I've tried this: root@apu:/tmp# lpadmin -p newq -v 'usb://EPSON/WF-2530%20Series?serial=514B34593134343081&interface=1' -E -m escpr:0/cups/model/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/Epson-WF-100_Series-epson-escpr-en.ppd root@apu:/tmp# cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/newq.ppd -d newq -m printer/foo -e /etc/nsswitch.conf > file.out 2> newq.log root@apu:/tmp# grep 'exited with no errors' newq.log INFO: texttopdf (PID 2569) exited with no errors. INFO: pdftopdf (PID 2570) exited with no errors. INFO: gstoraster (PID 2571) exited with no errors. INFO: epson-escpr-wrapper (PID 2572) exited with no errors.
and I can actually print 2016-11-02 11:19 GMT+01:00 Brian Potkin <claremont...@gmail.com>: > On Tue 01 Nov 2016 at 23:17:23 +0100, Matteo Croce wrote: > >> 2016-10-28 15:39 GMT+02:00 Brian Potkin <claremont...@gmail.com>: >> > >> > 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? >> >> I get this: >> >> # 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 >> lpadmin: Unable to open PPD "/tmp/045f3581fdf83": Missing >> PPD-Adobe-4.x header on line 0. >> >> maybe the device name is wrong? > > It is! I copied it from the screen of my test machine to my main machine > and from habit automatically put a "/" after the ":". Well-spotted. > >> # lpinfo -m |grep -i WF-100 >> escpr:0/cups/model/epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/Epson-WF-100_Series-epson-escpr-en.ppd >> EPSON WF-100 Series , Epson Inkjet Printer Driver (ESC/P-R) for Linux >> >> I've retried with this device: >> >> # 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 >> >> > 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. >> >> # grep 'exited with no errors' newq.log >> INFO: texttopdf (PID 18625) exited with no errors. >> INFO: pdftopdf (PID 18626) exited with no errors. >> INFO: gstoraster (PID 18627) exited with no errors. >> INFO: epson-escpr-wrapper (PID 18628) exited with no errors. > > That is exactly what should happen. > > Now would you repeat the lpadmin and cupsfilters commands but use the > PPD for your printer. (That's the only change to make). How does it go? > > To actually print to the printer you will have to have -v as > > usb://EPSON/WF-2530%20Series?serial=514B34593134343081&interface=1" > > I got that from your error_log. You can check it with 'lpinfo -v'. > > Can you print? > > Cheers, > > Brian.
