Cannot print PostScript files

[Keith Roberts]

Thanks for that Gavin.

On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Gavin Beatty wrote:

> To: Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net>
> From: Gavin Beatty <gavinbeatty at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Cannot print PostScript files
> 
> Hello,
>
> Why not keep this on the list? Anyway... ;)
>
>
> I have a simple test that will reveal the source of the problem.
>
> -  Open KControl and go to Peripherals->Printers
> -  Right click the printer
> -  Select "Test printer" (see attachment)
>
> If the test page prints, we know that KDEPrint is NOT the problem and
> that my initial mail was right (it's Java or Fedora).
> If the test page doesn't print, we know the problem lies possibly with
> one or more of these choices (in decreasing order of likelihood of
> source of the problem): CUPS, KDEPrint's configuration of CUPS

I've done that, and it works perfectly. I've also been 
Googling like you suggested, and it *might* be Java or cups, 
or possible on of the other packages cups relies on.

Here's a couple of links I have found:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=558865

http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=208543

I've also turned up debugging in /etc/cups.conf to 'debug'

I need to keep digging into the cups error_log to find more 
info.

I might try what the OP in the first message on 
linuxquestions.org tried.

I shall give it another go tommorow.

Kind Regards

Keith


> When you've completed that we can talk more ;)
>
> On 09/07/07, Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net> wrote:
>> Hi Gavin. Thankyou for your promt reply. I note what you
>> said.
>> 
>> When I send the java print job, it gets to the print que,
>> and the message says, "processing". After a while it changes
>> to error. Not very descriptive I thought. I have included a
>> screen shot of the IPP message. Obviously if this is the
>> wrong list then I need to ask somewhere else.
>> 
>> Can you confirm that a default installating of KDEPrint on
>> cups should be able to handle printing of postscript files
>> please?
>> 
>> Kind Regards
>> 
>> Keith
>> 
>> On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Gavin Beatty wrote:
>> 
>> > To: Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net>,
>> >     "For users and developers of KDEPrint, the KDE printing 
>> architecture"
>> >     <kde-print at kde.org>
>> > From: Gavin Beatty <gavinbeatty at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: Re: Cannot print PostScript files
>> >
>> > Hi Keith,
>> >
>> > This is a mailing list for KDEPrint, the printing subsystem for the
>> > KDE project. Sorry to tell you but as you are printing from Java
>> > applications, the problem lies with either those applications in
>> > particular or with your Java install itself.
>> >
>> > What you could do is:
>> > -  try googling the problem
>> > -  go to the forums/irc channel for Fedora and ask there
>> > -  go to the forums/irc channel for Java and ask there
>> >
>> > Using KDE as your desktop doesn't mean that KDE is managing your
>> > printing. If you print from a non-KDE application, then it's not 
>> KDE's
>> > fault.
>> >
>> > I realise it's a bit strange to a novice but that's the case! ;)
>> > So please try the suggestions I gave above.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Gavin
>> >
>> > On 09/07/07, Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net> wrote:
>> >> Hi all.
>> >>
>> >> I'm using Fedora Core 6 and cannot print any postscript
>> >> files from Java applications.
>> >>
>> >> I have re-installed cups, and setup my printer again - HP
>> >> DeskJet 810C.
>> >>
>> >> Everything seems to work OK. The test page is working, and I
>> >> can print from the command line with:
>> >>
>> >> [root at karsites herbs]# lp baldwin1.let
>> >> request id is HP_Deskjet_810C-89 (1 file(s))
>> >> [root at karsites herbs]#
>> >>
>> >> Are there some filters or something else missing?
>> >>
>> >> I really need to be able to print out postscript files from
>> >> java applications.
>> >>
>> >> TIA
>> >>
>> >> Keith
>> >>
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