[cups.general] Mac-generated PDF doesn't print.

[Bill Moseley]

Sorry to ask again, but my son can't get his homework to print on the
printer he has access to. ;)

So, it seem the PDF file I posted is fine.  Is this how the job is
suppose to work logically when using a 4ML postscript printer?

    cat my_pdf_file | pdftops | pstops -> directly to printer backend

(with some options along the way)

So, is the Postscript one of the filters is creating is invalid for my
printer?

Again, I'm able to print some text generated by the OSX application --
but when I mix fonts or set them to specific sizes it won't print.
Perhaps that is a red herring.

Also, I do see the lights flash on the printer but then nothing prints
(and subsequent jobs from other applications print fine).  Should the
HP 4ML be telling the backend (and then cups) what the error is?

Here's my printers.conf and PPD file that Helge ask for previously.

Thanks very much,



On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 11:45:17AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 01:38:15PM -0500, Helge Blischke wrote:
> > If it *really* a HP 4ML native PostScript printer, it should work correctly.
> > Could you post (an URL to) this printer's PPD and specify how this printer has been configured
> > with CUPS?
> 
> Sure.
> 
>     http://hank.org/HP_LaserJet_4ML.ppd
> 
>     $ ls -l /etc/cups/ppd | grep 4ML
>     lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    19 2005-04-05 10:48 4ML.ppd -> HP_LaserJet_4ML.ppd
>     -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13961 2005-02-17 17:00 HP_LaserJet_4ML.ppd
> 
> I need to review the Cups does again as I'm realizing I don't
> remember how all the parts connect.  What maps the ppd to the printer?
> 
> Here's printers.conf:
> 
> <DefaultPrinter 4ML>
>     Info HP LaserJet 4ML
>     Location office
>     DeviceURI canon:/dev/lp0
>     State Idle
>     StateTime 1157141366
>     Accepting Yes
>     Shared Yes
>     JobSheets none none
>     QuotaPeriod 0
>     PageLimit 0
>     KLimit 0
>     OpPolicy default
>     ErrorPolicy stop-printer
> </Printer>
> <Printer Stylus870>
>     Info 870
>     Location Office
>     DeviceURI usb://EPSON/Stylus%20Photo%20870
>     State Idle
>     StateTime 1157141762
>     Accepting Yes
>     Shared Yes
>     JobSheets none none
>     QuotaPeriod 0
>     PageLimit 0
>     KLimit 0
>     OpPolicy default
>     ErrorPolicy stop-printer
> </Printer>
> 
> 
> 
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> Bill Moseley
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