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Subject: Re: printing problems (again)
From: Ferdinand Gassauer <gassauer () kde ! org>
Date: 2001-06-18 9:07:56
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On Monday 18 June 2001 10:48, Michael Goffioul wrote:
> > snip..
> > I have set the log level to debug
> > somewhere at the end I see: job-name = "file:/" followed by an error
> > message BTW I can produce a PS file and print it without problems.
> > can it be that the file is removed prior of sending it to the printer -
> > there was a discussion about this matter on the list.
>
> This is possible, however the problem would occur before. When you send a
> job to CUPS daemon, it makes a copy of the file locally (in queue
> directory), so if the file is removed, the print job won't even start. If
> the job is started, it implies the file has been successfully sent to cupsd
> and that a local copy exists: so it is safe to remove the original file.
>
> You still didn't tell me what application you're using to print the image.
kmail , I wanted to print a message
> And I probably would also need the PPD file of your printer.
see attachement
> I suspect (but
> I'm not sure) that this is a problem of mime types: the printer refuses the
> file because it doesn't recognize the mime type received. This will only
> happen with IPP-aware printers, as IPP is like HTTP, the mime type is
> attached to the request sent to the printer.
>
> > this printer uses ipp protocol
> > DeviceURI ipp://et-color/ipp/port1
> >
> > the other one which works is a printqueue on a SCO and uses this
> > DeviceURI lpd://weisa.w.ftp.com/et_hp1
>
> Does it mean that it doesn't work with the first printer, but is OK with
> the second one?
Yes
>
> Michael.
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on SuSE 7.0 current CVS
["et_color.ppd" (text/plain)]
*PPD-Adobe: "4.3"
*%
*% WARNING: CUPS-O-MATIC IS ALPHA QUALITY; DO NOT EXPECT IT TO WORK!
*%
*% For information on using this, and to obtain the required backend
*% script, consult http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/cups-doc.html
*%
*% CUPS-O-MATIC generated this PPD file. It is for use with the CUPS
*% printing system and the "cupsomatic" backend filter script. These
*% two files work together to support the use of arbitrary free
*% software drivers with CUPS, replete with basic support for
*% driver-provided options.
*%
*% You may save this file as `HP-Color_LaserJet_4500-Postscript.ppd'
*%
*%
*FormatVersion: "4.3"
*FileVersion: "1.1"
*LanguageVersion: English
*LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
*PCFileName: "COM.PPD"
*Manufacturer: "HP"
*Product: "Color LaserJet 4500"
*cupsVersion: 1.0
*cupsManualCopies: True
*cupsModelNumber: 2
*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 cupsomatic"
*ModelName: "Color LaserJet 4500"
*ShortNickName: "Color LaserJet 4500"
*NickName: "HP Color LaserJet 4500, Foomatic + Postscript"
*PSVersion: "(3010.000) 550"
*LanguageLevel: "3"
*ColorDevice: True
*DefaultColorSpace: RGB
*FileSystem: False
*Throughput: "1"
*LandscapeOrientation: Plus90
*VariablePaperSize: False
*TTRasterizer: Type42
*pnpManufacturer: "LaserJet Color 4500"
*pnpModel: "Hewlett-Packard"
*% This is fake. I have no information on how to
*% set the pagesize for this driver in the datbase. To
*% prevent PPD users from blowing up, we must provide a
*% default pagesize value.
*OpenUI *PageSize/Media Size: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *PageSize
*DefaultPageSize: A4
*PageSize Letter/Letter: "<</PageSize[612 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize Legal/Legal: "<</PageSize[612 1008]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize A4/A4: "<</PageSize[595 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *PageSize
*% Generic boilerplate PPD stuff babbling about paper dimensions and
*% the usual Postscript fonts offered by Ghostscript. Contributions
*% to spice this up are welcome!
*DefaultImageableArea: Letter
*ImageableArea Letter: "8.60 39.60 603.40 766.49"
*ImageableArea Legal: "8.60 39.60 603.40 982.49"
*ImageableArea A4: "8.60 39.60 586.40 816.49"
*% Generic PaperDimension; evidently there wasn't a normal PageSize argument
*DefaultPaperDimension: Letter
*PaperDimension Letter: "612 792"
*PaperDimension Legal: "612 1008"
*PaperDimension A4: "595 842"
*DefaultFont: Courier
*Font AvantGarde-Book: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font AvantGarde-BookOblique: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font AvantGarde-Demi: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font AvantGarde-DemiOblique: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Bookman-Demi: Standard "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Bookman-DemiItalic: Standard "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Bookman-Light: Standard "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Bookman-LightItalic: Standard "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier: Standard "(002.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier-Bold: Standard "(002.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier-BoldOblique: Standard "(002.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier-Oblique: Standard "(002.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Bold: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-BoldOblique: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Narrow: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Narrow-Bold: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Oblique: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font NewCenturySchlbk-Bold: Standard "(001.009S)" Standard ROM
*Font NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font NewCenturySchlbk-Italic: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font NewCenturySchlbk-Roman: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Palatino-Bold: Standard "(001.005S)" Standard ROM
*Font Palatino-BoldItalic: Standard "(001.005S)" Standard ROM
*Font Palatino-Italic: Standard "(001.005S)" Standard ROM
*Font Palatino-Roman: Standard "(001.005S)" Standard ROM
*Font Symbol: Special "(001.007S)" Special ROM
*Font Times-Bold: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Times-BoldItalic: Standard "(001.009S)" Standard ROM
*Font Times-Italic: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Times-Roman: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font ZapfChancery-MediumItalic: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font ZapfDingbats: Special "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
*% What follows is a dumped representation of the internal Perl data
*% structure representing one entry in the Linux Printing Database.
*% This is used by the backend filter to deal with the options.
*%
*% COMDATA #$VAR1 = {
*% COMDATA # 'pnp_cmd' => undef,
*% COMDATA # 'type' => 'P',
*% COMDATA # 'pjl' => 1,
*% COMDATA # 'pnp_mfg' => 'LaserJet Color 4500',
*% COMDATA # 'ascii' => 1,
*% COMDATA # 'pnp_des' => undef,
*% COMDATA # 'pnp_mdl' => 'Hewlett-Packard',
*% COMDATA # 'maxspot' => 'A',
*% COMDATA # 'driver' => 'Postscript',
*% COMDATA # 'id' => 69824,
*% COMDATA # 'args' => [],
*% COMDATA # 'model' => 'Color LaserJet 4500',
*% COMDATA # 'url' => undef,
*% COMDATA # 'comment' => 'Generic Postscript driver. Generally, for Postscript printers, you \
will use no driver, or will use a PPD file. This site\'s automagic configuration system adds \
little.',
*% COMDATA # 'timestamp' => 974795795,
*% COMDATA # 'cmd' => 'cat %A',
*% COMDATA # 'ct' => 1,
*% COMDATA # 'make' => 'HP',
*% COMDATA # 'color' => 1
*% COMDATA #};
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