[NBLUG/talk] Ubuntu 5.04 + KDE - printer dissappears, prints garbage

[S. Saunders]

A *very* brief search of Google (sorry, no time for more) hinted
that Ubuntu + KDE have a history of playing poorly with CUPS.

You might want to look at this in more depth.  There may be an
"easy" fix... or there may not, even under an up-rev'ed Ubuntu;
I was seeing some signs that Ubuntu doesn't like CUPS, even when
there's no KDE involved.


- Steve S.


On Wed, November 2, 2005 11:08, A.C. wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Here's an interesting problem to chew on: I set up Ubuntu 5.04 plus the
> KDE install (i.e. Ubuntu + Kubuntu) for a friend, but they have twice
> had a very unusual problem with their Epson Stylus Color 777 printer
> (Parallel, LPT1).  Both times, the printer has suddenly started printing
> garbage when a print job was attempted even though they had been able to
> successfully print for a couple of weeks prior to the problem.  In both
> cases, the printer stopped showing up in KDE's printer manager
> application, but the printer is visible to the CUPS web configuration
> utility (although no changes can be made there).  Print jobs attempted
> after this behavior starts are always aborted without a reason why.  The
> first time this problem happened I removed all printing applications and
> configuration files and started over from scratch, but now that it's
> happening again I need to figure out the root cause or at least how to
> prevent it.
>
> I'm about to take the nuclear option and just install a straight Kubuntu
> 5.10 install instead of having Ubuntu with KDE on it, but I wanted to
> ping the group first to see if anyone had any similar problems or
> suggestions.  If I do end up going ot Kubuntu 5.10, has anyone here
> taken it for a spin?
>
> I continue to be appreciative of the support I've been given here -
> thanks to all who have helped me in the past.  Have a good day,
>
> A.C.
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