Workshop
This section is designed to answer common questions that come up about printing, as well as to solidify your understanding of printing with quiz questions.
Q&A
| Q1: | My printer doesn't receive data, and jobs just keep sitting in the queue. What could be wrong? |
| A1: | Make sure that the printer isn't disabled by checking the queue with lpq. Also make sure that there is no warning about the queue being disabled. If there is, you will need to restart the queue using the restart command in lpc. |
| Q2: | The printer seems to be getting data (the data light is flashing), but it never prints. How can I correct this? |
| A2: | This is commonly caused by trying to send non-PostScript data to a printer that only understands PostScript. The printer is expecting control ... |
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