[cups.general] CUPS 1.2.12 -- PCL no longercreate multiplecopies

[Michael R Sweet]

Helge Blischke wrote:
> 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 ?

Not specifically, but a more general problem with the solution we
came up with for Xerox printers - basically, raw files were assumed
to already have the copies applied in them, so we didn't pass any of
the job options from the client to the server.

The current code in 1.3.x and trunk address this by only omitting the
options for filtered jobs.

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Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer