Bug#841843: printer-driver-escpr: backend can't find PPD file]

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

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thanks


On Fri 28 Oct 2016 at 14:39:57 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:

> Many apologies, Matteo. Because I read bug reports in debian-printing I
> inadvertently sent the mail below there and not to you or the bug.
> 
> I have tried everything I can think of to reproduce your issue on Jessie
> and unstable but without success. One last try! There is probably some
> repetition of what we have done before but I am not sure if I was as
> clear as I could have been. If this does not work I am out of ideas.
> 
> Set up a new queue with a different PPD:
> 
>  lpadmin -p newq -v file:/dev/null -E -m escpr:/0/cups/model/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/Epson-WF-100_Series-epson-escpr-en-ppd
> 
> Without any symlinking print to the queue in any way you choose and look
> at the error log. Is "Cannot get option of PIPS" still there?
> 
> Alternatively:
> 
>  cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/newq.ppd -d newq -m printer/foo -e /etc/nsswitch.conf > file.out 2> newq.log
> 
> Does newq.log contain lines like this?
> 
>  gstoraster (PID nnnnn) exited with no errors.
>  epson-escpr-wrapper (PID nnnnn) exited with no errors.
> 
> (Forget about the command
> 
>  /usr/lib/cups/filter/epson-escpr-wrapper 1 1 1 1 1 wf2530.ras > wf2530.data
> 
> and its strace output. Another mistake on my part. It worked because I
> had made the symlink you suggested).

Matteo,

Any news on your tests?

Cheers,

Brian.