Unsupported format 'application/postscript'!

[Helge Blischke]

Wilbert Alberts wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I try to get a HP Laserjet 1220 to print using cups on a NSLU2. I
> managed to the the printer recognized. However, whenever I try to print
> a test page, I get:
> 
> Unsupported format 'application/postscript'!
> 
> /etc/opt/cups/mime.convs contains:
> 
> application/postscript  application/vnd.cups-postscript 66      pstops
> 
> /opt/lib/cups/filter contains a pstops that seems to work:
> 
> bash-3.2# ./pstops
> ERROR: pstops job-id user title copies options [file]
> 
> What part is missing from this puzzle?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Wilbert.

Which PPD do you try to use with that printer? I suspect you use a
PPD that specifies a special filter (via the *cupsFilter: "..." statement)
which references some specieal data type, and CUPS cannot establisch
a chain from application/postscript to the final data type.

Helge

-- 
Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
http://www.srz.de