How to resolve "Network host is busy; will retry in 30 seconds"?

Question

I have added a network printer, a Konica Minolta C253, via cups by its IP (http://10.0.0.42) under the http://localhost:631/ cups webfrontend on an Ubuntu 11.10 client.

I used the documented KOC353U.ppd in the process.

I was able to print exactly one page.

Afterwards, all I get in the printer's status is the message: "Network host '10.0.0.42' is busy; will retry in 30 seconds".

What is the problem here and how do I resolve it?

Solution 1

I solved it by switching to the lpd protocol. Socket lead to a broken pipe problem.

So I changed the connection to:

lpd://10.0.0.42/queue

Solution 2

don't use ipp.

use "socket://###.###.###.##:port#/" for your printer instead.

port # maybe 9100 or 631

Reason: The first specifications of IPP lacked of some important details. This allowed Microsoft to implement it in a their own way. The result was that printer manufacturer had to decide how to do their IPP support the way Microsoft does.

Therefore you should use a different protocol, the socket protocol.

Comments

[sudcha]

This got me in the right direction. Yet via socket I got a broken pipe error. lpd was the solution that worked for me.

[Admin]

ok, thats good.