) is exactly what I would have suggested.

Good luck
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Re: Jobs queued to non-existant printer gumming up the works. (SOLVED, thanks)
« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2011, 12:23:47 AM »
Footnote to this: I've marked it solved because it is. The netbook is behaving itself and all the other machinery connected to the server can print properly. Well done all.

John.  ;D  ;D
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