Bug#473888: cups does not print multi file jobs remotely
Package: cupsys
Version: 1.2.7-4etch3
Severity: Important
Severity is important, because "Key functionality is not working" is set in
the corresponding CUPS bug tracking system. see below.
echo first file | mpage > first.ps
echo second file | mpage > second.ps
on a machine that is running cups locally and the printers are attached
locally, you can do:
lp first.ps second.ps
and both files get printed.
but let's say you have 2 machines. Both are running cups. they are connected
by browsing. the server machine has the printer attached locally. now on the
client you do
lp first.ps second.ps
just nothing happens. he sais that a job is created, but nothing happens.
if instead you do
lp first.ps
lp second.ps
then both get printed correctly.
the same issue applies if you print your jobs with kprinter from the kde
project and probably all other cups printing interfaces.
on this page (CUPS STR #2673) you see a report about that problem.
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2673
the things described there show exactly the same phenomenon. also the logfile
they show there closely matches the one i have. the IPP backend gets not even
started.
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