Problems printing to remote (LPR) printer

[Tom Watson]

> Tom Watson wrote:
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> >> Tom Watson wrote:
> >>
> >> >> Tom Watson wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >> Tom Watson wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> > I have a remote printer attached to my nice router.  It has a
> >> >> >> > nice print queue, and I have been able to print to it
> >> >> >> > successfully using an older
> >> >> >> > version of CPUP (v1.1.x it says on the test page).  The printer
> >> >> >> > is a
> >> >> >> > Cannon ip1600, and the URI that I use is "lpr://router/lpUSB0".
> >> >> >> > I have done a bit of investigation, and using TCPDUMP I was able
> >> >> >> > to see that the "good" instance (the actual system is a Fedora 8
> >> >> >> > Linux box) emits about
> >> >> >> > 1.9 Mbytes of data to the printer.  The "not working" instance
> >> >> >> > (CUPS 1.5 from Fedora 16) emits around 176kbytes, and the printer
> >> >> >> > swallows the data in about 1 second or so, with no output to the
> >> >> >> > printer.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Something is not right in my neighborhood, as this DOES work with
> >> >> >> > an
> >> >> >> > earlier instance of CUPS.  The only thing that I think that is
> >> >> >> > happening is that somehow the driver doesn't go through the
> >> >> >> > Postscript (Ghostscript) interpreter to get the raster data for
> >> >> >> > the printer.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Thanks for the assistance.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Can you please supply an error_log (log level debug) for a test
> >> >> >> print of both the cups 1.1.x and cups 1.5.0 system?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Helge
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >>
> >> Thanks for the log file. I saw that your cups 1.5.0 installation uses
> >> gutenprint 5.2.7 for this printer. The ip1600 is supported for the first
> >> time in this version but still marked as "EXPERIMENTAL" which means
> >> essentially untested.
> >>
> >> Yout working configuration uses a canon proprietary filter named
> >> pstocanonij.
> >>
> >> Before digging deeper into the gutenprint issue, I'd suggest to
> >> re-install the pstocanonij filter. I found installable packages for this
> >> printer (ip1600) at
> >> http://software.canon-europe.com .
> >>
> >> As I do not know which system you are on, I cannot give more detailed
> >> information.
> >>
> >> Helge
> >>
> > I did a lookup both on canon-europe and usa.canon and there was no Linux
> > driver listed (maybe I missed it?).  On the cups 1.3.9 system, I use the
> > iP2200 driver on that system, and it uses gutenprint 5.0.2.  The F16
> > system uses cups 1.5.0 and Gutenprint 5.2.7
> >
> > I located a version of 'pstocanonij' on the CUPS 1.3.9 system, but I am a
> > bit puzzled where the printer database (given a printer, what filters to
> > work, and which '.ppd' file to use).  It IS out there somewhere, and I
> > really do want to use 'pstocanonij' but my question is how do I make it
> > link up.  Maybe you can give me a clue.
> >
> > Of course, a URL for canon's latest 'pstocanonij' might help as well,
> > providing it works on Linux.
> >
> > I suspect that once I understand just how it connects together, I'll make
> > it work out (one way or another!).
> >
> > Again, thanks for the help.
>
> If both of your systems are Linux systems provided by the same distributor,
> you may have a chance that the pstocanonij filter from the "old" system runs
> an the "new" s<ystem as well. You need to transfer the filter executable,
> the PPD from the old system, and, on the new system, execute
> ldd pstocanonij
> to see if any libraries are missing. At best you can solve missing libraries
> by setting up symbolic links.
> Just try.
>
> Helge
>
> PS: when googling for pstocanonij I found some hints pointing to
> canon-asia.com for source code, but wothout details.
>
I've got the pstocanonij moved over, and it seems that all the libraries are there.  That's the good news.  My big question, is how do I get CUPS to use the program with my printer.  Somewhere there is a descriptor that tells which filter to use.  I'm sure it is there somewhere, I'm just a a loss as to where it is specified.  I've looked at the documentation, but it isn't clear to me what files I need to modify.  I don't believe that if I put the file in '/usr/lib/cups/filter' it will magically use this nice file, and it looks from my attempts at re-establishing the printer description, that this is the case.

So, what is the next step?

Thanks again for the help so far.