Unable to convert file 0 to printable format

Steve masticol at yahoo.com
Sat Apr 2 05:38:00 PST 2005


Hi, all,

I'm trying to get Ubuntu Warty installed, and before committing to the install wanted to use the Live CD to check that everything was working properly.

Printing ain't.

I've got a Lexmark E322 printer, which is a Postscript printer and has been running fine in my old Red Hat system with an Optra E312 driver. CUPS  is giving me this unfathomable error, though:

E [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] Unable to convert file 0 to printable format for job 1!
I [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] Hint: Do you have ESP Ghostscript installed?

gs -v reveals that ESP Ghostscript is installed.

I've looked at the log at level Debug2, and it doesn't help me. Can anyone here suggest something to try to get some better information on what is going on?

Thanks,
- Steve.

P.S. Excerpt from log follows. This is the only error I've found in the log. If someone can tell me where/how to look for other info, I'd appreciate it.

d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] CONTENT_TYPE = application/ipp
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] ReadClient: 10 con->data_encoding = length, con->data_remaining = 301, con->file = -1
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] ReadClient: 10 REQUEST /var/spool/cups/00000000=11
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] ReadClient: 10 writing 6 bytes to 11
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] ReadClient: 10 Closing data file 11, size = 6.
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] ProcessIPPRequest(0x402f4940[10]): operation_id = 0002
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] print_job(0x402f4940[10], ipp://localhost:631/printers/Optra-E312)
D [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] print_job: auto-typing file...
D [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] print_job: request file type is text/plain.
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] check_quotas(0x402f4940[10], 0x8182190[Optra-E312])
D [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] check_quotas: requesting-user-name = 'warty'
D [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] print_job: requesting-user-name = 'warty'
I [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] Adding start banner page "none" to job 1.
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] copy_banner(0x402f4940[10], 0x81844a0[1], none)
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] add_file(con=0x402f4940[10], job=1, filetype=text/plain, compression=0)
I [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] Adding end banner page "none" to job 1.
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] copy_banner(0x402f4940[10], 0x81844a0[1], none)
I [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] Job 1 queued on 'Optra-E312' by 'warty'.
D [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] Job 1 hold_until = 0
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] SaveJob: Closing file 11...
D [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] StartJob(1, 0x8182190)
D [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] StartJob() id = 1, file = 0/1
E [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] Unable to convert file 0 to printable format for job 1!
I [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] Hint: Do you have ESP Ghostscript installed?
D [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] CancelJob: id = 1
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] SaveJob: Closing file 11...
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] add_job_state_reasons(0x402f4940[10], 1)
D [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] ProcessIPPRequest: 10 status_code=0
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] ProcessIPPRequest: Adding fd 10 to OutputSet...
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] AcceptClient(lis=0x8089dd8) 0 NumClients = 7
D [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] AcceptClient: 11 from localhost:631.
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] AcceptClient: Adding fd 11 to InputSet...
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] ReadClient: 11, used=0, file=-1
D [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] ReadClient: 11 POST / HTTP/1.1
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] decode_auth(0x402f7574): Authorization string = ""
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] decode_auth: 11 username=""
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] IsAuthorized: con->uri = "/"
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] FindBest: uri = "/"...
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] FindBest: Location / Limit 7f
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] FindBest: Location /admin Limit 7f
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] FindBest: best = "/"
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] IsAuthorized: auth = 0, satisfy=0...
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] POST /
d [02/Apr/2005:08:05:06 +0000] CONTENT_TYPE = application/ipp






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