[cups.general] Strange behaviour

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Tue Jun 19 02:34:15 PDT 2007


Johan Kooijman wrote:
> Goodmorning,
> 
> I'm seeing some strange behaviour from cups. The current situation is
> as follows:
> ...
> I [19/Jun/2007:09:29:02 +0200] [Job 5] Sending control file (55 bytes)
> I [19/Jun/2007:09:29:02 +0200] [Job 5] Control file sent successfully
> D [19/Jun/2007:09:29:02 +0200] [Job 5] lpd_command 03 0 dfA624nlvdhp06
> D [19/Jun/2007:09:29:02 +0200] [Job 5] Sending command string (18 bytes)...
> D [19/Jun/2007:09:29:02 +0200] [Job 5] Reading command status...
> D [19/Jun/2007:09:29:02 +0200] [Job 5] lpd_command returning 0
> I [19/Jun/2007:09:29:02 +0200] [Job 5] Sending data file (0 bytes)
> E [19/Jun/2007:09:29:02 +0200] [Job 5] Remote host did not accept data 
> file (1)
> 
> Whereas:
> - print-eu is the central print server
> - mfvdh036 is the printer in question
> 
> The central print server is giving me the error "Illegal format". It's
> not more then that...
> 
> Any clues?

The last few lines of the log you sent show that the backend is
sending an empty data file (0 bytes).  That shouldn't be possible
with the standard CUPS distribution...

What version of CUPS is on the AS3 boxes?

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