Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Brian  writes:

>>> A guaranteed technique is to install all
>>> printing related packages.
>>
>> Unless there are conflicts...
>
> When you have installed the packages
> I mentioned you can come back and tell us
> what the conflicts are. Meanwhile, the advice
> is good and stands.

What packages exactly?

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Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Fri 24 Jun 2016 at 00:05:12 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Brian  writes:
> 
> > A guaranteed technique is to install all
> > printing related packages.
> 
> Unless there are conflicts...

When you have installed the packages I mentioned you can come back
and tell us what the conflicts are. Meanwhile, the advice is good
and stands.

> > I thought all drivers were built for
> > all architectures.
> 
> We just saw the Samsung ULD for the Xpress
> M2026W - it was compiled for i386 and x86_64,
> but not ARM.

You can talk to Samsung about that. 

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Brian  writes:

> A guaranteed technique is to install all
> printing related packages.

Unless there are conflicts...

> I thought all drivers were built for
> all architectures.

We just saw the Samsung ULD for the Xpress
M2026W - it was compiled for i386 and x86_64,
but not ARM.

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Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Thu 23 Jun 2016 at 20:33:29 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Brian  writes:
> 
> > Do you mean this?: A user has or intends to
> > buy, for example, an HP LaserJet P1102w.
> > How does she determine whether Debian has
> > a PPD and driver for it and what package to
> > install to get them?
> 
> Yes.

A guaranteed technique is to install all printing related packages.

When Debian is installed it offers to install a Print Server task.
Newcomers (and others) who do this can use the web interface or 'lpinfo
-m' to get a complete list of supported printers. If the printer you
have is not listed you can be virtually assured you will have to use the
manufacturer's resources to set the device up.

If for some reason this task is not initially installed it can be
installed later with

  apt-get install task-print-server

A user would well advised to look at openprinting,org as a first step in
installing a print queue. It is usually possible to work out the name of
the required package on Debian from the advice there. Taking the
recommended option is not a bad choice.

Installing printer-driver-all is also a good move (but it does not give
you the same as task-print-server). It would lead to lpinfo giving you
the alternatives for your HP LaserJet P1102w.

> Also: a driver for the particular architecture.

I thought all drivers were built for all architectures.

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Brian  writes:

> Do you mean this?: A user has or intends to
> buy, for example, an HP LaserJet P1102w.
> How does she determine whether Debian has
> a PPD and driver for it and what package to
> install to get them?

Yes.

Also: a driver for the particular architecture.

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Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Thu 23 Jun 2016 at 18:07:15 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Brian  writes:
> 
> > It would also have found hpcups and hpijs
> > PPDs, unless the packages had been removed.
> > Given the extra step of having to install
> > a non-free plugin and seeing foo2zjs is
> > recommended would be a good enough reason for
> > choosing foo2zjs:
> >
> >  lpadmin -p  -v  -E -m 
> >
> > A 10 second job after the preparatory work is
> > done. :)
> 
> Yes, what remains is what packages need to
> be installed.

Do you mean this?: A user has or intends to buy, for example, an
HP LaserJet P1102w. How does she determine whether Debian has a
PPD and driver for it and what package to install to get them?
Sorry to be a little pedantic but it would be good to be clear on
what an answer should address?

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Brian  writes:

> It would also have found hpcups and hpijs
> PPDs, unless the packages had been removed.
> Given the extra step of having to install
> a non-free plugin and seeing foo2zjs is
> recommended would be a good enough reason for
> choosing foo2zjs:
>
>  lpadmin -p  -v  -E -m 
>
> A 10 second job after the preparatory work is
> done. :)

Yes, what remains is what packages need to
be installed.

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Thu 23 Jun 2016 at 11:57:41 +, Dan Purgert wrote:

> Brian wrote:
> >
> > "Filter failed" is pretty clear.
> 
> Yes, but not having any context of 'what' filter(s) are being used, the
> statement "filter failed" is vague.

It's a step up on "An error has occured." :) "Filter hpcups has stopped."
is perhaps more of a precise message but it still leaves the user having
to look at an error_log and play detective.

Anyway, an enhancement request is on the table:

  https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/4823

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Dan Purgert]

Brian wrote:
> On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 15:21:45 +, Dan Purgert wrote:
>
>> Emanuel Berg wrote:
>> > printer laser now printing laser-528.  enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016
>> > 16:42:55 CEST
>> >Filter failed
>> >
>> 
>> Seems the input (or output) filter failed.  You'll likely need to check
>> if it's trying to call any 32-bit libraries (my brother does this), and
>> add the relevant i386 support for them.
>
> I think this happens because the Brother debs are not real debs but RPM
> packages converted with alien.

They're not even debs -- they're build-from-source archives.  But they
work great when I remember to set up multiarch.

>
>> Although, the error is vague, and there's not much context -- another
>> fix could simply be getting the latest hplip (if you don't already have
>> it).
>
> "Filter failed" is pretty clear.

Yes, but not having any context of 'what' filter(s) are being used, the
statement "filter failed" is vague.

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Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Thu 23 Jun 2016 at 05:23:15 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Brian  writes:
> 
> > Similarily glad but recording for the
> > archives that foomatic-db-compressed-ppds is
> > not required to set up and use a print queue
> > with printer-driver-foo2zjs.
> 
> Right, the turn of events was this line
> 
> foo2zjs:0/ppd/foo2zjs/HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.ppd
> 
> which I found with
> 
> $ lpinfo -m | grep 1102w

It would also have found hpcups and hpijs PPDs, unless the packages
had been removed. Given the extra step of having to install a non-free
plugin and seeing foo2zjs is recommended would be a good enough reason
for choosing foo2zjs:

 lpadmin -p  -v  -E -m 

A 10 second job after the preparatory work is done. :)

> But I can't find it on the disk and my
> functions to track it can't find it either!
> Perhaps not a real file but some abstraction
> foo2zjs uses...

The file is in the driver file foo2zjs in /usr/lib/cups/driver. lpinfo
consults the driver file.

> file-to-pack () {
> apt-file update > /dev/null
> apt-file search $@
> }
> 
> pack-to-file () {
> local pack=$1
> local -a files
> files=("${(@f)$(dpkg --listfiles $pack)}")
> for f in $files; do
> if [[ -f $f ]]; then echo $f; fi
> done
> }

All that these functions seem to have done is turn a gentle five minute
stroll into a day long Himalayan expedition.

Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Brian  writes:

> Similarily glad but recording for the
> archives that foomatic-db-compressed-ppds is
> not required to set up and use a print queue
> with printer-driver-foo2zjs.

Right, the turn of events was this line

foo2zjs:0/ppd/foo2zjs/HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.ppd

which I found with

$ lpinfo -m | grep 1102w

But I can't find it on the disk and my
functions to track it can't find it either!
Perhaps not a real file but some abstraction
foo2zjs uses...

file-to-pack () {
apt-file update > /dev/null
apt-file search $@
}

pack-to-file () {
local pack=$1
local -a files
files=("${(@f)$(dpkg --listfiles $pack)}")
for f in $files; do
if [[ -f $f ]]; then echo $f; fi
done
}

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Re: SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 19:13:42 -0400, Ralph Katz wrote:

> On 06/22/2016 06:11 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> > Ralph Katz  writes:
> > 
> >> CUPS just recognizes it automagically after you
> >> install printer-driver-foo2zjs, which maybe you
> >> did. I installed the printer simply from the
> >> cups browser interface.
> >> http://localhost:631/admin --> add printer,
> >> scroll thru choices and select driver:
> >> "HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.ppd HP LaserJet Pro
> >> P1102w Foomatic/foo2zjs-z2 (recommended)"
> > 
> > IT WORKS!
> > 
> > Foomatic did it! :)
> > 
> > This is the package that was missing:
> > 
> > foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
> > 
> > And this is the function that added
> > the printer! (Both versions work!)
> > 
> > Man, it feels like we just summited K2!
> > 
> > Thanks a lot, even to Brian despite aspects to
> > his style :)
> > 
> > test-foomatic () {
> > local -a devices
> > devices=("${(@f)$(sudo lpinfo -v | \grep LaserJet | cut -d ' ' -f 2)}")
> > 
> > local foomatic='foo2zjs:0/ppd/foo2zjs/HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.ppd'
> > local name=laser-foomatic
> > 
> > local number=1
> > for d in $devices; do
> > sudo lpadmin \
> >  -p ${name}-$number \
> >  -E \
> >  -v $d  \
> >  -m $foomatic
> > number=$(( number + 1 ))
> > done
> > }
> > 
> > Source: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/conf/.zsh/printers
> > 
> 
> Glad you got it working! Changing Subject for the archives.

Similarily glad but recording for the archives that
foomatic-db-compressed-ppds is not required to set up
and use a print queue with printer-driver-foo2zjs.

SOLVED Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Ralph Katz]

On 06/22/2016 06:11 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Ralph Katz  writes:
> 
>> CUPS just recognizes it automagically after you
>> install printer-driver-foo2zjs, which maybe you
>> did. I installed the printer simply from the
>> cups browser interface.
>> http://localhost:631/admin --> add printer,
>> scroll thru choices and select driver:
>> "HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.ppd HP LaserJet Pro
>> P1102w Foomatic/foo2zjs-z2 (recommended)"
> 
> IT WORKS!
> 
> Foomatic did it! :)
> 
> This is the package that was missing:
> 
> foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
> 
> And this is the function that added
> the printer! (Both versions work!)
> 
> Man, it feels like we just summited K2!
> 
> Thanks a lot, even to Brian despite aspects to
> his style :)
> 
> test-foomatic () {
> local -a devices
> devices=("${(@f)$(sudo lpinfo -v | \grep LaserJet | cut -d ' ' -f 2)}")
> 
> local foomatic='foo2zjs:0/ppd/foo2zjs/HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.ppd'
> local name=laser-foomatic
> 
> local number=1
> for d in $devices; do
> sudo lpadmin \
>  -p ${name}-$number \
>  -E \
>  -v $d  \
>  -m $foomatic
> number=$(( number + 1 ))
> done
> }
> 
> Source: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/conf/.zsh/printers
> 

Glad you got it working! Changing Subject for the archives.

Ralph




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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Ralph Katz  writes:

> CUPS just recognizes it automagically after you
> install printer-driver-foo2zjs, which maybe you
> did. I installed the printer simply from the
> cups browser interface.
> http://localhost:631/admin --> add printer,
> scroll thru choices and select driver:
> "HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.ppd HP LaserJet Pro
> P1102w Foomatic/foo2zjs-z2 (recommended)"

IT WORKS!

Foomatic did it! :)

This is the package that was missing:

foomatic-db-compressed-ppds

And this is the function that added
the printer! (Both versions work!)

Man, it feels like we just summited K2!

Thanks a lot, even to Brian despite aspects to
his style :)

test-foomatic () {
local -a devices
devices=("${(@f)$(sudo lpinfo -v | \grep LaserJet | cut -d ' ' -f 2)}")

local foomatic='foo2zjs:0/ppd/foo2zjs/HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.ppd'
local name=laser-foomatic

local number=1
for d in $devices; do
sudo lpadmin \
 -p ${name}-$number \
 -E \
 -v $d  \
 -m $foomatic
number=$(( number + 1 ))
done
}

Source: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/conf/.zsh/printers

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Ralph Katz  writes:

>> $ lpinfo -m | grep 1102w
>> 
>> drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 
>> Professional P 1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin 
>> drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w.ppd HP LaserJet 
>> Professional P 1102w, hpcups 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin 
>> drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 
>> Professional p1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin 
>> drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w.ppd HP LaserJet 
>> Professional p1102w, hpcups 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
>
> So then you don't have the proprietary plugin?
> I could not get it to install. Try what worked
> for me, as I described earlier, by installing
> the debian package: printer-driver-foo2zjs

I have printer-driver-foo2zjs.

As for the plugin, I found a program called
hp-plugin which installed it. However doing

$ lpinfo -m | grep 1102w

still says

requires proprietary plugin

Is it supposed to not say that if you have
the plugin?

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Ralph Katz  writes:

> CUPS just recognizes it automagically after
> you install printer-driver-foo2zjs, which
> maybe you did. I installed the printer simply
> from the cups browser interface.
> http://localhost:631/admin --> add printer,
> scroll thru choices and select driver:
> "HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.ppd HP LaserJet Pro
> P1102w Foomatic/foo2zjs-z2 (recommended)"

It says:

Unable to add printer: Forbidden

However, now that I now the exact name of the
PPD file perhaps I can track it and put it
there manually...

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 22:10:27 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Ralph Katz  writes:
> 
> > I use the standard cups foomatic driver for
> > your P1102w printer on my very similar (or
> > identical) HP LaserJet Professional P1109w on
> > my stable/Jessie system.
> 
> I found some foomatic stuff in the repos but no
> PPD files.
> 
> However this file
> 
> /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.xml
> 
> say:
> 
> This printer is supported by the foo2zjs
> free software printer driver.
> 
> And I do have
> 
> /usr/bin/foo2zjs
> 
> but how do I set that up with CUPS?

We've been here before!

You read the wiki and learn how to install a print queue.

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 21:31:14 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> It is all from the repositories.
> 
> $ lpinfo -m | grep 1102w
> 
> drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 
> Professional P 1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
> drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w.ppd HP LaserJet 
> Professional P 1102w, hpcups 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
> drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 
> Professional p1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
> drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w.ppd HP LaserJet 
> Professional p1102w, hpcups 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin

You noticed "requires proprietary plugin"? What steps did you take to
provide the plugin? None? Guess what happens?

> $ sudo lpinfo -v | grep LaserJet
> 
> direct hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P_1102w?serial=0W470T1FPR1a
> direct 
> usb://HP/LaserJet%20Professional%20P%201102w?serial=0W470T1FPR1a

This has no bearing on your problem.
 
> This code tests all combinations (4*2 = 8) but
> the result is inconclusive. It says different
> things each time, for the same combinations.
> 
> One thing is certain: no printout!

You were asked to provide information from an error_log. Instead you 
offer some irrelevant snipped snippets of code. Your response verges on
the valueless.

[...Snip...]

The failing filter is hpcups (or hpijs). Guess why it fails?

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Ralph Katz]

On 06/22/2016 04:10 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Ralph Katz  writes:
> 
>> I use the standard cups foomatic driver for
>> your P1102w printer on my very similar (or
>> identical) HP LaserJet Professional P1109w on
>> my stable/Jessie system.
> 
> I found some foomatic stuff in the repos but no
> PPD files.
> 
> However this file
> 
> /usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.xml
> 
> say:
> 
> This printer is supported by the foo2zjs
> free software printer driver.
> 
> And I do have
> 
> /usr/bin/foo2zjs
> 
> but how do I set that up with CUPS?
> 

We crossed messages. ;)

CUPS just recognizes it automagically after you install
printer-driver-foo2zjs, which maybe you did.  I installed the printer
simply from the cups browser interface.  http://localhost:631/admin -->
add printer, scroll thru choices and select driver:
"HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.ppd HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Foomatic/foo2zjs-z2
(recommended)"

Regards,
Ralph




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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Ralph Katz]

On 06/22/2016 03:31 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
[...]
> 
> It is all from the repositories.
> 
> $ lpinfo -m | grep 1102w
> 
> drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 
> Professional P 1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
> drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w.ppd HP LaserJet 
> Professional P 1102w, hpcups 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
> drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 
> Professional p1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
> drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w.ppd HP LaserJet 
> Professional p1102w, hpcups 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
> 

[...]

So then you don't have the proprietary plugin?   I could not get it to
install.  Try what worked for me, as I described earlier, by installing
the debian package: printer-driver-foo2zjs

~$ /usr/sbin/lpinfo -m |grep 1102w
> foo2zjs:0/ppd/foo2zjs/HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.ppd HP LaserJet Pro P1102w 
> Foomatic/foo2zjs-z2 (recommended)
> drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 
> Professional P 1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
> drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w.ppd HP LaserJet 
> Professional P 1102w, hpcups 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
> drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 
> Professional p1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
> drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w.ppd HP LaserJet 
> Professional p1102w, hpcups 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin

Emmanuel, keep trying, you're almost there.

Regards,
Ralph







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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Ralph Katz  writes:

> I use the standard cups foomatic driver for
> your P1102w printer on my very similar (or
> identical) HP LaserJet Professional P1109w on
> my stable/Jessie system.

I found some foomatic stuff in the repos but no
PPD files.

However this file

/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/HP-LaserJet_Pro_P1102w.xml

say:

This printer is supported by the foo2zjs
free software printer driver.

And I do have

/usr/bin/foo2zjs

but how do I set that up with CUPS?

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Brian  writes:

> Shame! The result would have good to have
> known. You don't fancy returning to the store
> with your ARM device and persuading them to
> let you do a quick test, do you?

You do that in the UK? :O

Wonderful!

But no, they wouldn't do that.

> Any Debian package will provide its own PPDs.
> lpadmin would be used with the "-m" option
> after searching the output of "lpinfo -m".
> Where is this PPD from? printer-driver-hpcups
> has it.

It is all from the repositories.

$ lpinfo -m | grep 1102w

drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 
Professional P 1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p_1102w.ppd HP LaserJet Professional 
P 1102w, hpcups 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
drv:///hpijs.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w-hpijs.ppd HP LaserJet 
Professional p1102w hpijs, 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin
drv:///hpcups.drv/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w.ppd HP LaserJet Professional 
p1102w, hpcups 3.14.6, requires proprietary plugin

$ sudo lpinfo -v | grep LaserJet

direct hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_Professional_P_1102w?serial=0W470T1FPR1a
direct usb://HP/LaserJet%20Professional%20P%201102w?serial=0W470T1FPR1a

This code tests all combinations (4*2 = 8) but
the result is inconclusive. It says different
things each time, for the same combinations.

One thing is certain: no printout!

test-all-printers () {
local test_file=~/DO_THIS
local test_printer

for p in {1..8}; do
test_printer=laser-$p
echo "Testing $test_printer..."
lpr -P $test_printer $test_file
done
}

add-all-printers () {
local -a devices
devices=("${(@f)$(sudo lpinfo -v | \grep LaserJet | cut -d ' ' -f 2)}")

local -a models
models=("${(@f)$(sudo lpinfo -m | \grep 1102w | cut -d ' ' -f 1)}")

local number=1
for m in $models; do
for d in $devices; do
sudo lpadmin\
 -p laser-${number} \
 -E \
 -v $d  \
 -m $m
number=$(( number + 1 ))
done
done
}

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Dan Purgert  writes:

> Seems the input (or output) filter failed.
> You'll likely need to check if it's trying to
> call any 32-bit libraries (my brother does
> this), and add the relevant i386 support
> for them.

The architecture is 32 bit but I installed the
PPD file from packages using aptitude so I'd
think I have 32 bit software.

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Bob Bernstein]

On Wed, 22 Jun 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:


It was meant to be a hyperlink to my post in the archives,


Ah...dawn breaks over Narragansett Bay!


I was clearly too tired and should just have quoted


:(

Take care of yourself!!


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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Ralph Katz]

On 06/22/2016 10:44 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
[...]
> 
> To late!
> 
> I returned the printer for another, namely
> 
> HP LaserJet P1102w
> 
> This I added with
> 
> $ sudo lpadmin -p laser -E -v 
> 'usb://HP/LaserJet%20Professional%20P%201102w?serial=0W470T1FPR1a' -P 
> /usr/share/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w-hpijs.ppd
> 
> and
> 
> $ lpstat -p
> 
> says
> 
> printer laser is idle.  enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016 16:41:19 CEST
> 
> But when I print with
> 
> $ lpr -P laser TEXT_FILE
> 
> I get
> 
>printer laser now printing laser-528.  enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016 
> 16:42:55 CEST
>   Filter failed
> 
> What now?
> 

Have you checked the USB connection and cable?  Have you tried
connecting wirelessly to your wireless printer?

I use the standard cups foomatic driver for your P1102w printer on my
very similar (or identical)  HP LaserJet Professional P1109w on my
stable/Jessie system.

Browsing to localhost:631/printers shows:
> Description:  Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet Professional P1109w
> Driver:   HP LaserJet Pro P1102w Foomatic/foo2zjs-z2 (recommended) 
> (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
> Connection:   
> dnssd://HP%20LaserJet%20Professional%20P1109w._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/

[There is no 2-sided printing.]

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Ralph




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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 15:21:45 +, Dan Purgert wrote:

> Emanuel Berg wrote:
> > printer laser now printing laser-528.  enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016
> > 16:42:55 CEST
> > Filter failed
> >
> 
> Seems the input (or output) filter failed.  You'll likely need to check
> if it's trying to call any 32-bit libraries (my brother does this), and
> add the relevant i386 support for them.

I think this happens because the Brother debs are not real debs but RPM
packages converted with alien.

> Although, the error is vague, and there's not much context -- another
> fix could simply be getting the latest hplip (if you don't already have
> it).

"Filter failed" is pretty clear.

The Jessie hplip is good enough. In fact, printer-driver-hpcups is all
that's needed.

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 16:44:50 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Brian  writes:
> 
> > Or I suppose a Splix PPD could work, as it
> > apparently did for this user:
> >
> > I managed to get my Samsung M2022W working
> > with Splix by pretening it was an ML-2160.
> > .
> >
> >https://sourceforge.net/p/splix/discussion/605558/thread/a0f66cb8/
> >
> > My CUPS filters a job without error using the
> > ML-2160 PPD. Only you can test whether the
> > output file prints.
> 
> To late!
> 
> I returned the printer for another, namely
> 
> HP LaserJet P1102w

Shame! The result would have good to have known. You don't fancy
returning to the store with your ARM device and persuading them
to let you do a quick test, do you?

> This I added with
> 
> $ sudo lpadmin -p laser -E -v 
> 'usb://HP/LaserJet%20Professional%20P%201102w?serial=0W470T1FPR1a' -P 
> /usr/share/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w-hpijs.ppd

Any Debian package will provide its own PPDs. lpadmin would be used
with the "-m" option after searching the output of "lpinfo -m".
Where is this PPD from? printer-driver-hpcups has it.

> and
> 
> $ lpstat -p
> 
> says
> 
> printer laser is idle.  enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016 16:41:19 CEST
> 
> But when I print with
> 
> $ lpr -P laser TEXT_FILE
> 
> I get
> 
>printer laser now printing laser-528.  enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016 
> 16:42:55 CEST
>   Filter failed
> 
> What now?

You look at an error_log. You search for "filter", "exited" and
"failed". You report back with detail.

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Dan Purgert]

Emanuel Berg wrote:
> printer laser now printing laser-528.  enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016
> 16:42:55 CEST
>   Filter failed
>

Seems the input (or output) filter failed.  You'll likely need to check
if it's trying to call any 32-bit libraries (my brother does this), and
add the relevant i386 support for them.

Although, the error is vague, and there's not much context -- another
fix could simply be getting the latest hplip (if you don't already have
it).

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Brian  writes:

> Or I suppose a Splix PPD could work, as it
> apparently did for this user:
>
> I managed to get my Samsung M2022W working
> with Splix by pretening it was an ML-2160.
> .
>
>https://sourceforge.net/p/splix/discussion/605558/thread/a0f66cb8/
>
> My CUPS filters a job without error using the
> ML-2160 PPD. Only you can test whether the
> output file prints.

To late!

I returned the printer for another, namely

HP LaserJet P1102w

This I added with

$ sudo lpadmin -p laser -E -v 
'usb://HP/LaserJet%20Professional%20P%201102w?serial=0W470T1FPR1a' -P 
/usr/share/ppd/hplip/HP/hp-laserjet_professional_p1102w-hpijs.ppd

and

$ lpstat -p

says

printer laser is idle.  enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016 16:41:19 CEST

But when I print with

$ lpr -P laser TEXT_FILE

I get

   printer laser now printing laser-528.  enabled since Wed 22 Jun 2016 
16:42:55 CEST
Filter failed

What now?

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Lisi Reisz]

On Wednesday 22 June 2016 06:20:32 Bob Bernstein wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > <201606210831.24319.lisi.re...@gmail.com>
>
> Need a bit of help here. What am I supposed to do with this line
> of um text?
>
> If there is an elegant method that will use it as a starting
> point such that I end up looking at the email to which you are
> referring us, I am unaware of it.
>
> Is this perhaps a suggested search token for looking at
> debian-user archives?
>
> You know me Lisi, I get so confused so easily

It was meant  to be a hyperlink to my post in the archives, taken from the 
header to my post.  I was clearly too tired and should just have quoted - it 
would have been easier for me and less confusing for the list!!

Here is the actual message:
---
On Tuesday 21 June 2016 03:51:23 Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Emanuel Berg  writes:
> > File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertospl" not
> > available: No such file or directory
>
> I found rastertospl it in the ULD archive, the
> i386 directory.
>
> Now when I do print it first says "... is now
> printing ...", then
>
> printer laser is idle.  enabled since Tue 21 Jun 2016 04:44:59 CEST
> Rendering completed
>
> But still nothing is printed.

I find that going into printer maintenance, deleting all jobs for that 
printer, pausing the printer, then starting it again, solves this particular 
problem.  But I do it at the web interface.

Lisi

And here is his reply:
--
[snip repeat of above]
'cancel -a' deletes all jobs so if I could just
pause and start it...
---
As I said, there is clearly a problem between Emanuel and the web interface.

Lisi

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 09:28:06 +0100, Brian wrote:

> I don't think this idea is going to fly, at least not without more
> work on the PPD and possibly on the printer driver itself. Accessing
> the printer from the ARM device is probably best done through a CUPS
> server on a i368/amd64 machine.

Or I suppose a Splix PPD could work, as it apparently did for this user:

 I managed to get my Samsung M2022W working with Splix by
 pretening it was an ML-2160. .

   https://sourceforge.net/p/splix/discussion/605558/thread/a0f66cb8/

My CUPS filters a job without error using the ML-2160 PPD. Only you can
test whether the output file prints.

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[debian-user]

Bob Bernstein, Wed, 22 Jun 2016 01:20:32 -0400 (EDT):

> On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> 
>> <201606210831.24319.lisi.re...@gmail.com>
> 
> Need a bit of help here. What am I supposed to do with this line 
> of um text?

It's a Message-ID. It identifies a posting made to this list (the one
Lisi refers to).
Some mail/news clients provide means to search for Message-IDs or even
jump directly to the message containing that ID.
For Debian lists you can also search for a message ID here:
https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Wed 22 Jun 2016 at 04:07:46 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Brian  writes:
> 
> > 1. Get the Samsung_M2020_Series.ppd from the
> > ULD tarball
> >
> > 2. Edit the *cupsFilters line in it to read
> >
> >   *cupsFilters:
> > "application.vnd.cups-raster 0 rastertoqpdl
> >
> >or
> >
> >   *cupsFilters:
> > "application.vnd.cups-postscript 0 pstoqpdl
> >
> > 3. Put the PPD in /usr/share/ppd.
> 
> with:
> 
> test-ppd-2 () {
> sudo lpadmin  \
>  -p laser \
>  -v 'usb://Samsung/M2020%20Series?serial=08HYB8GGBB029CJ' \
>  -E \
>  -P /usr/share/ppd/Samsung_M2020_Series.ppd
> }
> 
> I get
> 
> lpr: Unsupported document-format "text/plain"
> 
> with *both* the raster and PS configs!

I don't think this idea is going to fly, at least not without more
work on the PPD and possibly on the printer driver itself. Accessing
the printer from the ARM device is probably best done through a CUPS
server on a i368/amd64 machine.

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Bob Bernstein]

On Tue, 21 Jun 2016, Lisi Reisz wrote:


<201606210831.24319.lisi.re...@gmail.com>


Need a bit of help here. What am I supposed to do with this line 
of um text?


If there is an elegant method that will use it as a starting 
point such that I end up looking at the email to which you are 
referring us, I am unaware of it.


Is this perhaps a suggested search token for looking at 
debian-user archives?


You know me Lisi, I get so confused so easily

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Brian  writes:

> 1. Get the Samsung_M2020_Series.ppd from the
> ULD tarball
>
> 2. Edit the *cupsFilters line in it to read
>
>   *cupsFilters:
> "application.vnd.cups-raster 0 rastertoqpdl
>
>or
>
>   *cupsFilters:
> "application.vnd.cups-postscript 0 pstoqpdl
>
> 3. Put the PPD in /usr/share/ppd.

with:

test-ppd-2 () {
sudo lpadmin  \
 -p laser \
 -v 'usb://Samsung/M2020%20Series?serial=08HYB8GGBB029CJ' \
 -E \
 -P /usr/share/ppd/Samsung_M2020_Series.ppd
}

I get

lpr: Unsupported document-format "text/plain"

with *both* the raster and PS configs!

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Lisi Reisz]

On Tuesday 21 June 2016 22:29:36 Brian wrote:
> Was the suggestion given not clear enough or too
> involved?

Emanuel doesn't like the idea of trying to do anything with the web interface. 
I had already suggested it for one of his problems earlier.
<201606210831.24319.lisi.re...@gmail.com>

 Too childish?  Too simple?

Lisi

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[deloptes]

Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Brian  writes:
> 
>> To automatise what?
> 
> The testing of all configurations.

Brian suggested one approach though - no word automation and testing at all?

Besides the 4 steps are equal in time you spent writing whatever you wrote
to automate whatever you wanted to automate.

I couldn't resist writing this. Sorry.

regards

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Brian  writes:

> To automatise what?

The testing of all configurations.

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Tue 21 Jun 2016 at 22:24:29 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Brian  writes:
> 
> > But it will give you something to do for the
> > rest of the afternoon!
> 
> I wrote this to automatize it:

To automatise what? Was the suggestion given not clear enough or too
involved?

> # try all PPDs on the system:

There is no point in this.

> #
> # $ test-ppd **/*.ppd
> #
> # and, in another pane:
> #
> # $ watch -t -n 0.1 lpstat -p
> test-ppd () {
> local -a ppds
> ppds=($@)
> 
> local test_file=~/TEST-TEXT-FILE
> local printer=laser
> 
> for p in $ppds; do
> sudo lpadmin -p $printer -E -P $p
> doprint $test_file
> sleep 7
> done
> } # [1]
> 
> How does that differ from what you describe?
> Is the above enough to find out?
> 
> [1] http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/conf/.zsh/printers

I have no wish to discuss alternatives. Let's leave it like that at this
point. If you wish to use this to find out something, please go ahead.

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Brian  writes:

> But it will give you something to do for the
> rest of the afternoon!

I wrote this to automatize it:

# try all PPDs on the system:
#
# $ test-ppd **/*.ppd
#
# and, in another pane:
#
# $ watch -t -n 0.1 lpstat -p
test-ppd () {
local -a ppds
ppds=($@)

local test_file=~/TEST-TEXT-FILE
local printer=laser

for p in $ppds; do
sudo lpadmin -p $printer -E -P $p
doprint $test_file
sleep 7
done
} # [1]

How does that differ from what you describe?
Is the above enough to find out?

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Tue 21 Jun 2016 at 16:25:00 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Brian  writes:
> 
> > Early this morning you had an M202x series
> > printer; this afternoon you have an ML-2026W.
> > Not only is the ML-2026W not mentioned at the
> > Splix site but Samsung's site doesn't believe
> > it exists and says "We're sorry, your search
> > "ml-2026W" didn't return any results."
> 
> Now I have yet another one!
> 
> On the printer, it says: Samsung Xpress M2026W.
> 
> On the installation guide, it says ditto M202x.
> 
> It doesn't say "ML-2026W" anywhere tho :)
> 
> > Please connect the printer to a USB port,
> > issue the command
> >
> >   /usr/sbin/lpinfo -v
> >
> > and post the line beginning "direct usb://".
> 
> direct usb://Samsung/M2020%20Series?serial=08HYB8GGBB029CJ

It's a Samsung M2020 Series printer. You were correct first time round. :)

It uses the Samsung Printer Language (SPL) but, as we have seen, ULD
doesn't support the ARM platform. In other words, patchy Linux support
from Samsung.

Splix doesn't claim support for the printer either. You could try what
comes next (you need the splix package) but I wouldn't build my hopes up
and expect success. But it will give you something to do for the rest of
the afternoon!

1. Get the Samsung_M2020_Series.ppd from the ULD tarball.

2. Edit the *cupsFilters line in it to read

  *cupsFilters: "application.vnd.cups-raster 0 rastertoqpdl

   or

  *cupsFilters: "application.vnd.cups-postscript 0 pstoqpdl

3. Put the PPD in /usr/share/ppd.

4. Use localhost:631 to set the print queue up. The M2020 PPD should be
   on offer.

Any joy?

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Brian  writes:

> Early this morning you had an M202x series
> printer; this afternoon you have an ML-2026W.
> Not only is the ML-2026W not mentioned at the
> Splix site but Samsung's site doesn't believe
> it exists and says "We're sorry, your search
> "ml-2026W" didn't return any results."

Now I have yet another one!

On the printer, it says: Samsung Xpress M2026W.

On the installation guide, it says ditto M202x.

It doesn't say "ML-2026W" anywhere tho :)

> Please connect the printer to a USB port,
> issue the command
>
>   /usr/sbin/lpinfo -v
>
> and post the line beginning "direct usb://".

direct usb://Samsung/M2020%20Series?serial=08HYB8GGBB029CJ

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Tue 21 Jun 2016 at 14:50:51 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Brian  writes:
> 
> > You read the wiki and learn how to install
> > a print queue.
> 
> Here is a list [1] what printers work with
> Linux and Splix - mine, ML-2026W, isn't on that
> list, so I guess it won't work?
> 
> [1] http://splix.ap2c.org/

Early this morning you had an M202x series printer; this afternoon you
have an ML-2026W. Not only is the ML-2026W not mentioned at the Splix
site but Samsung's site doesn't believe it exists and says "We're sorry,
your search "ml-2026W" didn't return any results."

Please connect the printer to a USB port, issue the command

  /usr/sbin/lpinfo -v

and post the line beginning "direct usb://".

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Brian  writes:

> You read the wiki and learn how to install
> a print queue.

Here is a list [1] what printers work with
Linux and Splix - mine, ML-2026W, isn't on that
list, so I guess it won't work?

[1] http://splix.ap2c.org/

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Tue 21 Jun 2016 at 10:02:39 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Brian  writes:
> 
> > printer-driver-splix ULD might work but
> > I suspect a splix PPD would need adapting to
> > provide what the M202x expects to receive.
> 
> OK, I installed that - do I need to tell CUPS
> to use it? How do I do that?

You read the wiki and learn how to install a print queue.

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Brian  writes:

> printer-driver-splix ULD might work but
> I suspect a splix PPD would need adapting to
> provide what the M202x expects to receive.

OK, I installed that - do I need to tell CUPS
to use it? How do I do that?

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Brian]

On Tue 21 Jun 2016 at 04:51:23 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:

> Emanuel Berg  writes:
> 
> > File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertospl" not
> > available: No such file or directory
> 
> I found rastertospl it in the ULD archive, the
> i386 directory.
> 
> Now when I do print it first says "... is now
> printing ...", then
> 
> printer laser is idle.  enabled since Tue 21 Jun 2016 04:44:59 CEST
> Rendering completed
> 
> But still nothing is printed.

ULD is only available (without source code) for the i386 and amd64
architectures.

  http://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/

at one time attempted limited ARM support but has possibly given up on
it.

printer-driver-splix ULD might work but I suspect a splix PPD would
need adapting to provide what the M202x expects to receive.

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Lisi Reisz  writes:

> I find that going into printer maintenance,
> deleting all jobs for that printer, pausing
> the printer, then starting it again, solves
> this particular problem. But I do it at the
> web interface.

'cancel -a' deletes all jobs so if I could just
pause and start it...

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Lisi Reisz]

On Tuesday 21 June 2016 03:51:23 Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Emanuel Berg  writes:
> > File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertospl" not
> > available: No such file or directory
>
> I found rastertospl it in the ULD archive, the
> i386 directory.
>
> Now when I do print it first says "... is now
> printing ...", then
>
> printer laser is idle.  enabled since Tue 21 Jun 2016 04:44:59 CEST
> Rendering completed
>
> But still nothing is printed.

I find that going into printer maintenance, deleting all jobs for that 
printer, pausing the printer, then starting it again, solves this particular 
problem.  But I do it at the web interface.

Lisi

Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Emanuel Berg  writes:

> File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertospl" not
> available: No such file or directory

I found rastertospl it in the ULD archive, the
i386 directory.

Now when I do print it first says "... is now
printing ...", then

printer laser is idle.  enabled since Tue 21 Jun 2016 04:44:59 CEST
Rendering completed

But still nothing is printed.

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Re: USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

Emanuel Berg  writes:

> I have a USB printer installed with CUPS and it
> seems to check out but when I print it stalls!
>
> $ lpstat -p
>
> printer laser is idle. enabled since Tue 21
> Jun 2016 01:14:56 CEST Sending data to printer.

It is a Samsung laser printer, M202x series.

I found their driver, the ULD 1.00.35, and
install it for the ARM architecture.

Now instead it says:

printer laser is idle.  enabled since Tue 21 Jun 2016 02:14:04 CEST
   File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertospl" not available: No such file or 
directory

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USB printer CUPS stalls on "Sending data to printer"

[Emanuel Berg]

I have a USB printer installed with CUPS and it
seems to check out but when I print it stalls!

$ lpstat -p

printer laser is idle. enabled since Tue 21 Jun 2016 01:14:56 CEST
Sending data to printer.

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