Re: [PLUG] Print jobs fail [UPDATE]
On 4/3/23 15:36, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 3 Apr 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> How do I find what filter that is and how would I fix it? > Installed here are: > cups-2.1.4-x86_64-2_slack14.2 > cups-compat32-2.1.4-x86_64-1compat32 > cups-filters-1.9.0-x86_64-2 > cups-filters-compat32-1.9.0-x86_64-2compat32 > cups-pdf-3.0.1-x86_64-1_SBo > pycups-1.9.73-x86_64-1 > CUPS filters are part of the printer driver package to convert what is to be printed into the correct format before sending the page to the printer. Sometimes the "filter" is the ppd driver and sometimes a separate binary file. If the filter is "missing" then CUPS and/or ppd either can't find it, or the filter is in the wrong place. Depending on the manufacturer (or CUPS) driver package. filters and ppd can be in a variety of locations. XEROX has two driver packages: .DEB is 32-bit only .RPM is 32- and 64-bit To use 32-bt, you need to either run Slackware x86_32 or convert Slackware x86_64 to full multilib. Simply installing the COMPAT32 packages is insufficient (core system 32-bit lib dependencies). Installing .DEB or .RPM onto Slackware is non-trivial given how linux distros have drifted apart. What and how did you install? For RPMs, Slackware's rpm2tgz "sometimes" works; Slackbuilds.org's deb2tgz "might" work; but in either case you need to check the converted Slackware package to make sure everything is in the correct place. Note also that the Xerox Phaser 6000 linux drivers date from 2011 and the precompiled binary bits may no longer work on newer Slackware or other Linux distros. > On the CUPS web page (localhost:631), printer maintenance -> set default > options the entire page is in French, but I activated the printer and set > the paper size to letter from A4. Still no joy. > You should not be seeing French language. Looks like you buggered something up. -Ed
Re: [PLUG] Print jobs fail [UPDATE]
What does /var/log/cups/error_log say? What versions of linux? Is ghostscript installed? Ted -Original Message- From: PLUG On Behalf Of Rich Shepard Sent: Monday, April 3, 2023 3:36 PM To: Portland Linux/Unix Group Subject: Re: [PLUG] Print jobs fail [UPDATE] On Mon, 3 Apr 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: > How do I find what filter that is and how would I fix it? Installed here are: cups-2.1.4-x86_64-2_slack14.2 cups-compat32-2.1.4-x86_64-1compat32 cups-filters-1.9.0-x86_64-2 cups-filters-compat32-1.9.0-x86_64-2compat32 cups-pdf-3.0.1-x86_64-1_SBo pycups-1.9.73-x86_64-1 Looking on the CUPS github repo I learned that the cups and cups-filters versions should still work. But I could not find what filters exist, which one failed, and what to do about it. On the CUPS web page (localhost:631), printer maintenance -> set default options the entire page is in French, but I activated the printer and set the paper size to letter from A4. Still no joy. Rich
Re: [PLUG] Print jobs fail [UPDATE]
On Mon, 3 Apr 2023, Rich Shepard wrote: How do I find what filter that is and how would I fix it? Installed here are: cups-2.1.4-x86_64-2_slack14.2 cups-compat32-2.1.4-x86_64-1compat32 cups-filters-1.9.0-x86_64-2 cups-filters-compat32-1.9.0-x86_64-2compat32 cups-pdf-3.0.1-x86_64-1_SBo pycups-1.9.73-x86_64-1 Looking on the CUPS github repo I learned that the cups and cups-filters versions should still work. But I could not find what filters exist, which one failed, and what to do about it. On the CUPS web page (localhost:631), printer maintenance -> set default options the entire page is in French, but I activated the printer and set the paper size to letter from A4. Still no joy. Rich
[PLUG] Print jobs fail
I have a Dell C1740NW color laser printer; it's a re-branded Xerox 6000B and uses the Xerox driver. Having just re-installed the driver I tried a test print (CUPS sees the printer) but the job failed: colorp-608 Test Page anonymous 1k Unknown stopped "Filter failed" How do I find what filter that is and how would I fix it? TIA, Rich
