Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: cups-client
I have a Citizen 500 dot-matrix printer that I use for printing plain-
text, such as source code files. The print system thinks that it knows
better than I do, however, and wins the battle, refusing to print my
code.
This is what happens when I attempt to print source code from lp:alltray
(and remove the tabs so the printer doesn't wrap things in an ugly
fashion):
Wednesday, 2009-Jun-10 at 23:44:40 - m...@zest - Linux v2.6.30
Ubuntu Jaunty:[0-20/10022-0]:src> cat Application.vala | expand -t2 | lp -dC500
lp: Unsupported format 'application/x-csource'!
This is, of course, a plain text file. It should pass through CUPS
without any issues and get to the printer without any modifications.
The printer is configured in Ubuntu as a plain (generic) text printer,
since I don't intend to ever send graphics to it; just plain text.
There doesn't seem to be any option for ignoring the input and just
shunting print jobs directly to the printer; I'd think that would be
possible for a generic text-only printer, but it doesn't seem so.
** Affects: cups (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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CUPS [lp(1)] does not print Vala, C source code to generic text printer
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/385797
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