Every now and then when someone tries to print something, nothing happens because the printer is "stopped". The printer certainly doesn't know anything about being stopped, but CUPS says it is, so the job just gets queued.
It is possible that the printer gets "stopped" when someone tries to print with the printer physically turned off, but this doesn't happen very often, so I think there is something else "stopping" it.
Is it possible to somehow "start" a printer automatically when someone prints to it?
Can I automatically "start" a printer?
Can I automatically "start" a printer?
Do you know a good gtkdialog program? Please post a link here
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Hi disciple
first try
lpc start <printer name >
if local, or
http://<pc with cups>:631
in a browser, if network
cups normally assigns port 631 AFAIK
You could maybe add
/etc/init.d/cups restart
somewhere[?] if all else fails
it will depend on how the printer is connected, as it could also be a dropped usb port, if a usb printer
HTH
Aitch
first try
lpc start <printer name >
if local, or
http://<pc with cups>:631
in a browser, if network
cups normally assigns port 631 AFAIK
You could maybe add
/etc/init.d/cups restart
somewhere[?] if all else fails
it will depend on how the printer is connected, as it could also be a dropped usb port, if a usb printer
HTH
Aitch
I can "start" it no problem, but I want it to be automatically "started" when someone prints to it.
I've got some rather computer illiterate people around here who get very wound up about it
I've got some rather computer illiterate people around here who get very wound up about it
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Hi disciple
Can't see anything on puppyforum, but found this
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/periph ... urned.html
which seems to suggest Udev is usually used to autostart devices, but its not in puppy only as an add on
Sorry I can't be any further help, as I don't know if its USB/line/local/remote
or what make model printer is to search any further
see my search post here
Aitch
Can't see anything on puppyforum, but found this
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/periph ... urned.html
which seems to suggest Udev is usually used to autostart devices, but its not in puppy only as an add on
Sorry I can't be any further help, as I don't know if its USB/line/local/remote
or what make model printer is to search any further
see my search post here
Aitch
Here is a script that can start a printer without opening the CUPS web interface. Perhaps you can automatically run the script when Puppy boots to ensure that the printer is ready. Of course, it would need to be called after CUPS is started.
wget "http://localhost:631/admin/?op=start-pr ... name=xxxxx"
where "xxxxx" is the exact CUPS name of the printer
CUPS will reply by sending an html file to /root confirming the operation. You could add a line to the script that deletes it.
wget "http://localhost:631/admin/?op=start-pr ... name=xxxxx"
where "xxxxx" is the exact CUPS name of the printer
CUPS will reply by sending an html file to /root confirming the operation. You could add a line to the script that deletes it.
The answer is udev-configure-printer
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