CUPS causes printer to click and doesn't print
- by Pez Cuckow
I'm suffering a strange problem with my Cannon iP4850 when trying to use CUPS on a Raspberry Pi (this is not RPi specific, please do not vote to move it).
When I plug the printer into my Laptop (OSX) or my Desktop W7 it identifies as a iP4800 and prints perfectly.
So I plug it into the Pi (running debian), set it up in CUPS enable sharing and can now see the iP4800 series shared on the network.
However if I print to it (using AirPrint etc...); the file gets to CUPS safely (shows in the queue) but when it tries to print the printer clicks (like a loud thunk) 3/4 times and then gives in, with a double amber flashing light. In cups it shows as job completed.
Do you know why using the pi and cups would cause what appears to be a hardware fault and what I can do to fix the problem or to provide further debug info?
Thanks for your time!
Description: Canon iP4800 series
Location: Lounge
Driver: Canon PIXMA iP4800 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.9 (color, 2-sided printing)
Connection: usb://Canon/iP4800%20series?serial=2239B2
Note: I've tried deleting and re-adding the printer to the Laptop, Desktop and PI and the results are always the same
Log for plugging in printer and printing (attempting to) something until the printer turned off again
pi@pezpi /var/log $ dmesg
[ 7284.176336] usb 1-1.2: new high speed USB device number 8 using dwc_otg
[ 7284.279703] usb 1-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=04a9, idProduct=10d5
[ 7284.279750] usb 1-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 7284.279771] usb 1-1.2: Product: iP4800 series
[ 7284.279786] usb 1-1.2: Manufacturer: Canon
[ 7284.279800] usb 1-1.2: SerialNumber: 2239B2
Setting cups to verbose:
Change loglevel in cupsd.conf to debug (or debug2)
pi@pezpi /var/log $ sudo vim /etc/cups/cupsd.conf
pi@pezpi /var/log $ sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart
[ ok ] Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd.
pi@pezpi /var/log $
Log from $ /var/log/cups/error_log is at http://pastebin.com/7VZMRMrG (too large to post here)
The log contains - in order (deleted the log and then did the beneath)
Restarting the cups server
Attempting to print a test page x2
Printing from 192.168.1.90 via AirPrint
Printing from 192.168.1.90 via Network Print
Turning the printer off and on again
