[cups] [UNKN] STR #4320: Strange problem with CUPS on a Linux (CentOS 5.10) LAN

[Robert Heller]

At Wed, 22 Jan 2014 07:56:12 -0500 Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com> wrote:

> 
> Robert,
> 
> On Jan 14, 2014, at 7:55 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> >> ...
> >> You can also setup raw queues on the client, or if you have a single server
> > 
> > How are raw queues setup?
> 
> Just set up queues with no PPDs; if you have already created a queue you can revert it to a raw queue with:
> 
>     lpadmin -p printer -m raw

I expect that lpadmin will fail, since the /etc/ directory is on a read-only 
file system -- I *cannot* use the 'normal' admin utilities it all *has* to be 
done using a text editor...  CUPS pretty much sucks for this sort of 
situation, esp. since the documentation does not really document how to admin 
things that way.

Next question:

With a local printers.conf, I am now seeing two copies of the queues (the 
'local' printers.conf version and the version picked up via network).  How do 
I prevent this duplication.

Also, we have been getting errors relating to probably with file format 
strangeness (nonsense about bad stream type, application/octect).  I'm 
*guessing* because of the fact that I have queues to the server's ipp address, 
but with PPD file at the same time.

At this point we have decided it is some sort of hardware problem and I am 
going to swap the machine out, even though the machine is working just fine 
otherwise.  We shall see if this works or not.  Next we will swap the network 
cable.

> 
> _________________________________________________________
> Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair
> 
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