[nylug-talk] Ubuntu: Not Connected? Printer may not be connected

Kevin Mark kevin.mark at verizon.net
Tue Jan 1 09:48:32 EST 2008


On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 06:57:59AM -0500, Seth Rothenberg wrote:
> Greetings.  Happy new year.
> 
> I wonder if anyone has experiences, good or bad,
> with printing from Ubuntu?
> 
> I installed Ubuntu on this machine because it supported PSC-1310.
> When the new Ubuntu came out, I did dist-upgrade - to 7.10
> 
> I have found that printing generally works.
> But every so often the system forgets that the printer is there.
> 
> I get this:
> Not Connected?  Printer PSC... may not be connected
> 
> Rebooting the printer resolves it.
> 
> Any thoughts?
Gutsy seems ok with by epson. Have you tried just restarting the cups
subsystem or unplug/replug the printer?
-K
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