[AuckLUG] HP Color LasrJet 5M ...

[Guy K. Kloss]

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 9:40:22 pm zed wrote:
> > Places to look are /var/log/messages /var/log/syslog are the most likely
> > starting points
>
> 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.

The next ones to check would be also /var/log/cups/error_log 
and /var/log/cups/access_log.

One thing I've found quite useful while debugging printer problems is to look 
at /var/log/cups/error_log while a print job is being submitted/processed.

Unfortunately that involves the command line again the way I did it. Open a 
terminal window (konsole, xterm, eterm, ...) and issue this on the command 
line:

tail -f /var/log/cups/error_log 

I usually after that hit the return key a couple of times to be able to better 
see where the new output appears. Submit a print job and watch the output.

If you're done, just hit CTRL-C to interrupt the tail command for output.

Maybe that will spit out some error message along that may be helpful in 
tracking down the problem.

Guy
(Comand line-esque)

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