[cups] cups-2.3b3: printing the (Postscript) testpage

[Michael Sweet]

The test print file is no longer part of CUPS - on Linux it is provided by the cups-filters project.


> On Mar 5, 2018, at 10:45 AM, Matthias Apitz <guru at unixarea.de> wrote:
> 
> 
> I installed cups-2.3b3, the CGI-engine is working and allows me to creat
> a Generic Postscript Printer.
> 
> $ sudo cat cups-2.3b3/etc/cups/printers.conf 
> # Printer configuration file for CUPS v2.3b3
> # Written by cupsd on 2018-03-05 15:15
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING
> NextPrinterId 2
> <Printer cups23b3>
> PrinterId 1
> UUID urn:uuid:b9efc95b-2dd8-33ba-5b46-dd424b2014b4
> Info 
> Location 
> MakeModel Generic PostScript Printer
> DeviceURI socket://10.49.2.11:9100/?waiteof=false
> State Idle
> StateTime 1520259273
> ConfigTime 1520259288
> Type 8400972
> Accepting Yes
> Shared No
> JobSheets none none
> QuotaPeriod 0
> PageLimit 0
> KLimit 0
> OpPolicy default
> ErrorPolicy stop-printer
> </Printer>
> 
> but when I try printing the Test page from the browser (Maintenance --> Print Test Page)
> it says as HTML response: 
> 
> Print Test Page cups23b3 Error
> 
> Unable to print test page:
> 
>    No such file or directory
> 
> Trussing the cupsd shows a missing file: cups-2.3b3/share/cups/data/testprint
> Is this by intention or how supposed to work in cups-2.3b3?
> 
> 	matthias
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer