Still cannot print

[Bernd Krumböck]

Peter wrote:

> Having tried for about a week to get CUPS 1.2 to install properly with no
> success, I wiped the Linux partition and reinstalled CentOS; this is a
> fresh install.
> 
> I installed the CUPS 1.2 drivers from source with no problems.  Downloaded
> the PPD for my HP 6110 all-in-wonder from linuxprinting.org and copied it
> to /usr/share/cups/model.  In the CUPS web interface it had discovered two
> new printers:
> 
>      Hewlett-Packard OfficeJet 6100 Series (Hewlett-Packard OfficeJet 6100
>      Series) HP OfficeJet 6100 Series (HP OfficeJet 6100 Series USB #1)
>      HP OfficeJet 6100 Series (HP OfficeJet 6100 Series HPLIP)
> 
> I have gone through the dialog for each printer, selected the printer from
> the list, etc.  In neither case is CUPS able to print a test page.
> 
> CUPS returns the following error message:
> "usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip failed"
> 
> The printer worked fine with the previous version of CUPS.
> 
> Ideas?

Hello Peter!


The filter "foomatic-rip" is missed. This is part of the foomatic project. 

Your PPD file contains a line like this one:
*cupsFilter:    "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 foomatic-rip"


Please read http://www.linuxprinting.org/foomatic.html

At least you have to download and install
http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/foomatic/foomatic-filters-3.0.2.tar.gz

I also suggest to install ghostscript (you can find on CUPS homepage),
before you install foomatic-filters!


best regards!

Bernd