Troubleshooting
A number of things can go wrong when you use printers. This section discusses some of the most common problems and their solutions.
Printer Does Not Receive Data; Jobs Are Sitting in Queue
Check lpq and make sure that the spooling daemon is running. If it says Warning: no daemon present, you will need to use lpc to restart the spooling daemon. Also check lpc and make sure that the printer is not disabled.
Further culprits can include a printer that’s become locked up and needs to be power-cycled.
One method for narrowing down the possible causes of data that doesn’t get printed is to redirect the output of CUPS to a local file, print the job, and check the file to make sure it received the data. If it didn’t, the printing subsystem ...
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