[cups] lpform failing, password not recognized

Thu Aug 31 07:17:16 PDT 2023

Hi,

     It was commented out because when I examined the old cupsd.conf file,
it contained Port 631 and nothing else. And somehow it works from the
command line. So I commented it out in the new installation. This was some
time ago; I've since configured a +lot+ of webservers (a new skill for me),
so a fresh look at this configuration was productive.

Thanks,

     John A

On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 12:32 AM Jörg Thümmler <listen at vordruckleitverlag.de>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> strange it was commented out... mostly all server configs, apache e.g.
> must have an active "listen ..." line...
>
> --
> cu
>
> jth
>
> Am 30.08.23 um 21:54 schrieb Johnnie W Adams:
> > I may have fixed this by uncommenting this line in cupsd.conf:
> >
> > Listen /var/run/cups/cups.*sock*
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 1:58 PM Johnnie W Adams <jxadams at ualr.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>       lp -d<printqueue> <filename> fails thus: Same error, lp: Error -
> The
> >> printer or class does not exist.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >>       John A
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 1:05 AM Jörg Thümmler <
> >> listen at vordruckleitverlag.de> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Am 26.06.23 um 19:26 schrieb Johnnie W Adams:
> >>>> It's definitely CUPS.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 4:36 PM ProCom Solutions <doug at goprocom.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Are you able to test printing a test directly to the print queue
> using
> >>> the
> >>>>> O/S’ lp command to confirm that the print queue is working and take
> >>> lpform
> >>>>> out of the equation as a test?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> lp -dprintqueue filename
> >>>>>
> >>>>> If that works, you know it’s lpform…. If it doesn’t, you just ruled
> it
> >>>>> out.. and can concentrate on cups alone…
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Doug
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 11:10 AM <sawbona at xsmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hello:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 2 Jun 2023 at 14:26, Jörg Thümmler wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> no matter what it does - I believe it sends its output to cups and
> >>>>>>> AFAIK the problem lies here...
> >>>>>> It would seem so but it's rather over my head.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The only thing I was able to find when searching for 'lpform+cups'
> >>>>>> was this, from just over 20 years ago:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> https://github.com/apple/cups/issues/65
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> It was a general feature request which was not accepted.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> But asides from that, nothing else save references to packages
> >>>>>> including that module.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The OP would have to look upstream for more information:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> https://ctan.org/pkg/lpform?lang=en
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/macros/generic/lpform/lpform-doc.pdf
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Author: Marijn Waltman
> >>>>>> E-mail: marijnwaltman AT hotmail DOT com
> >>>>>> Date:   July 14, 2014
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Best,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> JHM
> >>>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>>> cups mailing list
> >>>>>> cups at cups.org
> >>>>>> https://lists.cups.org/mailman/listinfo/cups
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> --
> >>>>>    Doug Ritchie
> >>>>> ProCom Solutions, Inc.
> >>>>> (Systems Integrator/VAR/Reseller)
> >>>>> 410-997-6777 ext.110      Ring Me
> >>>>> Direct Dial Voice & Fax: 443-393-3428  (ProCom Support 800-997-6777
> >>> option
> >>>>> 1)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "Unix is user friendly... It's just picky about its friends..."
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>> cups mailing list
> >>>>> cups at cups.org
> >>>>> https://lists.cups.org/mailman/listinfo/cups
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> just read over the whole thing... "one of my users" means a remote cups
> >>> user on your machine or a user directly working on his own machine?
> >>> If it's remote there may be network problems or access limitations...
> >>>
> >>> Another question: lpform as mentioned above is just LaTex command set,
> >>> not a script for printing... you can build latex code for equations
> with
> >>> it. Don't thing it is used as you wrote:
> >>>
> >>>          lpform lineprint2 -Pls139 outputfile.txt
> >>>
> >>> your lpform seems to be something else or at least some latex
> wrapper...
> >>> what about Doug's
> >>>
> >>>           lp -dprintqueue filename
> >>>
> >>> does it print?
> >>>
> >>> If yes ... can you show the lpform script's code?
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> cu
> >>>
> >>> jth
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
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> >>> cups at cups.org
> >>> https://lists.cups.org/mailman/listinfo/cups
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> John Adams
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