[cups-devel] Kyocera printer and cups

[Helge Blischke]

> Am 24.11.2016 um 13:54 schrieb Stephan <stephanwib at googlemail.com>:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Which backend are you using for the priner? In case of the socket
> backend, a print spooler cannot know what is happening after a job has
> been sent to the printer.
> 
> You might be able to use the IPP backend instead, so the print spooler
> is able to monitor each job individually and send them to the printer
> one by one.
> 
> 
> 
> 2016-11-23 10:45 GMT+01:00 Velten Christof <C.Velten at hago-ft.de>:
>> Hello developer team,
>> 
>> we have some problems printing with Kyocera Printers ( Ecosys FS-4200DN, Ecosys FS-4300DN).
>> If paper bin goes empty cups still sending jobs to the printer which will not be printed. This behavior happens with different cups versions.
>> 
>> We are generating about 1300 print jobs at one time. If the paper bin is empty we lost some prints.
>> 
>> Do you know this problem and have you a solution for it?
>> 
>> If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Kind regards
>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>> Feinwerktechnik hago GmbH
>> Dipl. Ing. (FH) Christof Velten
>> EDV
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>> 
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>> 
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>> 
>> +49 (0) 77 41 / 60 03-333
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> E-Mail:
>> 
>> C.Velten at hago-ft.de


These printers seem not to support IPP, so you need to install some more or less tricky 
(e.g. cron driven) scripts which use lpstat to check if the printer(s) are able to print.

Helge