CUPS 1.2.12 -- PCL no longercreate multiplecopies

angelb angelb at bugarin.us
Mon Sep 17 11:08:18 PDT 2007


> 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?
>

I've narrowed it down to the IPP backend. If I use the ipp from CUPS 124, in a running CUPS 1212, I'd get the correct number of copies.

I've not gotten any deeper other than testing the IPP backends but it
appears to be the cause.

Thanks,
Angel




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