Bug#879171: cups: failed to recognize a driver of CP310dm
Hi Brian,
On Fri, 27 Oct 2017 11:07:07 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:
> There is something wrong with your CUPS installation (or the file
> itself). I've never seen this in normal operation. It indicates that
> a simple text file will not be printed. Try to rectify this with
>
> apt-get --reinstall install cups-daemon
> apt-get --reinstall install cups-core-drivers
>
> to install the package versions of mime.types and mime.convs in
> /usr/share/cups/mime.
> Remove the .deb you downloaded from fujixerox and install the package
> printer-driver-fujixerox from the Debian archives. It also comes from
> fujixerox but it puts files in the right places on the system. Set up
> the printer as before. This works for me to get a printable version
> of nsswitch.
I did reinstall cups-daemon and cups-core-drivers (2.2.5-2),
then removed (purged in fact) fxlinuxprint and then installed
printer-driver-fujixerox.
But when I try to add printer CP310 it failed because
cups claimed "can't copy PPD file".
So I removed printer-driver-fujixerox then installed
fxlinuxprint. Then cups added a printer CP310 but
its printer driver was show as "Local Raw Printer" wrongly.
But if I downgraded cups to 2.2.4-7, then cups can add
a printer CP310 and its printer driver is correctly
"FX Printer Driver for Linux".
Further, under this situation, the command
cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/CP310.ppd -m printer/CP310 -e /etc/nsswitch 2>log.stretch
produced a line:
cupsfilter: Unable to determine MIME type of "/etc/nsswitch".
so I doubt this is any problem. I can print a test file
with CP310 (under cups 2.2.4-7).
It looks to me that cups 2.2.5 has some regression.
Thanks for your help and effort.
Best regards, 2017-10-30(Mon)
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Atsuhito Kohda
Math. Meth. in Sci., Tokushima Univ.
atsuhito_k AT tokushima-u.ac.jp
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