Re: printing stopped after sid update
On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 01:33:45AM +0200, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> Op Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:07:09 -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> > On 07/05/2010 01:10 PM, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote:
> > > Op Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:53:25 -0700 Paul Scott wrote:
> > > > After a recent update I can't print. The files are in the queue
> > > > but never get to the printer. The printer (HP2200) will print a
> > > > test page from it's console just fine.
> I know of someone who had the same problem, but successfully applied
> this more drastic solution. Maybe worth trying.
>
> 1. aptitude purge cups (+ automatic removal of driver-gutenprint,
> cups-pdf, hpijs-ppds, hplip)
> 2. aptitude install cups cups-pdf cups-driver-gutenprint hpijs-ppds
> hplip
> 3. reinstall the printers with the CUPS webinterface.
Now I can print at least text and PS files but *not* PDF's. There seems to be
a long-standing bug which has been closed at least once but seems to still be in
Cup 1.4.4
stopped "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf failed"
Thanks,
Paul
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