Suddenly, it appears to the software (multiple) that I have printed, but nothing prints. This message appears as the printer state in the printer properties when I do a test print - which does not actually print. Also, the queue shows the job processing forever. Any thoughts?
Processing -The printer is unreachable at this time.
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Hard to know what the problem is off hand. Assuming you are running printing with cups, these are things I would try:
- check /var/log/cups/error_log to see if there's any useful info.
- go to: http://localhost:631 in a browser then ->enter root->administration->manage printers -> maintenance-> cancel all jobs -> resume printer (or some path similar to that) and cancel all jobs.
- change the log level upwards in cupsd.conf (default is "warn", change to "debug" and see if more info is helpful when running.)
- check /var/log/cups/error_log to see if there's any useful info.
- go to: http://localhost:631 in a browser then ->enter root->administration->manage printers -> maintenance-> cancel all jobs -> resume printer (or some path similar to that) and cancel all jobs.
- change the log level upwards in cupsd.conf (default is "warn", change to "debug" and see if more info is helpful when running.)
Brickwizard
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It would help if you told us what the make/model number of the printer is
Brickwizard
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Try going into the print settings in windows, and disable the printer, then in Lite open the printer manager and make sure your printer is enabled and try to print a page from Lite,
the other thing you can try is disconnect the printer from both the computer and mains power over night to purge its memory
the other thing you can try is disconnect the printer from both the computer and mains power over night to purge its memory
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Generally for a printer to work on a Windows program under Wine you need to install - cups-pdf
Then from MS Word, do Print -> Select PDF as printer -> wait for the printing to complete.
Then from MS Word, do Print -> Select PDF as printer -> wait for the printing to complete.
Brickwizard
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I know it sounds silly, but often works, a modern printer is like a mini computer, feed it too much conflicting information and it will go into a loop it can't get out of, leaving it totally disconnected for at least 4 hrs [longer the better] is the same as switching off a computer and pulling the bios support battery, it discharges the capacitors so the processor forgets everything except it's hard coding. [its one of those engineers tricks your never told about]
Erm hi! I see this is an ancient thread, and that the chances of getting any feedback is fairly low, but, whelp...
I recently bought an ex-display Brother laser, I think it's a HL-1210W or 1212W. The 'W' means it does wireless, so I read the instructions"[1] and did the AWS button on the router and the whatever on the printer and then it just paired-up - the printer self-emitted a status page confirming that it has connected to the correct Wifi access point. All good, one might think, but sadly, although my OS (currently Garuda Linux KDE, but gimme a minute) can see that there is indeed a printer, and it can see that it is a Brother laser of about the right model, and installs drivers for said model automatically, when I actually try and actually PRINT something I get "The printer is unreachable at this time".
OK, so I now tried booting my machine from a variety of 'live' ISOs, including Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, and others. Most detected the printer, most pulled down a sensible driver, and all reported the same EXACT failure message.
Please, WTF am I doing wrong here?!
1. "Boys never read instructions" only really applies to stupid boys
I recently bought an ex-display Brother laser, I think it's a HL-1210W or 1212W. The 'W' means it does wireless, so I read the instructions"[1] and did the AWS button on the router and the whatever on the printer and then it just paired-up - the printer self-emitted a status page confirming that it has connected to the correct Wifi access point. All good, one might think, but sadly, although my OS (currently Garuda Linux KDE, but gimme a minute) can see that there is indeed a printer, and it can see that it is a Brother laser of about the right model, and installs drivers for said model automatically, when I actually try and actually PRINT something I get "The printer is unreachable at this time".
OK, so I now tried booting my machine from a variety of 'live' ISOs, including Ubuntu, Mint, Fedora, and others. Most detected the printer, most pulled down a sensible driver, and all reported the same EXACT failure message.
Please, WTF am I doing wrong here?!
1. "Boys never read instructions" only really applies to stupid boys
theLegionWithin
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garuda is a derivative of arch, so --> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brother-hl1210w (scroll down a bit for instructions)
Sadly, I did all of that, and still got "Printer is unreachable at this time".
And as I said in my OP, I tried various distros and got the exact same error.
And I've tried hooking a physical USB cable to the printer, but no different in any way that I can tell.
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