50 Installing and Configuring the PostScript Driver on Linux
Error
Location
Error Status Connection
Error Message
(Messages displayed on Printer State (printer status) of the
CUPS Web Screen (http://localhost:631/printers)
Printer
• Power off
• No connection
• Printer is off or
printer is
disconnected
before data is
transferred to the
printer after print
command
• Other errors
(Errors occur while
the printer cannot
accept transferred
data.)
IP (LPR) The following message appears:
(Printer State:) processing, accepting jobs.
"Attempting to connect to host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (Printer IP address)
for printer
***(Printer queue name)"
After a while, either of the following message appears:
(Printer State:) processing, accepting jobs.
"Unable to connect to printer; will retry in 30 seconds ... :
Connection timed out”
or
(Printer State:) processing, accepting jobs.
"Network host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (Printer IP address) is busy, down
unreachable; will retry in 30 seconds ..."
(It depends on network environment which message appears.)
#This message is displayed until data can be transferred to the
printer.
USB The following message appears, and printer queue stops.
(#This message is displayed until data can be transferred to the
printer.)
(Printer State:) idle, accepting jobs.
"Unable to open USB device ***(USB Device URI): No such
device"
Parallel The following message appears.
(#This message is displayed until data can be transferred to the
printer.)
(Printer State:) processing, accepting jobs.
"processing, accepting jobs."
• Printer is off or
printer is
disconnected
while data is
transferred to the
printer after print
command.
IP (LPR) The following message appears.
(#This message is displayed until data can be transferred to the
printer.)
(Printer State:) processing, accepting jobs.
"Spooling LPR job, xx% complete ...".
USB The following message appears, and printer queue stops.
(#This message is displayed until data can be transferred to the
printer.)
(Printer State:) idle, accepting jobs.
"Unable to open USB device ***(USB Device URI): No such
device"
Parallel The following message appears.
(#This message is displayed until data can be transferred to the
printer.)
(Printer State:) processing, accepting jobs.
"processing, accepting jobs."
• No paper
• No toner
• Cover open
• Cassette open
• Other errors
(Errors occur while
the printer cannot
accept transferred
data.)
IP (LPR)
USB
Parallel
Data is transferred to the printer, and PC completes print job
properly.
(No error message appears.)