Thread: Cups stopped working AGAIN

hello all,
printers have been major pain use, tiny mechanical parts , all. here it's pure software. 11.04 upgrade broke cups nth time since started using ubuntu couple years ago, thought i'd solved that, today it's broken again. can print test page fine cups web interface, can print virtualbox xp session, if print else (from firefox or gimp), job hangs, no error:

code:

epson_stylus_photo_r1800-148  	img.png  	dargaud  	7588k  	unknown  	pending since fri 24 jun 2011 11:22:29 pm cest  epson_stylus_photo_r1800-147  	vtt  	dargaud  	205k  	unknown  	processing since fri 24 jun 2011 11:21:22 pm cest

there no errors in logs:

code:

localhost - - [24/jun/2011:23:21:08 +0200] "post /printers/epson_stylus_photo_r1800 http/1.1" 200 211820 print-job successful-ok  localhost - - [24/jun/2011:23:22:29 +0200] "post /printers/epson_stylus_photo_r1800 http/1.1" 200 7772011 print-job successful-ok

code:

i [24/jun/2011:23:30:48 +0200] started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=27262)  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] scheduler shutting down normally.  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] saving job cache file "/var/cache/cups/job.cache"...  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] listening 0.0.0.0:631 (ipv4)  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] listening [v1.::]:631 (ipv6)  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] listening /var/run/cups/cups.sock (domain)  w [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] no limit validate-job defined in policy authenticated - using print-job's policy  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] remote access enabled.  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] using default tempdir of /var/spool/cups/tmp...  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] configured 100 clients.  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] allowing 100 client connections per host.  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] using policy "default" default!  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] full reload required.  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] loaded mime database "/usr/share/cups/mime" , "/etc/cups": 38 types, 77 filters...  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] loading job cache file "/var/cache/cups/job.cache"...  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] full reload complete.  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] cleaning out old files in "/var/spool/cups/tmp"...  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] cleaning out old files in "/var/cache/cups"...  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] listening 0.0.0.0:631 on fd 6...  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] listening [v1.::]:631 on fd 7...  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] listening /var/run/cups/cups.sock on fd 8...  [24/jun/2011:23:30:52 +0200] resuming new connection processing...  [24/jun/2011:23:30:59 +0200] started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=27289)

any idea @ ?!?

no taker ?
find strange test pages print fine while self-test pages not. i'd expect opposite (or none @ all).
i've removed/reinstalled printer, i've removed/reinstalled cups: no difference.

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