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disciple

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?

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

double post while editing, sorry

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

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

disciple · Posted: Fri 30 May 2008, 19:50 Post subject:

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 Sad

Aitch · Joined: 04 Apr 2007 Posts: 6825 Location: Chatham, Kent, UK

Hi disciple

Can't see anything on puppyforum, but found this

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/peripherals-hardware/117002-auto-load-firmware-when-usb-printer-turned.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

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 31 May 2008, 10:20 Post subject:

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-printer&printer_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.

disciple · Posted: Thu 15 Mar 2012, 21:19 Post subject:

The answer is udev-configure-printer