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

[Chris]

Your suspicions are correct, the r2400 does not understand postscript  
-- however, it does the same thing whether I send it a test page, echo  
text in from the command line or serve the printer up via samba and  
have a windows box with the driver send a job.  The jobs just disappear.

If I put a ppd on it, and filter locally, it will print a test page.   
But I do not want that...  I need it to be raw, and nothing prints  
when it is set to raw -- keep in mind this the third printer having  
this problem, so it isn't the device.  One of the printers I used to  
have set up this way for more than a year (served from a gentoo system  
though).


Quoting Paul <paul.conklin at cerner.com>:

> I do believe I see the problem...
> I acutally just started testing / playing with 1.4 last week and we   
> use exclusivly raw devices.  the testprint page changed in 1.4 and   
> will no longer work when sent to a raw device.  with 1.3 it would   
> work when sent to a raw device as long as it supported postscript.    
> if you go out and replace /usr/share/cups/data/testprint with   
> /usr/share/cups/data/testprint.ps from 1.3x (or another fully   
> encapsulate print file) and it may work (it also may not after   
> googling your model, it's unclear if the device itself understands   
> Postscript.)  Good luck and let me know
>> Thanks Paul,
>>
>> Please see my previous post for log output.
>>
>> Here is the c file:
>> ^A^A^@^B^@^@^@^A^AG^@^Rattributes-charset^@^Eutf-8H^@^[attributes-natural-la=
>> nguage^@^Ben^BE^@^Kprinter-uri^@&ipp://localhost:631/printers/CUPS-TestB^@^H=
>> job-name^@      Test   
>> PageI^@^Odocument-format^@^[application/vnd.cups-banner=
>> !^@^Ljob-priority^@^D^@^@^@2E^@^Hjob-uuid^@-urn:uuid:90c2de6d-6043-3b43-48b9=
>> -56d8f9acc485B^@^Yjob-originating-user-name^@     
>> anonymousB^@^Yjob-originatin=
>> g-host-name^@         
>> localhost!^@^Ptime-at-creation^@^DM=C2=B6=C3=AA<91>^S^@^=
>> Rtime-at-processing^@^@^S^@^Qtime-at-completed^@^@!^@^Fjob-id^@^D^@^@^@^G#^@=
>>     =20
>> job-state^@^D^@^@^@^C!^@^Zjob-media-sheets-completed^@^D^@^@^@^@E^@^Ojob-pri=
>> nter-uri^@)ipp://debian-swan2:631/printers/CUPS-Test!^@^Ljob-k-octets^@^D^@^=
>> @^@^AD^@^Njob-hold-until^@^Gno-holdB^@
>> job-sheets^@^DnoneB^@^@^@^Dnone^C
>>
>> Here is the d file:
>> #CUPS-BANNER
>> Show printer-name printer-info printer-location printer-make-and-model =20
>> printer-driver-name printer-driver-version paper-size imageable-area
>> Header Printer Test Page
>> Footer Printer Test Page
>> Notice This test page was produced by CUPS 1.4.4.
>> Image images/cups.png
>> Image images/color-wheel.png
>>
>> Like I said, I cannot telnet it, because there is no jetdirect port.  =20
>> The printer is an Epson Stylus R2400 (in this instance, but this the =20
>> third printer model I have worked with here).
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Quoting Paul <paul.conklin at cerner.com>:
>>
>> > what kind of a printer is it?  if you can post / e-mail the contents =20
>> >  of the d file (i had them backwards when I posted earlier, you want =20
>> >  the d, not the c file) i can take a look as well.
>> >> Thanks Paul,
>> >>
>> >> I can try everything except the last part.  These are USB   
>> printers.  =3D2=
>>
>> >> That is why we need
>> >> to share them through cups and/or samba.  (I am assuming that there is =
>> =3D20
>> >> no telnet option,
>> >> since there is no jetdirect port, correct?)
>> >>
>>
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