Bug#886224: printer-driver-cups-pdf: Virtual pdf printer error: no output and config problem

[Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com>]

On Sat 06 Jan 2018 at 20:22:50 +0100, Rudolf Polzer wrote:

> > /usr/share/ppd/ should contain at least cups-pdf, cupsfilters and custom
> > directories. The cupsfilters directory should have six files in it. If
> > you do 'lpinfo -m | less' and search for any of these files, do you find
> > them? (Check, as root, that the timestamp of /var/cache/cups/ppds.dat has
> > changed after using lpinfo).
> 
> #lpinfo -m | less
> does not contain any pdf or PDF
> and does not change the timestamp of /var/cache/cups/ppds.dat

This is what I get:

  root@desktop3:~# lpinfo -m | grep -E "PDF|pdf"
  lsb/usr/cupsfilters/Fuji_Xerox-DocuPrint_CM305_df-PDF.ppd Fuji Xerox
  lsb/usr/cups-pdf/CUPS-PDF_noopt.ppd Generic CUPS-PDF Printer (no options)
  lsb/usr/cups-pdf/CUPS-PDF_opt.ppd Generic CUPS-PDF Printer (w/ options)
  lsb/usr/cupsfilters/Generic-PDF_Printer-PDF.ppd Generic PDF Printer
  lsb/usr/cupsfilters/HP-Color_LaserJet_CM3530_MFP-PDF.ppd HP Color LaserJet CM3530 MFP PDF
  lsb/usr/cupsfilters/Ricoh-PDF_Printer-PDF.ppd Ricoh PDF Printer

I don't know where to go from here. Your CUPS seems to have no knowledge
of what is in /usr/share/ppd!

Incidently, what did you upgrade from? Jessie?

Thanks for the help.

Brian.