custom PS driver not working with 1.2.2

[Kurt Pfeifle]

david costa <dpcosta at dijkman.nl> wrote (Tuesday 01 August 2006 16:55):

> Dear all,

Sorry, my current news reader (a development version) crashes when
trying to copy'n'paste the PPD, or even when trying to scroll down
more than 1000 lines (it has 2800 lines).

> After upgrading to cups 1.2.2 on fedora 5, a driver we were using 
> to print to a HP 9050 printer is no longer working. This driver 
> was custom made for us due to the printer having 9 input bins.

What about getting support from the people who custom made the
driver for you?

> I realize the code below says HP8100, but it worked fine with cups 
> 1.2.1 and the HP9050 printer. When trying to print no errors 
> occur, but the printout simply doesn't come out of the printer.

Can you print when you use another PPD? Try a very generic one.

Can you print the CUPS test page with the -o raw option?

  lp -d <printername> -o raw /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps

> I tried looking at the cups error logs, but no errors were given. 
> Thanks in advance for any help with getting this to work. 

Cheers,
Kurt