[cups.general] Raw Printing Doesn't work...

[Michael Sweet]

For those that don't have the code-name-to-CUPS-version decoder ring, what version of CUPS are you actually running?

Do you see anything in the /var/log/cups/error_log file that would indicate that the wrong thing happened?

On Apr 20, 2011, at 8:44 AM, Chris wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm running CUPS on a debian Squeeze system.  I am trying to set up  
> two, known-good, printers with raw print queues.  Every time I send a  
> print job to them, however, it vanishes into thin air.  Cups reports  
> that the job was printed successfully, and there is no error output  
> anywhere that I can find.
> 
> However, when I use a ppd on the queue, it works as expected.  I  
> remove the ppd and set it back to a raw queue, and once again it  
> doesn't work.
> 
> I have done this in the past with no issues.  I have even done it with  
> one of these very same printers.  I have looked at the docs, and find  
> them to be inconsistent with what I see on my system.  There are no  
> mime.convs and mime.types files in my /etc/cups directory.  There are,  
> however, two files named raw.convs and mime.types.  They appear to set  
> up to be the same.  I have been hunting on this for days now, and I  
> cannot find any word regarding this issue, or the mysterious raw.convs  
> and raw.types files.
> 
> I would be very appreciative if someone could illuminate me here,  
> because I'm at a loss.
> 
> My raw.types file:
> application/octet-stream
> 
> My raw.convs:
> application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
> 
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair