[cups] Sending mail from a CentOS7 virtual machine to Fuji Xerox ApeosPort-IV C4475 problem revisted

[Zdenek Dohnal]

Hi ian,

I would probably check contents of /tmp/foo, if I can see any errors or
abnormalities (you can try to open it by 'gs' command, if it is
postscript file - you can find it out by 'file' command, or by evince,
if it is a pdf file). Then I would check communication between machine
and printer bywireshark/tcpdump, if there is

On 10/10/18 9:04 AM, マスターズ・イアン wrote:
> Hi folks, Gernot
>
> Back again after various other much less interesting work.
>
> Had another go at this today. The punchline is that my job is now
> being accepted by the Xeros printer but it is O size, which is not
> much use to anyone.
>
> Here's the long version:
>
> 1. I set up Print to File for various checks. That's OK. I can print
> to a file.
>
> 2. I need authentication which Xerox appears not to have built in, so
> followed Gernot's instructions for adding that. (These are detailed in
> the 'Setting up a file printer under CentOS7' thread of last month)
>
> Then send test print from GUI to Xerox printer. File arrives but its 0
> pages long.
>
> 3. Print to file: OK. File @ /tmp/foo is 5504 bytes.
>
> 4. Send the /tmp/foo file to Xerox printer. Nothing arrives.
>
> 5. Print to file from GUI. OK. /tmp/foo is 15987 bytes.
> Send that from the command line with lpr.
> Result: nothing arrives at printer.
>
> 6. Decide to turn on debug in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf & restart CUPS.
>
> 7. Try print direct to Xerox printer:
> Result: Jobs arriving at printer 0 pages long.
>
> 8. Check logs (/var/log/cups/error_log):
> D [10/Oct/2018:15:23:47 +0900] [Job 22] PID 14634
> (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdffx) exited with no errors.
>
> D [10/Oct/2018:15:23:47 +0900] [Job 22] PID 14635
> (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopjlfx) exited with no errors.
> D [10/Oct/2018:15:23:47 +0900] [Job 22] /usr/lib/cups/filter/fxauth: 行
> 13: is: コマンドが見つかりません
>
> FIXED a line break in /usr/lib/cups/filter/fxauth
>
> 9. Try print direct again:
>    Result: job arrived but was 0 size again.
>    10. Check logs:
>
> D [10/Oct/2018:15:40:34 +0900] [Job 24] PID 14830
> (/usr/lib/cups/filter/fxauth) exited with no errors.
>
> D [10/Oct/2018:15:40:34 +0900] Returning IPP successful-ok for
> Print-Job (ipp://localhost:631/printers/11F1) from localhost
>
>
> So now I have no errors, but the document I send arrives at the
> printer, but the printer tells me it's 0 pages long, and as a result,
> doesn't want to print it :-(
>
> Now I'm stumped. For the moment. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks for reading this far.
>
> ian
>
>
> p.s. Gernot, is your http://aikishugyo.jp/ offline? I thought I would
> check it but I'm getting: 530 Service Unavailable ...
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Zdenek Dohnal
Associate Software Engineer
Red Hat Czech - Brno TPB-C