[Kde-print-devel] [cups.general] client-error-document-format-not-supported

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Chris Bamford wrote:

> This printer has worked with CUPS perfectly in the past.  Due to a HDD
> failure I am having to reinstall - now it won't print!
> In utter frustration I have uninstalled / reinstalled cups  and foomatic
> several times...
> Now when I try to add my printer (Lexmark z600) and print a test page I
> get:
> 
> cupsdoprint -P 'tmpprinter_OYfyPOZW' -J 'KDE Print Test' -H
> '/var/run/cups/cups.sock:631' -U 'root' -o '
> multiple-document-handling=separate-documents-uncollated-copies
> orientation-requested=3' '/usr/share/apps/kdeprint/testprint.ps' :
> execution failed with message:
> client-error-document-format-not-supported

You likely are bitten by a KDEPrint bug. KDEPrint is no longer comple-
tely in sync with CUPS; especially since CUPS 1.2 was released, there
are new features in CUPS which are unsupported by KDEPrint.

One of these is connecting to a CUPS server via unix domain sockets
for local printing (instead of using the localhost:631 TCP+UDP socket);
your error messages shows KDEPrint did try to connect to a CUPS server
running on '/var/run/cups/cups.sock:631' (it includes the port portion
from the TCP/UDP socket URL to the unix domain socket file name).

To work around that KDEPrint limitation (to make it behave like it be-
haved for CUPS 1.1), make sure your KDEPrint is configured to always
use localhost:631 for connections. Here's how:

 * run "kaddprinterwizard --kdeconfig",
 * select "CUPS Server" in left column,
 * type "localhost" into "Host" field and "631" into "Port" field,
 * confirm with "OK").

Which is the KDE version you're running?

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