Bug#796779: cups-server-common: CUPS mime.types no longer recognises PDF
On Mon 24 Aug 2015 at 13:40:59 +0100, Steve Graham wrote:
> Package: cups-server-common
> Version: 2.0.3-10
> Severity: important
> Tags: patch
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I found that CUPS stopped printing from some applications, e.g. evince, gimp.
> However, other applications did work, e.g. xpdf. Also, printing a test page
> from the CUPS web interface DID work.
>
> On investigation, it looked as though the non-working applications were sending
> their print job as PDF, while the working ones were sending PostScript.
>
> With debug on, I could see the following:
> D [24/Aug/2015:11:52:04 +0100] [Job ???] Auto-typing file...
> I [24/Aug/2015:11:52:04 +0100] [Job ???] Request file type is application
> /octet-stream.
If evince is sending a print job tagged as octet-stream there is
something dreadfully wrong with your printing system. Evince generates
PDFs only. It is designed to do that.
Perhaps you should descibe your system. Local printer? Network printer?
Etc, etc.
Regards,
Brian.
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