In an attempt to diagnose a friend's HP Deskjet D1420,
I'm running a Centos 6.10 LiveDVD.
The readily visible symptom is that it will
accept a job and claim to be printing it,
but nothing ever gets printed, not even a test page.
The same happens on her Ubuntu system.
I recently learned that a blinking power light means
that the printer is complaining about something.
What?
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00905267#d0e5511enww
"If an error message appears
Read the error message that explains the problem and its solution."
Huh?
Where on a Deskjet D1420 could an error message possibly appear?
Does it mean this message in /var/cups/error_log?
E [13/May/2021:15:18:53 -0400] [CGI] Unable to create avahi client: Resource
temporarily unavailable
E [13/May/2021:15:18:53 -0400] [cups-deviced] PID 2094 (dnssd) stopped with
status 1!
Would the presence or absence of whatever
avahi is cause the printer to complain?
The printer used to print.
The hardware connection has not changed in years.
Any ideas?
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On 5/13/21 11:51 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote:> In an attempt to diagnose a friend's HP Deskjet D1420, > I'm running a Centos 6.10 LiveDVD. > The readily visible symptom is that it will > accept a job and claim to be printing it, > but nothing ever gets printed, not even a test page. > The same happens on her Ubuntu system. > > I recently learned that a blinking power light means > that the printer is complaining about something. > What? > http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00905267#d0e5511enww > "If an error message appears > Read the error message that explains the problem and its solution." > Huh? > Where on a Deskjet D1420 could an error message possibly appear? > Does it mean this message in /var/cups/error_log? > E [13/May/2021:15:18:53 -0400] [CGI] Unable to create avahi client: > Resource temporarily unavailable > E [13/May/2021:15:18:53 -0400] [cups-deviced] PID 2094 (dnssd) stopped > with status 1! > > Would the presence or absence of whatever > avahi is cause the printer to complain? > > The printer used to print. > The hardware connection has not changed in years. >Printers usually have "print test page" soemewhere in their own menu. Before attempting to connect anything to printer I would test that first. Valeri> Any ideas? >-- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
On Thu, 13 May 2021 12:02:48 -0500 (CDT) Michael Hennebry wrote:> If this machine has a menu anywhere, I cannot find it. > Print test page from localost:631 gives me the same unending print.According to the manual you need to use the "HP Toolbox" to access the test page function (and other stuff). https://www.manualsdir.com/manuals/398954/hp-deskjet-d1420-printer.html?page=36 http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/hp-toolbox.1.html This appears to be part of hplip, which is available in the standard Centos repository. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com
I suspect that my friend does not want me working on her printer any more.
If she asks, I will tell her that changing the cartidges might work,
but that I am dubious.
--
Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
"Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number,
a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin."
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