[cups] "Aborting job because it has no files."

Helge Blischke helgeblischke at web.de
Wed Nov 23 12:30:57 PST 2016


> Am 23.11.2016 um 17:14 schrieb Szabolcs Csermák <csermak.szabolcs at gmail.com>:
> 
> Hello Helge!
> 
> Thank you for your answer!
> 
> I have set the LogLevel to debug, and wait for an aborted job.
> 
> The error log for this job (18094):
> 
> I [23/Nov/2016:17:02:32 +0100] [Job 18094] Adding end banner page "none".
> D [23/Nov/2016:17:02:32 +0100] Discarding unused job-state-changed event...
> I [23/Nov/2016:17:02:32 +0100] [Job 18094] Job submission timed out.
> D [23/Nov/2016:17:02:32 +0100] cupsdMarkDirty(---J-)
> D [23/Nov/2016:17:02:32 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Dirty
> files", busy="Not busy"
> D [23/Nov/2016:17:02:32 +0100] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Dirty
> files", busy="Dirty files"
> D [23/Nov/2016:17:02:32 +0100] [Job 18094] time-at-completed=1479916952
> D [23/Nov/2016:17:02:32 +0100] Discarding unused job-completed event...
> E [23/Nov/2016:17:02:32 +0100] [Job 18094] Aborting job because it has no files.
> I [23/Nov/2016:17:02:32 +0100] Expiring subscriptions...
> D [23/Nov/2016:17:02:32 +0100] Securely removing "/var/spool/cups/a18094".
> D [23/Nov/2016:17:02:32 +0100] cupsdMarkDirty(---J-)
> 
> What does "job submission timed out" means?
> 
> We are using "lp" command in a loop, printing one ticket at every
> time. So I we want to print 150 tickets, the lp command executes 150
> times.
> 
> Best,
> Szabolcs

Perhaps your print job submissions occur too rapidly, so that some thresholds may be reached
(max jobs e.g.). I’d try to submit these jobs not faster than the printer can print one ticket.

Helge




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