[AuckLUG] HP Color LasrJet 5M ...

[David Hawke]

zed wrote:
> David Hawke <David.Hawke at ppfort.net> wrote:
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>> Do you have  a file manager installed - if so, open it up and browse to
>> /var/log and see what you can see.
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> Yes.  I did open /var/log as you suggested.  And thank you, 'cos I've
> learnt something new!
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Excellent :-)
>> You should be able to then click on a log file and have it open in a gui
>> environment.
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>> Places to look are /var/log/messages /var/log/syslog are the most likely
>> starting points
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> Had a look in each of these files.  Couldn't spot anything to do with
> printers, CUPS or HP Color LaserJet 5M.  Did a Search but nothing
> resulted.
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> I'll work my way through all the var/log/messages*.gz, var/log/sys.log*.gz
> files etc. and see if I can find anything, and report back
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OK - is the system using cups to manage the printers

If so, try connecting to http://localhost:631 - this is the cups admin
utility - it should be enabled for localhost

Have a snoop around there

David H