On 2015-10-25, Predrag Punosevac <punoseva...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> I was tired of CUPS so I decided keep it simple and stupid and use >> lpd/lpr. Strangely, things don't work out as expected. It seems that >> lpd never executes input filters. >> >> Here is the content of /etc/printcap: >> lp|hl6050|Brother HL6050:\ >> :lp=:rm=hl6050.lan:\ >> :if=/home/jaj/bin/printbrother.sh:\ >> :sh: >> >> mg3150|canon|Canon MG3150:\ >> :lp=:rm=canon.lan:\ >> :if=/home/jaj/bin/printcanon.sh:\ >> :sh: >> >> Here is the content of printcanon.sh: >> #!/bin/sh >> >> logger "printcanon called $@" >> >> /usr/local/bin/a2ps -BRq --columns=1 -o - | \ >> /usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip -q -P Canon-PIXMA-MG3150 \ >> --ppd /home/jaj/bin/Canon-PIXMA-MG3150-ijs-simplified.ppd >> >> printbrother.sh is the same except for driver and ppd. >> Both scripts are executable. >> I never see the "printcanon called" message in syslog and the printers >> get incorrect data. The first printer understands a subset of >> postscript so it prints fine, the second printer however does not. >> If I run a document manually through the filter and the enqueue it to >> lpr, the printers are more than happy to print. >> >> I see no error nowhere. >> >> $ cat /var/log/lpd-errs >> Oct 25 07:47:01 asterix lpd[9652]: restarted >> Oct 25 14:57:06 asterix lpd[17953]: restarted >> >> $ cat /var/spool/output/lpd/status >> sending to hl6050.lan >> >> I went through the code of lpd to see where things could go wrong but >> it's a bit complex and I couldn't understand the bits. >> >> Does anybody know where I could look to solve this? >> >> Best regards, >> Jona >> > > Have you checked ports mailing list? I posted this about a year ago. > > > I know that many people were very frustrated when upstream broke > foomatic-rip for LPD users. Thanks to Antoine Jacoutot many of us will > be CUPS free for years to come. I am leaving internet trace for people > who would be looking for the info but Antoine documentation > > /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/cups-filters-1.0.54p2 > > is golden standard. > > In the nut shell what I did:
Yes, you did exactly the same as me.
