[cups.bugs] [HIGH] STR #2771: Unable to print from MacOS to Debian Linux CUPS Server

[M Yudkowsky]

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I'm attempting to print from a MacOS 10.4 laptop to a CUPS server running
on Debian (unstable). Although the MacOS laptop can print successfully to
a slightly older installation on a different CUPS server, the attempt to
print to this new server (and to several new printers, a Samsung CLP-300
and a Lexmark Z42) fails.

I've tried this with three different printer drivers for the CLP-300 (the
Samsung unified drivers and two open source drivers) but all fail. I've
just tried again with a Lexmark Z42 -- same error. From the log file, it's
clearly the GS-ESP 8.62 package that fails to render the incoming file from
the Mac.

Here's the output from the Z42 attempt using the Gutenberg drivers:
D [27/Mar/2008:06:40:41 -0500] [Job 83]
envp[24]="FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE=printer/Lex"
I [27/Mar/2008:06:40:41 -0500] [Job 83] Started filter
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops (PID 29141)
I [27/Mar/2008:06:40:41 -0500] [Job 83] Started filter
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 29142)
I [27/Mar/2008:06:40:41 -0500] [Job 83] Started filter
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster (PID 29143)
I [27/Mar/2008:06:40:41 -0500] [Job 83] Started filter
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertogutenprint.5.0 (PID 29144)
I [27/Mar/2008:06:40:41 -0500] [Job 83] Started backend
/usr/lib/cups/backend/usb (PID 29145)

Later I see

D [27/Mar/2008:06:40:41 -0500] [Job 83] Running /usr/bin/gs -dQUIET
-dDEBUG -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dNOMEDIAATTRS -sDEVICE=cups
-sstdout=%stderr -sOUTPUTFILE=%stdout -c -_

and still later

D [27/Mar/2008:06:40:42 -0500] [Job 83] Gutenprint   NOT setting CurveCh26
to (null)
D [27/Mar/2008:06:40:42 -0500] [Job 83] Error: /undefined in CF
D [27/Mar/2008:06:40:42 -0500] [Job 83] Operand stack:
D [27/Mar/2008:06:40:42 -0500] [Job 83] 
D [27/Mar/2008:06:40:42 -0500] [Job 83] Execution stack:
D [27/Mar/2008:06:40:42 -0500] [Job 83] %interp_exit   .runexec2  
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push  
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false   1  
%stopped_push   1905   1   3   %oparray_pop   1904   1   3   %oparray_pop 
 1888   1   3   %oparray_pop   1771   1   3   %oparray_pop  
--nostringval--   %errorexec_pop   .runexec2   --nostringval--  
--nostringval--   --nostringval--   2   %stopped_push   --nostringval--
D [27/Mar/2008:06:40:42 -0500] [Job 83] Dictionary stack:
D [27/Mar/2008:06:40:42 -0500] [Job 83] --dict:1152/1684(ro)(G)--  
--dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:99/200(L)--   --dict:66/75(L)--  
--dict:18/25(L)--
D [27/Mar/2008:06:40:42 -0500] [Job 83] Current allocation mode is local
D [27/Mar/2008:06:40:42 -0500] [Job 83] Last OS error: 2
D [27/Mar/2008:06:40:42 -0500] [Job 83] GPL Ghostscript 8.62:
Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

This error was also documented in
<http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?s4881+gcups.bugs+v4890+T0>, using a
different printer, printer driver, and incoming message.

In short: MacOS 10.4 apparently cannot print to CUPS servers running the
latest GS-ESP.

Please let me know if you need further information.

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