CUPS won't print

[gsfgf]

I'm using turboprin 1.62 w/ cups on my usb canon S300.
I set up the printer in xtpsetup and it appears fin in cups, but when i print cups reports the job as cancelled. When i restart job, it says "Error:

client-error-not-possible"

What did i forget to do. It worked fin before. I can't print w/ xtpcobnfig either, but it sends jobs through cups.

if a i "cat textfile > /dev/usb/lp0" noting happes"

the usb drivers appear to be loaded, both usb-ohci and printer. /dev/usb/lp0 exists.

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[Henning]

Hi,

so far I understand the message 'Unable to convert file 0 to printable format' meens, that there is no postscript converter installed.

Try installing Ghostscript.

[Mnemia]

I'm having pretty much an identical problem:
Here's the error in my /var/log/cups/error_log:

[ghost_o]

OK, I too am using Turboprint, but unfortunately I could never get it to use Ghostscript to filter with. Yes, it recognizes it, but only when I installed all of the dependency packages for Turboprint separately could I get it to print.

It took about 10 minutes to download them all and about 30mins to compile them, but the turboprint drivers make it all worthwhile!

-G

[gsfgf]

i have turbopritnt binaries dl'd from their site. Is a source version available. or does it need additional deps?

[gsfgf]

emerged ghostscript which i don't think i ned w/ turboprint and still same problem.

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[gsfgf]

I could not find this list. when i reran setup. All it gave me was a lis of print systems (CUPS and LPR) and install directories.


And i do need it to support my printer. Plus 300x300 saves ink. If i need more (finally get a digicam) i'll buy a liscense.

[ghost_o]

[gsfgf]

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[gsfgf]

Well i havethe ne ghostscript and it still won't work. I can't print the es page from cups. I'll try sending plain text when i'm on that com tonite. One thing about deps: I tried to emerge html2ps and there is no pkg w/ that name. What do i use for deps like those or where can i fond them?

[scottro]

There was another thread on this, I thought they were going to make it a sticky.

Sigh, when Cups works, it's great, but... still buggy.

Here's what has worked for me, on several installs.

Before emerging cups go into /etc/make.conf and add cups to your variables (yes, I know it's
already included by default, but a couple of people have found that to be the key.)

Then, after emerging it, re-emerge ghostscript. Cups installs ghostscript first as a dependency, but reinstalling ghostscript again, after cups is installed has worked for me on a few installs.

I've also found, when setting up my printer (locally connected HP DeskJet 842C) that if I choose the new HP drivers it doesn't work. If I choose the standard HP drivers it does.

HTH
Scott

[ghost_o]

[ghost_o]

OK, I reinstalled 1.4_rc1 last night, and just a few things.

The dependencies for printing were out of whack in portage, so I had to emerge --nodeps a couple of things do get everything to compile. Once done though, I fired up cups, reemerged ghostscript, restarted cups -- and viola - everything printed. Installed Turboprint (without installing any additional packages for it) and it printed perfect.

-G

[scottro]

I just did a new install as well on another box--as you said, dependencies are way out of whack?

Had it been earlier, I would have kept track and filed a bug--but it was something like if you emerge -p cups it gets ghostscript and gimp-print, emerge -p ghostscript cups and gimp-print emerge -p gimp-print cups and ghostscript.

Like you, I did it with some no-deps, reemerged ghostscript and everything was fine. If you kept track of it, you should probably file a bug report--otherwise, I'll be able to do so in a few days (unless it's fixed) as I'll be doing an install on a new machine.


Scott

[scottro]

BTW, someone has already filed a bug about the dependencies issue. Viewable
here

Scott

[gsfgf]

I installed gimp-print and it now prints. the black quality is bad and i get blank spots accross the page. I just bumped the quality up to 600x600 dpi and its better, but slow and uses more ink. Is there a way to get 300x300 dpi working decently.

Also who makes a good inkjet cartridge refill kit. Shuld i just buy the ones form CompUSA or is there a specific brand to buy?

One last thing. Abiword crashes when i print either with print command as lpr or as lp. With nedit if i tell it to print w/ the comand "lp "Untitled" it gives me a client error not found message. How do i print an untitled doc form nedit.

When i print form the command line or from nedit w/ lp filename it prints a whole lot of blank pages and finally gets to the text after about 15 blank pages.
Also there are no margins can i make the printer use >= 1/4" margins always. It can't print on the very edge of the page.

It workes fin in openoffice, though. YAY. I'll try turboprint later. It may work now. Who knows.

EDIT: I had to manually add the printer w/ lpadmin. Is there a way to get the info for the printer to show up in the cups admin page. i put the .pdd file w/ the others. lpadmin works fine, i just don't like the option hiding in cups.

EDIT: Turboprint doesn't work so i will need to fix the weirdness w/ blank pages and magins w/ gimp-print

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