Problem with cups

WarAngel · Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:49 pm Post subject: Problem with cups

I can print anything but pdf file (using acroread or xpdf). When I print a pdf, the job directly goes to complete in localhost:631. If I try to restart the job, I get the cups magic error client-error-not-possible.

I added the printer through the printing manager in KDE. It is a Samsung ML-1210. If I do the same thing in Knoppix 3.6, I can print pdf.

I've emerge cups and foomatic. Did I miss a package ?

Thanks, WarAngel

adaptr · Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:04 pm Post subject:

CUPS doesn't print any type of document itself directly, apart from plain text files.
The conversion to raster or PS is the job of the driver (Ghostscript or whatever.)
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WarAngel · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:23 am Post subject:

Yeah, the problem seems to be in the conversion. If I manually convert a pdf to a ps, I can print it with kghostview. Also, I try adding a starting and a ending banner and both came out, like if the conversion of the pdf was empty.

I think the problem is with pdftops like it is specified in mime.convs. What can I do ? :cry:

WarAngel

blacky78 · n00b Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 10

Looks like the same problem as here: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-434182.html

elgrande71 · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 8:45 am Post subject:

Personnally, I had this type of problem. On acroread, printing with cups did not function. So I reeemerged ghostscript and I emerged ghostview and now, printing with cups works very well. :wink:

My printer is a Canon i560. :wink:

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