[ale] HP P2035 printer won't on Mandriva 2010.0

Tue Aug 10 13:15:08 EDT 2010

I've attached my CUPS error log.

THANKS!!!

Bob

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 12:38:23PM -0400, Bob Toxen wrote:
> My old HP printer had the nerve to die after only 17 years.
> 
> I'm unable to get my new HP LaserJet P2035 printer (via parallel port)
> to work on Mandriva 2010.0.  (Btw, avoid this version of Mandriva like
> the plague!)
> 
> 
> First, the printer install CD says one must install a driver on Linux
> but it refuses to install demanding I first install "python-devel".
> Unfortunately, there is no such RPM found using Mandriva's GUI install
> tool.  I've installed anything remotely related and still get the error.
> 
> Also, when I use the browser interface to CUPS (http://localhost:631)
> and try things such as clicking on maintenance "clean print heads" (just
> to see if I can talk to the printer), I get an error complaining about
> can't run "application/vnd.cups" or something very similar.
> 
> When I first plugged in the printer, on restarting cups each time it
> would spit out a page that had been queued from when the old printer
> died.  The printer's self-test buttin spits out its test page.
> 
> 
> I'm at the end of my rope here and I'm week on multimedia and printing,
> being a "server guy".
> 
> Any help gratefully accepted.  I'll even throw in a free sightseeing
> flight around Atlanta for the first one to solve the problem.
> 
> If converting the printer connection to USB would help, I can do that.
> 
> THANKS!
> 
> Bob Toxen
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I [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] [Job 430] Printer busy; will retry in 30 seconds...
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] cupsdMarkDirty(-----S)
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] Discarding unused job-progress event...
I [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] Saving subscriptions.conf...
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] cupsdAcceptClient: 15 from localhost (Domain)
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients and printing jobs
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 1.1 Get-Notifications 1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] Get-Notifications /
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="bob"
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for Get-Notifications (/) from localhost
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 WAITING Closing on EOF
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:10 -0400] cupsdCloseClient: 15
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdAcceptClient: 15 from localhost (Domain)
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients and printing jobs
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 1.1 CUPS-Get-Default 1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] CUPS-Get-Default
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for CUPS-Get-Default (no URI) from localhost
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 POST /printers/laser HTTP/1.1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients and printing jobs
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 1.1 Create-Job 1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] Create-Job ipp://localhost:631/printers/laser
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdMarkDirty(----J-)
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients, printing jobs, and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] add_job: requesting-user-name="root"
I [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] [Job 432] Adding start banner page "none".
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdMarkDirty(-----S)
I [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] [Job 432] Queued on "laser" by "root".
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for Create-Job (ipp://localhost:631/printers/laser) from localhost
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 POST /printers/laser HTTP/1.1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients, printing jobs, and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 1.1 Send-Document 1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] Send-Document ipp://localhost:631/printers/laser
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="root"
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] [Job 432] Auto-typing file...
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] [Job 432] Request file type is text/plain.
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdMarkDirty(----J-)
I [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] [Job 432] File of type text/plain queued by "root".
I [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] [Job 432] Adding end banner page "none".
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdMarkDirty(----J-)
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for Send-Document (ipp://localhost:631/printers/laser) from localhost
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 WAITING Closing on EOF
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdCloseClient: 15
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdAcceptClient: 15 from localhost (Domain)
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients, printing jobs, and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 1.1 Get-Notifications 1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] Get-Notifications /
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="bob"
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for Get-Notifications (/) from localhost
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients, printing jobs, and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 1.1 Get-Job-Attributes 1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] Get-Job-Attributes ipp://localhost/jobs/432
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for Get-Job-Attributes (ipp://localhost/jobs/432) from localhost
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 WAITING Closing on EOF
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:11 -0400] cupsdCloseClient: 15
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdAcceptClient: 15 from localhost (Domain)
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients, printing jobs, and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 1.1 CUPS-Get-Printers 1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] CUPS-Get-Printers
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for CUPS-Get-Printers (no URI) from localhost
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients, printing jobs, and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 1.1 CUPS-Get-Default 1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] CUPS-Get-Default
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for CUPS-Get-Default (no URI) from localhost
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients, printing jobs, and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 1.1 Get-Printer-Attributes 1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] Get-Printer-Attributes ipp://localhost/printers/laser
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for Get-Printer-Attributes (ipp://localhost/printers/laser) from localhost
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients, printing jobs, and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 1.1 Get-Jobs 1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] Get-Jobs ipp://localhost/printers/laser
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for Get-Jobs (ipp://localhost/printers/laser) from localhost
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 WAITING Closing on EOF
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:14 -0400] cupsdCloseClient: 15
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:24 -0400] Report: clients=0
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:24 -0400] Report: jobs=432
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:24 -0400] Report: jobs-active=6
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:24 -0400] Report: printers=1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:24 -0400] Report: printers-implicit=0
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:24 -0400] Report: stringpool-string-count=2678
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:24 -0400] Report: stringpool-alloc-bytes=9360
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:24 -0400] Report: stringpool-total-bytes=47024
I [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] [Job 430] Printer busy; will retry in 30 seconds...
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] cupsdMarkDirty(-----S)
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] Discarding unused job-progress event...
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] cupsdAcceptClient: 15 from localhost (Domain)
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients, printing jobs, and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 1.1 Get-Notifications 1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] Get-Notifications /
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="bob"
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for Get-Notifications (/) from localhost
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 WAITING Closing on EOF
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:40 -0400] cupsdCloseClient: 15
I [10/Aug/2010:12:28:41 -0400] Saving job cache file "/var/cache/cups/job.cache"...
I [10/Aug/2010:12:28:41 -0400] Saving subscriptions.conf...
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:41 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:45 -0400] cupsdNetIFUpdate: "lo" = localhost:631
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:45 -0400] cupsdNetIFUpdate: "eth0" = 139.162.250.188:631
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:45 -0400] cupsdNetIFUpdate: "lo" = localhost:631
D [10/Aug/2010:12:28:45 -0400] cupsdNetIFUpdate: "eth0" = fe80::222:3fff:fedb:b580%eth0:631
I [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] [Job 430] Printer busy; will retry in 30 seconds...
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] cupsdMarkDirty(-----S)
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] Discarding unused job-progress event...
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] cupsdAcceptClient: 15 from localhost (Domain)
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Active clients, printing jobs, and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 1.1 Get-Notifications 1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] Get-Notifications /
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name="bob"
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for Get-Notifications (/) from localhost
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: Printing jobs and dirty files
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 15 WAITING Closing on EOF
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:10 -0400] cupsdCloseClient: 15
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:24 -0400] Report: clients=0
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:24 -0400] Report: jobs=432
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:24 -0400] Report: jobs-active=6
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:24 -0400] Report: printers=1
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:24 -0400] Report: printers-implicit=0
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:24 -0400] Report: stringpool-string-count=2830
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:24 -0400] Report: stringpool-alloc-bytes=9280
D [10/Aug/2010:12:29:24 -0400] Report: stringpool-total-bytes=50384