[cups.bugs] Unable to send trailing nul to printer: Broken pipe

[Drew Huddleston]

I have this same problem.  Has anyone found a solution?


Frank Aune wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Using cups-1.1.20-r4 and generic PS driver for my OKI OL600ex, I always get
>
> [Job 2] Unable to send trailing nul to printer: Broken pipe
> E [30/Oct/2004:17:12:45 +0200] [Job 2] Remote host did not accept data file
> (32)
>
> if the printjob is several pages. Single pages mostly works ok, but more often
> than not I receive this error - resulting in one of the following scenarios:
>
> - printing out page after page with rubbish
> - printing out blank pages forever
> - restarting the printjob from scratch whenever I receive the error
>
> The last point is probably because cups resends the job for printing. Ive
> searched high and low for a solution, but this issue is nearly never
> mentioned - and if it is, there's no solution provided.
>
> Any suggestions or thoughts much appreciated
>
> Thank you.
>