[cups.general] CUPS 1.2.12 -- PCL no longer create multiplecopies

[Michael R Sweet]

angelb wrote:
>> angelb wrote:
>>> ...
>>> However, printing any job with PCL will result with only one
>>> copy:
>>>
>>> lpr -T50433-1:1:foo: -Pricohc -#3 /tmp/SP001nq5lx.ADU
>>>
>>> Where /tmp/SP001nq5lx.ADU:
>>> ^[%-12345X at PJL
>>> @PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL
>>> ^[E^[&l0L^[&l1X^[&k0G^[*c32000G^[*c16M-^HD"^Q^Q"DM-^H^[*c32001G^[*c16M-....
>>>
>>> I'm able to duplicate the PCL issue in multiple printers.
>>>
>>> PCL in CUPS 1.2.4 worked okay. Any help on how to resolve this
>>> appreciated.
>> More than likely the file is getting flagged as "raw" since it
>> contains PCL commands.  How is the queue configured?
>>
> 
> The queues are configured as AppSocket/HP JetDirect with HP Laserjet
> Series PCL 4/5 CUPS v1.2(en).
> 
> There were no printer queue changes. These queues were printing and
> producing the correct number of copies in CUPS 1.2.4. We've upgraded
> all prod server/clients to 1.2.12 on Sunday morning.

The only change I am aware of is STR #2423 which would flag the PCL
files as raw.  The copies should then be produced by the socket
backend...

Have you checked the (LogLevel debug) error_log files on the client
and server to see what is getting passed around?

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer