`Filter failed' no print error message (was: Printing packages)

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:

> On Sun 05 Mar 2017 at 20:07:22 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>
>> Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>> 
>> I installed:
>> 
>>   cups cups-bsd cups-client libcupsimage2 printer-driver-gutenprint
>
> For what purpose do you need cups-bsd?
>
> cups-client and libcupsimage2 are Depends: of cups. 'apt-get install cups'
> gives you them. printer-driver-gutenprint is a Recommends:; you should get
> that too.


Thanks, `cups' alone was enough.  Now the printer seems to be configured.  But
it does not print, and, when I get into `jobs', I see they are stopped with
"Filter failed" claim.  What can I do?  Please help.  Thanks.

Rodolfo