lost tray selection ability

Paul paul.conklin at cerner.com
Fri Jun 3 10:23:19 PDT 2011


> Paul wrote:
>
> > Well, this may take me a little longer to test...
> >
> > with 1.4.6 the mime.types and mime.convs appear to have moved, but when I
> > found them, i don't see an issue.  whenever I lp any type of file (text or
> > postscript) it says unsupported format.  looking through the PPD and
> > mime.convs file, I see a path to get there, but i can't figure out why it
> > isn't getting there.  we're mostly a RAW shop but I'll keep playing with
> > it and let you know.
> >
>
> As the final content type requested by the filter specified in the printer's
> PPD (rastertohp), there must be a filter pstoraster (or gstoraster)
> installed. These filters are part of Ghostscript and get only installed if
> Ghostscript has been compiled with the cups device included.
> Missing these filters causes the unsupported format message.
> (I remember there is a RFE for cupsd to tell missing filters in cases like
> this, but this has been postponed to a future release).
>
> Helge
>
Thanks Helge, I missed the fact that that filter went away with the upgrade, it used to be there.




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