Bug#644205: "Backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel does not exist!" - but it does...

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

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On Mon 03 Oct 2011 at 23:05:08 +0100, ael wrote:

> I have a parallel laser printer which has worked very well for several
> years under cups.
> 
> But now, printing is impossible because the printer is paused
> with the message 
>  Backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel does not exist!
> 
> However, it does exist:
> 
> $ ls -l /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel 
> -r-xr-xr-x 2 root root 30116 Sep 27 14:14 /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel

[Snip]

> I can write data to the printer with cat "testing \n" > /dev/lp0, so 
> that part of the system is fine.
> 
> I can run "parallel" as root as follows:
> 
> # /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel 
> direct parallel:/dev/lp0 "unknown" "LPT #1" "" ""

Ouch!


Hello ael,

I see you sorted the last bit. How about the rest of the issue?

The parallel backend has become part of the cups-filters package, so it
would be nice to know whether the trouble you had has gone on Wheezy at
least.

Regards,

Brian.