Ron Gibson wrote:

> On my main machine my USB connected HP 5440 works fine.
>
> Now I have an odd problem as I didn't want to get a USB printer but got
> such a good deal I had to buy it.
>
> On another machine (on the LAN) is an old HP 500C on LPT1.
>
> I just recently upgraded the OS on that machine from 10.2 to 11. And now
> after working perfectly with 10.2 I am having this problem.
>
> The kernel modules are loading properly, CUPS is starting, dmesg reports
> a connected printer, /proc IO ports have the right port assigned, and
> CUPS configures the printer properly.
>
> Yet it just won't print. It's not the printer as it prints when I boot
> windows.
>
> Has anyone run into any similar problem?
>
> One thing I noticed (I saved my 10.2 install to a removable HD) is the
> file sizes on the ppd file is a bit different and so are the dates. I
> just doubled checked the kernel and the last gasp I have before I try a
> major repair is to try the older ppd file.

I'm guessing you did not reinstall the printer in CUPS after the upgrade.
When you compared ppd files, did you look at the one in /etc/cups/ppd?
That's what CUPS is using. Try going into the CUPS admin system, removing
the printer and recreating it.

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