[cups.general] Printing from Java to local printer fails

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Tue Nov 10 16:50:38 PST 2009


On Nov 10, 2009, at 3:49 PM, Hans Artmann wrote:
> Michael, thanks for your answer, but unfortunately it didn't help  
> (and yes, I restarted cupsd).
> Which debug information would be useful?

You'll need to run the Java VM in a debugger so you can see what is  
going wrong on the Java end of things.

>
> Hans
>
>> Sun's IPP implementation does not conform to the spec, and they  
>> error =
>> out when they see a "noValue" value for orientation-requested- 
>> default. =
>> Do:
>>
>>    lpadmin -p printer -o orientation-requested-default=3D3
>>
>> to set a default (portrait) until Sun fixes their IPP implementation.
>>
>> On Nov 9, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Hans Artmann wrote:
>>
>>> PrintServiceLookup finds all printers. Jobs directed to a printer  
>>> on a =
>> remote machine are created and printed properly.
>>> Jobs directed to a local printer don't even create a job entry in  
>>> CUPS =
>> and they don't print.
>>> There is no exception thrown.
>>> There are messages created in /var/log/cups/error_log on debug  
>>> level =
>> but no visible errors.
>>> I tried with JRE1.6_03 and 1.6_12 and 1.6_17. and CUPS Versions: =
>> 1.2.7, 1.3.8, 1.4.x
>>> =20
>>>> =46rom what I can see in the Java debugger I think it must have =
>> something to do with Java sending to ipp://localhost:631
>>> which is obviously not processed by cups while any other target  
>>> works =
>> fine.
>>> A test page can be printed locally and e.g. lp -d printer file  
>>> also =
>> works.
>>> =20
>>> Any advice would be very much appreciated.
>>> I've posted the same problem to the Sun Java Forum in parallel.
>>> =20
>>> Hans
>>> =20
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> cups mailing list
>>> cups at easysw.com
>>> http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/cups
>>
>> ___________________________________________________
>> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer
>>
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> cups mailing list
> cups at easysw.com
> http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/cups

___________________________________________________
Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer







More information about the cups mailing list