[SATLUG] Requesting help with a printer problem. (Very new user.)

[John Pappas]

On 9/20/07, cdv7 at sbcglobal.net <cdv7 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Greetings,
> Please attempt to solve this printing problem.
> I recently had openSUSE 10.2 installed on my computer and the printer is a Hewlett Packard Laser Jet 6L. It will print out a test page but thereafter, it only produces blank pages.

Not sure how you set it up in the first place, but `su - -c "yast2
printer"` should help you set it up, or reset the setup.  From where
are you printing a test page?

> The documents to be printed will appear in queue in the Print Jobs For All
> Printers-KJob Viewer box. The priority is set at 50. Here is the error
> message I am receiving: "Print Error - KJob Viewer  There is no default
> printer. Start with all to see all printers." I attempted this, but
> could not find a way to change the settings. Also, my printer does
> appear to be listed as the default printer.

Yast will walk you through the setup and can easily configure the
default printer.

> ( I visited the CUPS page to verify this.)

Which cups page?  http://localhost:631/printers ?

Thanks!
John