Printer not printing

[damianobrien]

FC 6 with Samsubg ML2010. The printer is recognized and appears to function properly. The OS knows when it's on or off. The problem is that if doesn't print anything. Jobs are sent and show as completed. The job queue shows the docs, and complete as if the document was sent. The printer never picks up the job. Anyone have any idea of what might be happening here? Thanks.

[damianobrien]

Anyone, anyone. Don't tell me I have to switch the family back to windows. I turned off the Win 2000 comp and forced everyone to switch. They'll hate me if the printers don't work...

[XiaoKJ]

http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-ML-2010 seems to show mixed responses with the printer...

Can you try setting up the printer again, from scratch? This is because it really seems like a configuration problem.

[crow2icedearth]

there are many problems that can cause a printer to not print. its hard to know where the problem lays..

what printer spooler sytem are you using CUPS , LPD , etc ?

if you are using cups have you installed the printer using http://localhost:631 ?

is your printer usb or parellel ?

what entry do you have in /etc/printcap ?

[damianobrien]

CUPS....the printer was installed automatically (during the OS install or boot, I'm not sure.

It is USB.

Here are the file contents:
# This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
# /etc/cups/printers.conf file. All changes to this file
# will be lost.
ML-2010|Added by HAL:rm=localhost:rp=ML-2010:
photosmart_7150|Added by HAL:rm=localhost:rp=photosmart_7150:
--------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm concerned with the ML-2010 for now. All of the print jobs go into a black hole.

(The photosmart is a different issue, but it prints one page as multiple segments on many pages.....I'll get to that later.)

Thanks.

[crow2icedearth]

your problem has happen to me as well. IT was due to the printer driver i had . try to use ML-2008 or another one even thou your printer is ML-2010. im not sure but you might need to install another package for that printer.

when you type http://localhost:631 (cups setup)
try to readd your printer from there . see if it list your printer .

[damianobrien]

Ok it works now. I removed the printer and added it with CUPS. It listed 2 printers to be added....I picked the one called "Samsung_ML-2010_USB_1". I used the default driver and it all works now. Thanks.