Hi With debian 31r1 on gnome2.2, I can't print from abiword or firefox. In Abiword I just have "print command: lpr" in the printing window, but the data sent seems to vanish. On firefox I have something like "postscript/kyoceras" and nothing prints neither. Installed package: cupsys, cupsys-bsd, cupsys-client, foomatic-bin, gs-esp, xpp. Printer Kyoceras on /dev/lp0 I can print text files from the command line: "lp text.file" prints ok. with "cat text.file>/dev/lp0" the printer just does more noise but does not print.
Below are a fragment of my cups/error_log for something that print "F1000.txt" and that does not (send from abiword), I can't see where the problem is.... Thanks for any suggestion. I have spent hours on this, and that make me doubtfull on wether linux will once replace something else within the grand publique.... François D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: argv = "kyoceras","71","root","F1000.txt","1","","/var/spool/cups/d00071-001" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[0]="PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/bin:/usr/bin" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[1]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.1" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[2]="USER=root" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[3]="CHARSET=iso-8859-1" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[4]="LANG=en_US" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[5]="TZ=Europe/Zurich" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[6]="PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/kyoceras.ppd" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[7]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[8]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=8m" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[9]="TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[10]="CONTENT_TYPE=text/plain" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[11]="DEVICE_URI=parallel:/dev/lp0" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[12]="PRINTER=kyoceras" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[13]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[14]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[15]="CUPS_SERVER=localhost" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[16]="IPP_PORT=631" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: envp[17]="LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: statusfds = [ 7 9 ] D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: filterfds[1] = [ 10 -1 ] D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: filter = "/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: filterfds[0] = [ 11 12 ] D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] start_process("/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops", 0xbff1c420, 0xbff1b790, 10, 12, 9) I [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops (PID 5980) for job 71. D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: filter = "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: filterfds[1] = [ 10 13 ] D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] start_process("/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops", 0xbff1c420, 0xbff1b790, 11, 13, 9) I [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 5981) for job 71. D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: backend = "/usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel" D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] StartJob: filterfds[0] = [ -1 11 ] D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] start_process("/usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel", 0xbff1c420, 0xbff1b790, 10, 11, 9) I [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 5982) for job 71. D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] ProcessIPPRequest: 8 status_code=0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] Page = 595x842; 12,10 to 583,832 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] Page = 595x842; 12,10 to 583,832 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->num_fonts = 35 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[0] = AvantGarde-Book D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[1] = AvantGarde-BookOblique D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[2] = AvantGarde-Demi D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[3] = AvantGarde-DemiOblique D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[4] = Bookman-Light D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[5] = Bookman-LightItalic D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[6] = Bookman-Demi D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[7] = Bookman-DemiItalic D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[8] = Courier D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[9] = Courier-Oblique D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[10] = Courier-Bold D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->num_fonts = 35 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[0] = AvantGarde-Book D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[1] = AvantGarde-BookOblique D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[2] = AvantGarde-Demi D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[3] = AvantGarde-DemiOblique D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[4] = Bookman-Light D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[5] = Bookman-LightItalic D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[6] = Bookman-Demi D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[7] = Bookman-DemiItalic D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] ppd->fonts[8] = Courier D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] CloseClient: 8 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] slowcollate=0, slowduplex=0, sloworder=0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%BoundingBox: 0 0 595 842 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%Creator: texttops/CUPS v1.1.23 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%CreationDate: Sun 12 Mar 2006 05:24:45 PM CET D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%Title: F1000.txt D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%For: root D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%Pages: (atend) D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%DocumentNeededResources: font Courier-Bold D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%+ font Courier D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%DocumentSuppliedResources: procset texttops 1.1 0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%+ font Courier-Bold D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%+ font Courier D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%EndComments D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%BeginProlog D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%BeginResource: font Courier-Bold D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%CreationDate: Wed Dec 22 1999 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%EndResource D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%BeginResource: font Courier D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:45 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%CreationDate: Wed Dec 22 1999 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:46 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%EndResource D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:46 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%BeginResource: procset texttops 1.1 0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:46 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%EndResource D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:46 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%EndProlog D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:46 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%Page: 1 1 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:46 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%Page: 1 1 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:46 +0100] [Job 71] pw = 571.0, pl = 822.0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:46 +0100] [Job 71] PageLeft = 12.0, PageRight = 583.0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:46 +0100] [Job 71] PageTop = 832.0, PageBottom = 10.0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:46 +0100] [Job 71] PageWidth = 595.0, PageLength = 842.0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:46 +0100] [Job 71] 0 %%Trailer D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:46 +0100] [Job 71] Saw Trailer! D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:46 +0100] [Job 71] Saw EOF! D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:48 +0100] UpdateJob: job 71, file 0 is complete. D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:48 +0100] CancelJob: id = 71 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:48 +0100] StopJob: id = 71, force = 0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:24:48 +0100] StopJob: printer state is 3 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:41 +0100] AcceptClient: 7 from localhost:631. D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:41 +0100] ReadClient: 7 POST / HTTP/1.1 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:41 +0100] ProcessIPPRequest: 7 status_code=1 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:41 +0100] ReadClient: 7 POST / HTTP/1.1 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:41 +0100] ProcessIPPRequest: 7 status_code=1 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:41 +0100] ReadClient: 7 POST / HTTP/1.1 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:41 +0100] ProcessIPPRequest: 7 status_code=0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:41 +0100] CloseClient: 7 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] AcceptClient: 7 from localhost:631. D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] ReadClient: 7 POST /printers/kyoceras HTTP/1.1 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] print_job: auto-typing file... D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] print_job: request file type is application/postscript. D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] check_quotas: requesting-user-name = 'fra' D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] print_job: requesting-user-name = 'fra' I [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] Adding start banner page "none" to job 72. I [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] Adding end banner page "none" to job 72. I [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] Job 72 queued on 'kyoceras' by 'fra'. D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] Job 72 hold_until = 0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob(72, 0x8098828) D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob() id = 72, file = 0/1 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] job-sheets=none,none D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] banner_page = 0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: argv = "kyoceras","72","fra","(stdin)","1","","/var/spool/cups/d00072-001" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[0]="PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/bin:/usr/bin" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[1]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.1" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[2]="USER=root" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[3]="CHARSET=iso-8859-1" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[4]="LANG=en_US" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[5]="TZ=Europe/Zurich" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[6]="PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/kyoceras.ppd" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[7]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[8]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=8m" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[9]="TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[10]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/postscript" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[11]="DEVICE_URI=parallel:/dev/lp0" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[12]="PRINTER=kyoceras" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[13]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[14]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[15]="CUPS_SERVER=localhost" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[16]="IPP_PORT=631" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: envp[17]="LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: statusfds = [ 8 9 ] D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: filterfds[1] = [ 10 -1 ] D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: filter = "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: filterfds[0] = [ 11 12 ] D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] start_process("/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops", 0xbff1c420, 0xbff1b790, 10, 12, 9) I [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 5985) for job 72. D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: backend = "/usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel" D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] StartJob: filterfds[1] = [ -1 10 ] D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] start_process("/usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel", 0xbff1c420, 0xbff1b790, 11, 10, 9) I [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 5986) for job 72. D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] ProcessIPPRequest: 7 status_code=0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] CloseClient: 7 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] [Job 72] Page = 595x842; 12,10 to 583,832 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] [Job 72] slowcollate=0, slowduplex=0, sloworder=0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%Creator: AbiWord D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%Orientation: Portrait D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%Pages: 1 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%DocumentPaperSizes: Custom D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%DocumentSuppliedResources: font TimesNewRomanPSMT FreeSerif Times-Roman Verdana CharterBT-Roman CenturySchL-Roma D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%EndComments D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%BeginProlog D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%EndProlog D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:44 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%BeginSetup D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:52 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%CreationDate: Fri Nov 2 19:00:13 1990 DEBUG: 0 %%DocumentSuppliedResources: font CenturySchL-Roma D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:52 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%Title: CenturySchL-Roma D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:52 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%Version: 1.06 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:52 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%CreationDate: Sun Mar 27 19:14:13 2005 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:52 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%Creator: Dafydd Harries,,, D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:52 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%EndComments D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:52 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%EndSetup D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:52 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%Page: 1 1 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:52 +0100] [Job 72] 0 %%Page: 1 1 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:52 +0100] [Job 72] pw = 571.0, pl = 822.0 D [12/Mar/2006:17:26:52 +0100] [Job 72] PageLeft = 12.0, PageRight