Hi Brian, thank you for your response and please apologize for my slow response.
On Donnerstag, 31. Mai 2018 20:04:22 CEST Brian wrote: > Your tea4cups.conf is poorly. Here is a minimal one which works for me: > [Global] > debug : yes > directory : /var/spool/cups/ > prehook_sispmctl : sispmctl -ng 4 2> /tmp/SISPMCTL Hmm....mine does not look so much different, I edited them template shipped by Debian: rd@b370:/var/log/cups$ grep -v '^#' /etc/cups/tea4cups.conf |grep -v '^$' [global] directory : /var/spool/cups/ prehook_sispmctl : /usr/local/bin/printeron rd@b370:/var/log/cups$ ... I had to change [Global]-> [global] in your config (?) E [18/Jun/2018:21:25:15 +0200] [Job 37] Tea4CUPS (PID 19895) : Traceback (most recent call last): E [18/Jun/2018:21:25:15 +0200] [Job 37] Tea4CUPS (PID 19895) : File \"/usr/ lib/cups/backend/tea4cups\", line 1503, in <module> E [18/Jun/2018:21:25:15 +0200] [Job 37] Tea4CUPS (PID 19895) : returncode = wrapper.runBranches() E [18/Jun/2018:21:25:15 +0200] [Job 37] Tea4CUPS (PID 19895) : File \"/usr/ lib/cups/backend/tea4cups\", line 1302, in runBranches E [18/Jun/2018:21:25:15 +0200] [Job 37] Tea4CUPS (PID 19895) : branches = self.enumBranches(self.PrinterName, \"prehook\") E [18/Jun/2018:21:25:15 +0200] [Job 37] Tea4CUPS (PID 19895) : File \"/usr/ lib/cups/backend/tea4cups\", line 1010, in enumBranches E [18/Jun/2018:21:25:15 +0200] [Job 37] Tea4CUPS (PID 19895) : raise ConfigError, \"Invalid configuration file : %s\" % msg E [18/Jun/2018:21:25:15 +0200] [Job 37] Tea4CUPS (PID 19895) : ConfigError: Invalid configuration file : No section: \'global\' rd@b370:~$ cat /etc/cups/tea4cups.conf [global] debug : yes directory : /var/spool/cups/ prehook_sispmctl : sispmctl -ng 4 2> /tmp/SISPMCTL rd@b370:~$ > 1. touch /tmp/SISPMCTL rd@b370:~$ ls -l /tmp/SISPMCTL -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 0 Jun 18 21:29 /tmp/SISPMCTL rd@b370:~$ > 2. Set up a raw queue: > > lpadmin -p virtq -v tea4cups:// -E -m raw root@b370:/etc/cups# lpadmin -p virtq -v tea4cups:// -E -m raw lpadmin: Raw queues are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS. root@b370:/etc/cups# > 3. Print to virtq: > > lp -d virtq /etc/services root@b370:/etc/cups# lp -d virtq /etc/services Anfrage-ID ist virtq-40 (1 Datei(en)) root@b370:/etc/cups# > 4. cat /tmp/SISPMCTL and look at the error_log. rd@b370:~$ cat /tmp/SISPMCTL rd@b370:~$ not sure why this is empty... (?) but no entry in the error_log > 5. Test with your original queue and my tea4cups.conf. same behavior as above, printeron is executed when issuing lp -d virtq /etc/services But when printing on my queue <Printer CP1525NW> UUID urn:uuid:2b1f194f-d781-33a6-7340-1b2f4d154ce4 AuthInfoRequired none Info CP1525NW MakeModel HP Color LaserJet cp1518ni pcl3, hpcups 3.17.10 DeviceURI tea4cups:/http://hpljwlan:631/ipp/ State Idle StateTime 1529351306 ConfigTime 1526331301 Reason cups-ipp-conformance-failure-report Reason cups-ipp-missing-send-document Type 36892 Accepting Yes Shared No JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 OpPolicy default ErrorPolicy retry-job Attribute marker-colors \#00FFFF,#FF00FF,#FFFF00,#000000 Attribute marker-levels 44,46,46,48 Attribute marker-low-levels 6,6,6,7 Attribute marker-high-levels 100,100,100,100 Attribute marker-names Cyan Cartridge HP CE321A,Magenta Cartridge HP CE323A,Yellow Cartridge HP CE322A,Black Cartridge HP CE320A Attribute marker-types toner,toner,toner,toner Attribute marker-change-time 1527675649 </Printer> I get the same error_log again: [18/Jun/2018:21:48:26 +0200] [Job 45] Tea4CUPS (PID 20932) : Traceback (most recent call last): E [18/Jun/2018:21:48:26 +0200] [Job 45] Tea4CUPS (PID 20932) : File \"/usr/ lib/cups/backend/tea4cups\", line 1502, in <module> E [18/Jun/2018:21:48:26 +0200] [Job 45] Tea4CUPS (PID 20932) : wrapper.exportAttributes() E [18/Jun/2018:21:48:26 +0200] [Job 45] Tea4CUPS (PID 20932) : File \"/usr/ lib/cups/backend/tea4cups\", line 1214, in exportAttributes E [18/Jun/2018:21:48:26 +0200] [Job 45] Tea4CUPS (PID 20932) : os.environ[\"TEABILLING\"] = self.JobBilling or \"\" E [18/Jun/2018:21:48:26 +0200] [Job 45] Tea4CUPS (PID 20932) : File \"/usr/ lib/python2.7/os.py\", line 473, in __setitem__ E [18/Jun/2018:21:48:26 +0200] [Job 45] Tea4CUPS (PID 20932) : putenv(key, item) E [18/Jun/2018:21:48:26 +0200] [Job 45] Tea4CUPS (PID 20932) : TypeError: putenv() argument 2 must be string, not int Is my DeviceURI wrong? For reference, my printeron: rd@b370:~$ cat /usr/local/bin/printeron #!/bin/sh sispmctl -o 3 date > /tmp/printeron # Wait until printer is active while ! nc -vzw 1 hpljwlan 80 2> /dev/null; do sleep 5 done date >> /tmp/printeron rd@b370:~$ Thanks Rainer -- Rainer Dorsch http://bokomoko.de/
