Data cannot be printed properly when the computer has only a small amount of free space available on the hard disk.
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Sometimes after a job is canceled, the next job cannot be printed properly.
A job was canceled, but the printer did not eject the sheet that was being printed.
When I use GIMP to print a rectangle, several unwanted dot-shaped marks appear on the right side.
Printing is interrupted if the CUPS printer settings are changed while data is printed.
Sometimes I cannot print a document at the specified size.
In Fedora 8/Ubuntu 7.10, the start of printing may be delayed.
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Data cannot be printed properly when the computer has only a small amount of free space available on the hard disk. |
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This condition occurs more easily when printing is canceled frequently. |
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Sometimes after a job is canceled, the next job cannot be printed properly. |
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The recovery procedure is described below: 1. Delete all jobs. 2. Then execute one of the following:
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A job was canceled, but the printer did not eject the sheet that was being printed. |
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Execute one of the following:
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When I use GIMP to print a rectangle, several unwanted dot-shaped marks appear on the right side. |
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This is a problem in the application. |
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Printing does not start. |
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The printer registered to the spooler may have stopped. Open the CUPS Web interface (http://localhost:631/), and check the status of the printer. |
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When a large image is printed from an application, it may take a few minutes for printing to start. Either wait patiently, or print the image from a terminal software instead. |
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Printing is interrupted if the CUPS printer settings are changed while data is printed. |
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If you use the CUPS Web interface or the lpadmin command to change the CUPS printer setting while the machine is printing, the print job is forcibly canceled and printing is interrupted. If the above condition occurs, perform the procedure below: 1. Delete all jobs. 2. Then execute one of the following:
3. Stop and then start the printer by the the CUPS Web interface. |
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If I open the machine cover while the machine is printing several pages, subsequent printing is sometimes disabled. |
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If the machine is printing a document that is several pages long and you open the machine cover immediately after paper is ejected at a page break, subsequent printing may be canceled. If the above condition occurs, perform the procedure below and then reexecute the print jobs. 1. Delete all jobs. 2. Then execute one of the following:
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Sometimes I cannot print a document at the specified size. |
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The other application may overwrite the driver settings with its print setting save function. You may be able to solve this problem by opening .cups/lpoptions or .lpoptions located on the user's home directory with an editor and deleting the corresponding section. |
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When I register the printer with the lpadmin command in openSUSE 10.3, the default paper size is set to Letter. |
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Log in as root and perform the following settings: 1. Delete the printer from the spooler. Example: If the printer is registered as PRINTER # /usr/sbin/lpadmin -x PRINTER 2. Open /etc/cups/cupsd.conf with an editor and add the following line at the end according to the language environment. Example: In the English environment DefaultLanguage en_GB 3. Restart CUPS. # /etc/init.d/cups restart 4. Register the printer to the spooler again. Example: If you want to register the printer as PRINTER (input the PPD file name in "canonxxxxx.ppd") # /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p PRINTER -m canonxxxxx.ppd -v cnij_usb:/dev/usb/lp0 -E |
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In Fedora 8/Ubuntu 7.10, the start of printing may be delayed. |
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When a large image is printed from an application, it may take a few minutes for printing to start. Either wait patiently, or print the image from a terminal software instead. |
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Turn off the machine, and then turn it back on again.