Public bug reported:
I am reporting this as a new bug because I want to avoid adding further
to the mish mash of half fixed bugs that is duplex printing on hp
printers via cups.
I will warn readers that this will sound like a bit of a rant. But these
issues have been outstanding for years
1. Take the hpcups.drv driver information from the upstream part of the
current source package and run it throught the cups ppd compiler in test
mode, anbd filter the output for failures.
roger@dragon:~/ppd-testing$ ppdc -t hpcups.drv.upstream | grep FAIL
roger@dragon:~/ppd-testing$
Result a nice clean file.
2. Take this file and run it through the script debian/local/make-
duplex-page-sizes-default.sh that is run when this file is installed on
a system. Then repeat the above test.
roger@dragon:~/ppd-testing$ ppdc -t hpcups.drv.munged | grep FAIL
--- Other FAILS removed
hp-photosmart_6510_series.ppd: FAIL
**FAIL** Multiple occurrences of option PageRegion choice name Card4x6.
**FAIL** Multiple occurrences of option PageRegion choice name Hagaki.
**FAIL** Multiple occurrences of option PageRegion choice name Card5x8.
**FAIL** Multiple occurrences of option PageRegion choice name Oufuku.
**FAIL** Multiple occurrences of option PageRegion choice name Executive.
**FAIL** Multiple occurrences of option PageRegion choice name A4.
**FAIL** Multiple occurrences of option PageSize choice name Card4x6.
**FAIL** Multiple occurrences of option PageSize choice name Hagaki.
**FAIL** Multiple occurrences of option PageSize choice name Card5x8.
**FAIL** Multiple occurrences of option PageSize choice name Oufuku.
**FAIL** Multiple occurrences of option PageSize choice name Executive.
**FAIL** Multiple occurrences of option PageSize choice name A4.
--Other FAILS removed
I have removed the many other printer types that fail for clarity. It is
a feature of the cups ppdc compiler that if you do not specify the -t
option it will blithely go on and produce the compiled ppds errors and
all. I personally think that this is a bug and the compiler should
refuse to produce erroneous ppds, but putting that to one side. Taking
A4 as an exmaple the hp6510 ppd file now has two definitions for
PageSize A4.
*PageSize A4/A4 210x297mm: "<</cupsInteger0 26/PageSize[595.44
841.68]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
and
*PageSize A4/A4 AutoDuplex 210x297mm: "<</cupsInteger0 26/PageSize[595.44
832.68]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
Same name but different page dimensions. Only the first one will ever be
seen by the cups system.
3. This above often does not matter when printing from the command line.
Because PageSize options are not often specified. However, taking as an
example a gnome desktop application such as Evince printing a pdf using
the gtk+ print options with duplex printing selected. In this case a
PageSize option will be passed to Cups and it will look like this.
D [11/Apr/2016:17:59:54 +0100] [Job 288] argv[5]="InputSlot=Upper
number-up=1 MediaType=Plain PageSize=Custom.A4.Duplex OutputMode=Normal
ColorModel=KGray Duplex=DuplexNoTumble job-uuid=urn:uuid:4ef4d5ed-
e47e-3817-4972-b4bfad8ef5d8 job-originating-host-name=localhost date-
time-at-creation= date-time-at-processing= time-at-creation=1460393994
time-at-processing=1460393994"
So the PageSize is "Custom.A4.Duplex". The "Custom" bit gets stripped
off so what is passed down for matching is "A4.Duplex" which in our 6510
example does not match anything in the ppd. Depending on what other
defaults are set in the pdd it might print something, but it will most
likely be clipped (source of numerous duplex margins bugs). In the case
of the 6510 it results in this.
D [11/Apr/2016:17:59:55 +0100] [Job 288] Unrecoverable error: rangecheck
in setpagedevice
Of course the above line only appears in the error_log if you have
debugging turned on. So the job just appears to stuck in the print queue
for no reason at all. This is probably another bug.
The work around. This has been mentioned many times in various bug
reports. You need page sizes, page regions, imageable areas, and paper
dimensions with names ending in .Duplex in your ppd. Rename the
duplicate which has the biggest bottom margin, hopefully this is the one
with AutoDuplex in the descriptive text. You might make the
corresponding changes in the drv file if you wish. That will save you
having to reapply them every time the ppd file is regenerated.
I realise that I have broken just about every rule in the "bug laws". I
offer no excuse:-)
Comments please.
Roger
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: printer-driver-hpcups 3.15.7-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-35.40-generic 4.2.8-ckt5
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Mon Apr 11 18:10:41 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-04 (707 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
Lpstat: device for HP-Photosmart-6510-series:
dnssd://Photosmart%206510%20series%20%5BFDAD30%5D._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/?uuid=1c852a4d-b800-1f08-abcd-441ea1fdad30
MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name
Papersize: a4
PpdFiles: Error: command ['fgrep', '-H', '*NickName',
'/etc/cups/ppd/HP-Photosmart-6510-series.ppd'] failed with exit code 2: grep:
/etc/cups/ppd/HP-Photosmart-6510-series.ppd: Permission denied
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.2.0-35-generic
root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: hplip
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-24 (170 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 05/19/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 0403
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: P6T SE
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0403:bd05/19/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP6TSE:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: System Product Name
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer
** Affects: hplip (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug cups gtk+ hplip wily
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