CUPS is set-up but won't print test page or document.

Hi, all.
I've just installed CUPS and followed the Arch wiki.  I've set-up CUPS many times before, but not under Arch.  My printer is installed with the default driver (for Epson Colour DX7400), but no matter what I do, I can't get it to print.  My printer is switched on and I see my prints in the print cue, and it says they are completed. Can anybody suggest what really obvious thing I must be missing?
Cheers,
Chris.

Raffles10 wrote:
I eventually got my printer (HP Deskjet) working by using system-config-printer to set it up. This was after Cups couldn't even find it:
sudo pacman -S system-config-printer system-config-printer-gnome hal-cups-utils
My printer's driver 'hplip' was also installed. To set up you need to find your printer's URI:
sudo lpinfo -v
It should look something like this:
hp:/usb/Deskjet_3900?serial=TH58F122KP04CK
I already had !usblp in the modules array. The only problem I have now is that the page formatting is slightly off. Cups 1.4 is especially problematic in Arch, I have a Debian Testing install and it was simple to set up my printer and it works perfectly. I've also tried it from a Ubuntu 9.10 live cd which includes cups 1.4 and no problems there either. It seems there's something peculiar about Arch's implementation of the new Cups.
This may or may not be of any help. I've seen so many people struggling with this and so many solutions proffered that another one can't hurt.
The following thread did the trick for me. I wasn't able to find hal-cups-utils in the repo anymore so the chmod trick worked beautifully. I'm using a Brother HL-2040 printer.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=691150

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