[cups] Printing with Canon copiers from Windows with CUPS

[Helge Blicke]

What PDL are you using?
CUPS uses application/octet-stream 
If the data cannot be identified by any of the xxx.types filed.

Helge

Von meinem iPhone gesendet

> Am 29.03.2017 um 15:44 schrieb Asya Dvorkin <advorkin at CS.Princeton.EDU>:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> So I looked some more and have a question.
> 
> While looking through cups logs, I noticed that the job is sent as octet-stream:
> 
> D [29/Mar/2017:09:36:15 -0400] [Job 7] envp[22]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/octet-stream"
> D [29/Mar/2017:09:36:15 -0400] [Job 7] envp[24]="PRINTER_INFO=Canon iR-ADV C7260/7270 PPD"
> D [29/Mar/2017:09:36:15 -0400] [Job 7] envp[26]="PRINTER=copier_cs232"
> D [29/Mar/2017:09:36:15 -0400] [Job 7] envp[27]="PRINTER_STATE_REASONS=media-low-report"
> D [29/Mar/2017:09:36:15 -0400] [Job 7] envp[28]="CUPS_FILETYPE=document"
> D [29/Mar/2017:09:36:15 -0400] [Job 7] envp[29]="FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE=application/octet-stream"
> 
> How come?  From I am reading application/octet-stream happens when a character is unrecognizable or CUPS has no idea what kind of a file is being send.  This happens when I try to print a simple text file (with notepad) or a test job.
> 
> Thank you,
> Asya
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Asya Dvorkin" <advorkin at CS.Princeton.EDU>
> To: "Helge Blischke" <helgeblischke at web.de>
> Cc: "The CUPS user discussion list." <cups at cups.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 10:28:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [cups] Printing with Canon copiers from Windows with CUPS
> 
> Hello, Helge.
> 
> Sorry for the delay.
> 
> I need it to work with Windows 7 64bit.
> 
> Thank you,
> Asya
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Helge Blischke" <helgeblischke at web.de>
> To: "Asya Dvorkin" <advorkin at CS.Princeton.EDU>
> Cc: "The CUPS user discussion list." <cups at cups.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 9:51:23 AM
> Subject: Re: Printing with Canon copiers from Windows with CUPS
> 
>> Am 21.02.2017 um 20:55 schrieb Asya Dvorkin <advorkin at CS.Princeton.EDU>:
>> 
>> Hello, Helge.
>> 
>> Here it is...
>> 
>> Thank you!
>> Asia
>> 
> 
> Well, there is the .INF file, and the printer is listed there, but Win10 report missing driver software
> and refuses further processing.
> 
> What Windows version do you need the printer to work on?
> 
> Helge
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