CUPS prints postscript, nothing else
I am running CUPS 1.1.14 on Debian (sid), and printing to a Tektronix
Phaser 850 (postscipt laser printer) which is attached directly to our
LAN with its own IP. I configured it using
lpadmin -p ColorLaser -E -v lpd://111.222.333.444/ps
-m Phaser_850-Postscript.ppd
I can send it postscript files and they print just fine, but if I send
it a text file
lp /etc/motd
request id is ColorLaser-14 (1 file(s))
everything <seems> to run okay, but no file is printed. Nor does the
printer react in any way that would suggest it received anything at all.
The logs do not contain anyting that looks to me like an error. With
LogLevel debug, error_log log looks like this:
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] Jmotd
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] ldfA575files
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] UdfA575files
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] NdfA575files
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] lpd_command 02 60 cfA575files
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] Sending command string (16 bytes)...
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] Reading command status...
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] lpd_command returning 0
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] lpd_command 03 366 dfA575files
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] Sending command string (17 bytes)...
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] Reading command status...
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] lpd_command returning 0
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] UpdateJob: job 14, file 0 is complete.
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] CancelJob: id = 14
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] StopJob: id = 14, force = 0
D [21/Feb/2002:01:23:06 -0800] StopJob: printer state is 3
The PPD beings like this:
*FormatVersion: "4.3"
*FileVersion: "1.1"
*LanguageVersion: English
*LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
*PCFileName: "COM.PPD"
*Manufacturer: "Tektronix"
*Product: "Phaser 850"
*cupsVersion: 1.0
*cupsManualCopies: True
*cupsModelNumber: 2
*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 cupsomatic"
*ModelName: "Phaser 850"
*ShortNickName: "Phaser 850"
*NickName: "Tektronix Phaser 850, Foomatic + Postscript"
*PSVersion: "(3010.000) 550"
*LanguageLevel: "3"
*ColorDevice: True
Any tips?
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