Printer troubleshooting - CUPS Service Stopped {SOLVED}
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Printer troubleshooting - CUPS Service Stopped {SOLVED}
I am running 64-bit Linux Mint 19 Cinnamon edition on a Dell Latitude E6420. It is the only operating system on the machine. I have been experiencing problems maintaining communication with my Epson Stylus D120 printer. It had been working fine, but then started not responding to instructions to print unless I deleted it and re-installed it and now I can''t connect to it at all. The printer troubleshooting help dialogue box tells me that the CUPS print spooler does not appear to be working and to correct this I should "choose System->Administration->Services from the main menu and look for the 'cups' service". I cannot find this, the instructions do not appear to correspond to my display of the main menu. Any suggestions ?!
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Re: Printer trobleshooting - CUPS Srevice Stopped
On my Mint 19.1 Mate system using Firefox
Will bring up the CUPS menu. You might try it and see if you can find anything. Sorry I don't have a specific fix. 127.0.0.1 is one of your internal home IP address.
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http://127.0.0.1:631/
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LinuxMint 21.2 Cinnamon
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LinuxMint 21.2 Cinnamon
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Re: Printer trobleshooting - CUPS Srevice Stopped
Have you tried completely powercycling/rebooting your computer?
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Re: Printer trobleshooting - CUPS Srevice Stopped
It always amazes me that this isn't the first thing that people try. Some people seem to think that all electronic equipment should work continuously for ever and ever and never need a power-cycle!
Running Mint 19.3 Cinnamon on an Intel NUC8i5BEH with 16GB RAM and 500GB SSD
Re: Printer trobleshooting - CUPS Srevice Stopped
Be amazed! Not quite an eternity but ....
and no problems with CUPS.
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brian@desktop:~$ uptime
20:11:39 up 197 days, 11:26, 14 users, load average: 0.79, 0.97, 0.79
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Brian.
Brian.
Re: Printer trobleshooting - CUPS Srevice Stopped
@petewil
This printer is connected by USB?
This printer is connected by USB?
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Brian.
Brian.
Re: Printer trobleshooting - CUPS Srevice Stopped
Excellent! I once heard of a light bulb that's been running continuously for since 1901.brian_p wrote: ⤴Tue Jan 22, 2019 4:15 pm Be amazed! Not quite an eternity but ....and no problems with CUPS.Code: Select all
brian@desktop:~$ uptime 20:11:39 up 197 days, 11:26, 14 users, load average: 0.79, 0.97, 0.79
But still I'm sure you wouldn't rule out rebooting as a potential troubleshooting method?
Running Mint 19.3 Cinnamon on an Intel NUC8i5BEH with 16GB RAM and 500GB SSD
Re: Printer troubleshooting - CUPS Service Stopped {SOLVED}
Solved it by using Timeshift !!!