Bug#670777: foomatic-db: Printer keeps "printing document" long after printing is done

Package: foomatic-db
Version: 20100630-1
Severity: normal

I posted about this issue on the cups user forum and received the following
response:
"My guess is that the Foomatic driver isn't sending a PJL end-of-job
sequence."

Full story:

I have a debian stable/squeeze server with cups 1.4.4 and a hp laserjet 3015
foomatic/postscript connected by usb. After anything is printed via cups,
the
printer continues to display "printing document" with a blinking status led
for
about 5 minutes.

Cups reports printer status as Idle- "Printer is now online." The driver is
POSTSCRI.PPD and I didn't have to do anything special to make cups recognize
the printer.

If the printer is connected via usb to one of our windows workstations, it
resets to Ready immediately after the last page comes out. But with cups -
and
this applies to things printed over the network, locally, or even a test
page
from the cups maintenance menu - the light blinks for approximately 5
minutes
more.

The printer does accept more jobs from cups, but it's an issue because it's
also our office copier, and it refuses to copy anything until it's finished
"printing document." We can "cancel" the print but I'd prefer to solve this
permanently.

Let me know if you need any more information.



Debian Release: 6.0.4
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

foomatic-db depends on no packages.

Versions of packages foomatic-db recommends:
ii cups 1.4.4-7+squeeze1 Common UNIX Printing
System(tm) -
ii cups-client 1.4.4-7+squeeze1 Common UNIX Printing
System(tm) -
ii foomatic-db-engine 4.0.4-3 OpenPrinting printer support -
pro
ii foomatic-filters 4.0.5-6+squeeze1 OpenPrinting printer support -
fil
ii ghostscript 8.71~dfsg2-9 The GPL Ghostscript
PostScript/PDF
ii hpijs 3.10.6-2+squeeze1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging
- gs
ii min12xxw 0.0.9-3 Printer driver for
KonicaMinolta P
ii pnm2ppa 1.12-16.3 PPM to PPA converter

Versions of packages foomatic-db suggests:
pn cjet <none> (no description available)
ii cups-driver-gutenprint 5.2.6-1 printer drivers for CUPS
pn foo2zjs <none> (no description available)
ii ghostscript-cups 8.71~dfsg2-9 The GPL Ghostscript
PostScript/PDF
pn hplip <none> (no description available)
pn hplip-cups <none> (no description available)
pn m2300w <none> (no description available)
pn openprinting-ppds <none> (no description available)
pn openprinting-ppds-extra <none> (no description available)
pn pxljr <none> (no description available)
pn splix <none> (no description available)



<div>Package: foomatic-db</div><div>Version: 20100630-1</div><div>Severity: normal</div><div><br></div><div>I posted about this issue on the cups user forum and received the following</div><div>response:</div><div>&quot;My guess is that the Foomatic driver isn&#39;t sending a PJL end-of-job sequence.&quot;</div>
<div><br></div><div>Full story:</div><div><br></div><div>I have a debian stable/squeeze server with cups 1.4.4 and a hp laserjet 3015</div><div>foomatic/postscript connected by usb. After anything is printed via cups, the</div>
<div>printer continues to display &quot;printing document&quot; with a blinking status led for</div><div>about 5 minutes.</div><div><br></div><div>Cups reports printer status as Idle- &quot;Printer is now online.&quot; The driver is</div>
<div>POSTSCRI.PPD and I didn&#39;t have to do anything special to make cups recognize</div><div>the printer.</div><div><br></div><div>If the printer is connected via usb to one of our windows workstations, it</div><div>resets to Ready immediately after the last page comes out. But with cups - and</div>
<div>this applies to things printed over the network, locally, or even a test page</div><div>from the cups maintenance menu - the light blinks for approximately 5 minutes</div><div>more.</div><div><br></div><div>The printer does accept more jobs from cups, but it&#39;s an issue because it&#39;s</div>
<div>also our office copier, and it refuses to copy anything until it&#39;s finished</div><div>&quot;printing document.&quot; We can &quot;cancel&quot; the print but I&#39;d prefer to solve this</div><div>permanently.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Let me know if you need any more information.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- System Information:</div><div>Debian Release: 6.0.4</div><div>  APT prefers stable</div><div>  APT policy: (500, &#39;stable&#39;)</div>
<div>Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)</div><div><br></div><div>Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)</div><div>Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)</div><div>Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash</div>
<div><br></div><div>foomatic-db depends on no packages.</div><div><br></div><div>Versions of packages foomatic-db recommends:</div><div>ii  cups                   1.4.4-7+squeeze1  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - </div>
<div>ii  cups-client            1.4.4-7+squeeze1  Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - </div><div>ii  foomatic-db-engine     4.0.4-3           OpenPrinting printer support - pro</div><div>ii  foomatic-filters       4.0.5-6+squeeze1  OpenPrinting printer support - fil</div>
<div>ii  ghostscript            8.71~dfsg2-9      The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF</div><div>ii  hpijs                  3.10.6-2+squeeze1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs</div><div>ii  min12xxw               0.0.9-3           Printer driver for KonicaMinolta P</div>
<div>ii  pnm2ppa                1.12-16.3         PPM to PPA converter</div><div><br></div><div>Versions of packages foomatic-db suggests:</div><div>pn  cjet                        &lt;none&gt;       (no description available)</div>
<div>ii  cups-driver-gutenprint      5.2.6-1      printer drivers for CUPS</div><div>pn  foo2zjs                     &lt;none&gt;       (no description available)</div><div>ii  ghostscript-cups            8.71~dfsg2-9 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF</div>
<div>pn  hplip                       &lt;none&gt;       (no description available)</div><div>pn  hplip-cups                  &lt;none&gt;       (no description available)</div><div>pn  m2300w                      &lt;none&gt;       (no description available)</div>
<div>pn  openprinting-ppds           &lt;none&gt;       (no description available)</div><div>pn  openprinting-ppds-extra     &lt;none&gt;       (no description available)</div><div>pn  pxljr                       &lt;none&gt;       (no description available)</div>
<div>pn  splix                       &lt;none&gt;       (no description available)</div><div><br></div><div>-- no debconf information</div><div><br></div>




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