[cups.general] Zebra KR203.ppd fail

[Staffan Fällström]

Esteban Lopez <iorek666 at ...> writes:

> 
> Hello
> 
> I'm trying to work with a zebra's  KR203 kiosk printer. I downloaded the 
zebra cups driver (V2) from cups's
> page http://www.cups.org/strfiles/3767/zebraCupsDrivers_v2.zip and I 
downloaded cups 1.5 source.
> I compile it, following this page: 
http://archnemesis.co.uk/linux/cups/compiling-cups-zebra-ttp-support.
> 
> Cups works fine and I can install the printer. Additionally to  
instructions  I pasted the ppd files of driver 
> in /usr/share/ppd/zebra
> 
> Cups detect if I disconnect the printer or if it is connected.
> 
> The problem is that if I print something The printer status is "printing 
page1, 24% complete" And always
> stop in 24%
> 
> I checked the ppd file in cups's testppd page.  I found many "Fail" messages 
that I tried to fix. Now I only
> receive a one fail that I assume that is normal.
> 
> Test Results for 'KR203.ppd'
> 
> KR203.ppd: FAIL
>       **FAIL**  Missing cupsFilter file "rastertozebrakiosk"
>         WARN    Non-standard size name "p800x150"!
>                 REF: Page 187, section B.2.
>         WARN    Non-standard size name "p800x250"!
>                 REF: Page 187, section B.2.
>         WARN    Non-standard size name "p800x400"!
>                 REF: Page 187, section B.2.
>         WARN    Non-standard size name "p825x127"!
>                 REF: Page 187, section B.2.
>         WARN    Non-standard size name "p825x250"!
>                 REF: Page 187, section B.2.
>         WARN    Non-standard size name "p825x400"!
>                 REF: Page 187, section B.2.
>         WARN    Non-standard size name "p600x400"!
>                 REF: Page 187, section B.2.
>         WARN    Non-standard size name "p580x400"!
>                 REF: Page 187, section B.2.
>         WARN    DefaultBitsPerPixel has no corresponding options!
>         WARN    Eject shares a common prefix with EjectOptions
>                 REF: Page 15, section 3.2.
> 
> rasterzebrakiosk was compiled and it is installed in /usr/lib/cups/filter
> 
> I repeat this process using Debian(sid) source or zebra cups driver v1 but I 
get always the same result.
> 
> I'm using Debian 6 x386 machine with cups 1.5 (the lastest version).
> 
> I don't have more ideas about how get it works. Could you help me??
> 


Hi Esteban,
The KR203 require some firmware fixes to work with Linux. This firmware has 
not yet been posted on zebra.com but it should be possible to get it from 
Zebra Tech support.

Staffan