AIX - CUPS 'Unsupported document-format' error

[Helge Blischke]

Zac Lippard wrote:

>>
>> Verify that your CUPS installation contains the rastertolabel filter. If
>> that is true, you need to install either the cups-filters from open
>> printing, or if you don't want to compile this package from the sources
>> (in case there is no RPM for AIX), you could alternatively use the
>> gstoraster filter from
>>  http://sourceforge.net/projects/cupsaddons/files/filter-gstoraster/
>> which is written in Perl (should be part of the standard installation on
>> your AIX box) and only requires Ghostscript (which you already
>> installed). For the details, see the accompanying documentation.
>>
>> Helge
>>
> 
> Thanks for the reply!  I've had some issues compiling the cups-filters
> source so I tried going with gstoraster.  I found out that the Ghostscript
> rpm that I originally used did not have CUPS compatibility according to
> the perzl site (Ghostscript kept reporting that the device 'cups' was
> unknown).  So I compiled the Ghostscript source and installed it with cups
> support.  Now when I run the cups lp command I get an error about the job
> on the cups web server saying stopped "filter failed".  I added the
> filters in the gstoraster.convs file to my /etc/cups/local.convs file,
> copied the gstoraster file to /opt/freeware/lib/cups/filters folder, and
> restarted the cups service but no luck.  Below is my local.convs file:
> 
> #
> # "$Id: mime.convs.in 9926 2011-08-27 09:23:01Z mike $"
> #
> #   DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, AS IT IS OVERWRITTEN WHEN YOU INSTALL NEW
> #   VERSIONS OF CUPS.  Instead, create a "local.convs" file that
> #   reflects your local configuration changes.
> #
> #   Base MIME conversions file for CUPS.
> #
> #   Copyright 2007-2011 by Apple Inc.
> #   Copyright 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products.
> #
> #   These coded instructions, statements, and computer programs are the
> #   property of Apple Inc. and are protected by Federal copyright
> #   law.  Distribution and use rights are outlined in the file
> #   "LICENSE.txt"
> #   which should have been included with this file.  If this file is
> #   file is missing or damaged, see the license at "http://www.cups.org/".
> #
> 
> ########################################################################
> #
> # Format of Lines:
> #
> #   source/type destination/type cost filter
> #
> # General Notes:
> #
> #   The "cost" field is used to find the least costly filters to run
> #   when converting a job file to a printable format.
> #
> #   All filters *must* accept the standard command-line arguments
> #   (job-id, user, title, copies, options, [filename or stdin]) to
> #   work with CUPS.
> #
> 
> ########################################################################
> #
> # PostScript filters
> #
> 
> application/postscript		application/vnd.cups-postscript	66	pstops
> application/vnd.cups-pdf	application/vnd.cups-raster	30	gstoraster
> application/pdf			application/vnd.cups-raster	30	gstoraster
> application/postscript		application/vnd.cups-raster	30	gstoraster
> 
> ########################################################################
> #
> # Raster filters...
> #
> 
> # PWG Raster filter for IPP Everywhere...
> application/vnd.cups-raster	image/pwg-raster		100	rastertopwg
> 
> ########################################################################
> #
> # Raw filter...
> #
> # Uncomment the following filter to allow printing of arbitrary files
> # without the -oraw option.
> #
> 
> application/octet-stream	application/vnd.cups-raw	0	-
> 
> #
> # End of "$Id: mime.convs.in 9926 2011-08-27 09:23:01Z mike $".
> #

Please execute 
cupsctl --debug-logging
then start a test print
execute 
cupsctl --no-debug-logging
afterwards
and post (an URL to or mail to me) the portion of 
/var/log/cups/error_log
which contains all the messages concerning the test job.

Helge