CUPS 1.2.12 -- PCL no longercreate multiplecopies

[Helge Blischke]

angelb wrote:
>>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

Could it be that it is a recurrence of the IPP backend bug
conserning the number of copies I posted in the old days of
CUPS 1.1.18 or 1.1.19 ?
IIRC, it was a conflict between print-job defined number of
copies (which don't show up in the IPP request) and the
copies attribute induced by copies-default in the IPP request.

If needed I can post how I then fixed the issue at oursite
(we still use pretty old 1.1.19).

Helge

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