F16 Configured network printer configuration is lost after crash or reboot

[TrickyHarry]

Any ideas will be helpful.

My home network printer configuration dissapears periodically.

I am using Fedora 16, fresh install after using F13 for 2 years - no printer issues.

I have a number of my company's printers defined [5] using a custom interface to CUPS, and these were installed and their configuration remain. I have a networked home laser printer that I have now re-installed 3 times now. I had the printer prior to my F13 installation and I had no problems with F13 and printing.

When configured the printer works fine. The configuration of the printer also works fine. It is just that on 3 occassions when I have attempted to print at home, the printer definition was lost.

When I loose my printer configuration ONLY my home networked printer configuration is lost. The first time the configuration was lost, I was at a loss and wondered if I did configure it at all. When the configuration was lost the 2nd and 3rd times I started to get worried. At each instance ALL the company defined printer configuration still remain in tact.

I do not print very much from the home printer, but my F16 has locked up about 5-6 times and I was forced to power down, but this is still strange.

Company printer URI:-
ipselect://xemeaprt25.megacenter.de.ibm.com:7050/gbbaslcq

My home printer URI:- [HP Deskjet protocol]
socket://192.168.0.52:9100

[TrickyHarry]

Any ideas ??

I found this on the Fedora and RegHat sites:-

# su -c 'cupsctl LogLevel=debug2'
cupsctl: Internal Server Error

# cupsctl --debug-logging
cupsctl: Internal Server Error

# cupsctl
_debug_logging=0
_remote_admin=0
_remote_any=0
_remote_printers=1
_share_printers=0
_user_cancel_any=0
BrowseLocalProtocols=CUPS dnssd
DefaultAuthType=Basic
JobPrivateAccess=default
JobPrivateValues=default
MaxLogSize=0
SubscriptionPrivateAccess=default
SubscriptionPrivateValues=default
SystemGroup=sys root
WebInterface=Yes


cupsctl --# cupsctl --debug-logging on
cupsctl: Unknown option "--#"
Usage: cupsctl [options] [param=value ... paramN=valueN]

Options:

-E Enable encryption.
-U username Specify username.
-h server[ort] Specify server address.

--[no-]debug-logging Turn debug logging on/off.
--[no-]remote-admin Turn remote administration on/off.
--[no-]remote-any Allow/prevent access from the Internet.
--[no-]remote-printers Show/hide remote printers.
--[no-]share-printers Turn printer sharing on/off.
--[no-]user-cancel-any Allow/prevent users to cancel any job.
[root@naipaulpc ~]# cupsctl --debug-logging
cupsctl: Internal Server Error

[TrickyHarry]

I have now looked in the /etc/cups/lpp and I see my printer defined 6 times, with different names etc.

ppd]# ls -ltr
total 1120
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 7884 Feb 19 13:09 PostScript.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 112211 Feb 19 22:30 gbbaslcq.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 164409 Feb 19 22:30 gbbaslcx.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 164409 Feb 19 22:32 gbbasld3.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 36986 Feb 19 22:32 gbbaslcw.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 36986 Feb 20 20:13 gbbaslcw.confidential.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 112211 Feb 20 20:13 gbbaslcq.confidential.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 164409 Feb 20 20:13 gbbaslcx.confidential.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 164409 Feb 20 20:13 gbbasld3.confidential.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 26259 Apr 14 00:09 DoverPlace02.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 26259 Apr 14 17:29 DoverPlace-Laser.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 26259 Apr 14 17:29 DoverPlace-Laser02.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 26259 Apr 18 00:44 Dover-Laser.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 26259 Apr 20 01:42 Kyocera-Mita-FS-1010.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 12262 May 2 00:45 Kyocera-Mita-F-1010.ppd

[BBQdave]

Originally Posted by TrickyHarry

My home network printer configuration dissapears periodically

I do not have the issue of dissappearing, but when I reboot my system (F16 64-bit) I get this message Processing... Not connected. I remove my printer configuration, re-configure, and then print. I have to do this every reboot. I am curious about any ideas on this too? And my network printer sets at the same address on my home network, so not sure why it is not recognised on reboot

When I reconfigure, it is the same information input-ed as before?

[TrickyHarry]

I am now re-phrasing the statement as the local printers are now not being reported as configured.

I have been configuring a CUPS-PDF printer, to allow any application to print to a PDF output file and part of the configuration is to select a pre-defined CUPS printer definition *.ppd file.

When I look at the /etc/cups/ppd/ I see five separate configuration .ppd files for my local printer. Now I can specify a pre-existing *.ppf file in the /etc/cups/ppd/ directory and my printer is back up and running.

Now both my CUPS-PDF and local defined printers are not being displayed in the panel, as the definitions are in the correct location:-

[root@naipaulpc cups]# cd ppd ; ls -l
total 1144
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 20956 May 18 23:50 CUPS-PDF-Printer.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 26259 Apr 14 00:09 DoverClos02.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 26259 Apr 14 17:29 DoverClose-Laser02.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 26259 Apr 14 17:29 DoverClose-Laser.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 26259 Apr 18 00:44 Dover-Laser.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 112211 Feb 20 20:13 gbbaslcq.confidential.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 112211 Feb 19 22:30 gbbaslcq.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 36986 Feb 20 20:13 gbbaslcw.confidential.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 36986 Feb 19 22:32 gbbaslcw.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 164409 Feb 20 20:13 gbbaslcx.confidential.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 164409 Feb 19 22:30 gbbaslcx.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 164409 Feb 20 20:13 gbbasld3.confidential.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 164409 Feb 19 22:32 gbbasld3.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 12262 May 2 00:45 Kyocera-Mita-F-1010.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 26259 May 18 23:54 Kyocera-Mita-FS-1010.ppd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 7884 Feb 19 13:09 PostScript.ppd

I see some error messages in /var/log/cups directory, but I see messages for all the network printers also, and they are also there.

W [19/May/2012:12:06:34 +0100] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExistsrofile id 'Generic-CUPS-PDF-Printer-Gray..' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:06:34 +0100] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExistsrofile id 'Generic-CUPS-PDF-Printer-RGB..' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:06:34 +0100] failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-Generic-CUPS-PDF-Printer' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:06:34 +0100] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExistsrofile id 'Generic-CUPS-PDF-Printer-Gray..' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:06:34 +0100] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExistsrofile id 'Generic-CUPS-PDF-Printer-RGB..' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:06:34 +0100] failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-Generic-CUPS-PDF-Printer' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:06:34 +0100] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExistsrofile id 'Generic-CUPS-PDF-Printer-Gray..' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:06:34 +0100] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExistsrofile id 'Generic-CUPS-PDF-Printer-RGB..' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:06:34 +0100] failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-Generic-CUPS-PDF-Printer' already exists
E [19/May/2012:12:07:05 +0100] Unable to finalize "/etc/cups/printers.conf": Permission denied
W [19/May/2012:12:07:10 +0100] [CGI] Missing NickName and ModelName in /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/KONICA_MINOLTA/KOC451JX.ppd.gz!
W [19/May/2012:12:07:10 +0100] [CGI] Missing NickName and ModelName in /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Brother/BR5070DN_GPL.ppd.gz!
W [19/May/2012:12:07:10 +0100] [CGI] Missing NickName and ModelName in /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Epson/eplp950c.ppd.gz!
W [19/May/2012:12:07:10 +0100] [CGI] Missing NickName and ModelName in /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Epson/eplp850c.ppd.gz!
W [19/May/2012:12:07:10 +0100] [CGI] Missing NickName and ModelName in /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Epson/eplp9100.ppd.gz!
W [19/May/2012:12:07:10 +0100] [CGI] Missing NickName and ModelName in /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Epson/eplp830c.ppd.gz!
W [19/May/2012:12:07:10 +0100] [CGI] Missing NickName and ModelName in /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Epson/eplp960s.ppd.gz!
W [19/May/2012:12:07:10 +0100] [CGI] Missing NickName and ModelName in /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Epson/eplp880c.ppd.gz!
W [19/May/2012:12:07:10 +0100] [CGI] Missing NickName and ModelName in /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Epson/eplp980c.ppd.gz!
W [19/May/2012:12:07:10 +0100] [CGI] Missing NickName and ModelName in /usr/share/cups/model/foomatic-db-ppds/Epson/eplp920c.ppd.gz!
W [19/May/2012:12:07:32 +0100] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExistsrofile id 'Kyocera-Mita-FS-1010-Gray..' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:07:32 +0100] failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-Kyocera-Mita-FS-1010' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:07:33 +0100] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExistsrofile id 'Kyocera-Mita-FS-1010-Gray..' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:07:33 +0100] failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-Kyocera-Mita-FS-1010' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:07:33 +0100] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExistsrofile id 'Kyocera-Mita-FS-1010-Gray..' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:07:33 +0100] failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-Kyocera-Mita-FS-1010' already exists
E [19/May/2012:12:08:02 +0100] Unable to finalize "/etc/cups/printers.conf": Permission denied
W [19/May/2012:12:08:08 +0100] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExistsrofile id 'Kyocera-Mita-FS-1010-Gray..' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:08:08 +0100] failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-Kyocera-Mita-FS-1010' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:08:09 +0100] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExistsrofile id 'Kyocera-Mita-FS-1010-Gray..' already exists
W [19/May/2012:12:08:09 +0100] failed to CreateDevice: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-Kyocera-Mita-FS-1010' already exists
E [19/May/2012:12:08:38 +0100] Unable to finalize "/etc/cups/printers.conf": Permission denied
E [19/May/2012:12:09:08 +0100] [Job 14] Unable to queue job for destination "CUPS-PDF-Printer"!
W [19/May/2012:12:09:26 +0100] failed to CreateProfile: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExistsrofile id 'PDF-Printer-Gray..' already exists
:

I am not also able to enable debugging for CUPS, per Fedora 16 diagnostics.

[BBQdave]

Just an update,

my print issue may be caused by the network printer sleeping and not waking in a timely manner.

I sent a file to print, had same information of file sent - not connected, then about a minute later, the file printed. I immediately tested another file, which printed immediately. So maybe a wake issue with my printer

And I am sorry TrickyHarry, I do not have helpful ideas for your printer problems. I am curious though if you checked out this F16 Public Service Announcement, and if it is related to your printer troubles?