[vox-tech] Printer problem

Alex Mandel tech_dev at wildintellect.com
Sat Oct 1 12:05:29 PDT 2011


On 10/01/2011 07:28 AM, Bruce Wolk wrote:
> I am going crazy trying to solve a printing problem.  I am running 
> Ubuntu 11.04 with GNOME using CUPS with an hp LaserJet 1300.  Printing 
> works fine from Thunderbird, LibreOffice, and several other programs. 
> Unfortunately, printing fails from Firefox.  When I try and print a web 
> page, the ready light on the printer flashes, the printer queue shows 
> "processing", and /var/log/syslog shows a continuous stream of:
> 
> Sep 30 15:35:27 fermi hp[6224]: io/hpmud/musb.c 1420: unable to write 
> data hp:/usb/hp_LaserJet_1300?serial=00CNBB108322: 45 second io timeout
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Bruce
> _______________________________________________

Workaround, what happens if you print to file 1st ps or pdf and then
send to the printer?

Hopefully someone else will have a pointer to an actual fix though. Did
this work in 10.04 or 10.10?

Thanks,
Alex



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