No print: jobs sit in CUPS

[Dotan Cohen]

2009/10/27 Graham Todd <grahamtodd2 at googlemail.com>:
> On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:12:12 +0200
> Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> uttered these words:
>
>> Until recently I have been able to print with the above setup, but
>> this week things have changed. It seems that jobs are not being sent
>> to the printer, I can see the jobs in the CUPS web interface but they
>> just stay there. The printer is powered on and connected properly. Why
>> isn't CUPS sending the jobs to the printer?
> [snipped]
>
> There could be a number of reasons, but before exploring these, but
> first try connecting the computer directly to the printer (and not to
> the router - if I've understood your setup correctly.)
>
> If you get printed output, CUPS is working OK.  Then go back to your
> router (perhaps change round the cables?) and if it doesn't work again,
> the fault is more than likely with your router...or some change of
> setting.
>

I should have mentioned this. It prints fine when connected via USB
directly to the computer. But I need to restore the network printing,
which was working until recently with no known changes made between
"prints" and "no longer prints".


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