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<p class=MsoNormal><tt><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Hi all</span></font></tt><font size=2
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<tt><font face="Courier New">I have developed a custom backend and backend.conf
and a global .ppd file. I have associated it with CUPS and installed it with a
new printer name. It is working fine when I print any MS Office file by opening
it or by right click option. But when I try to print MS office files using
command line i.e. using the following command<o:p></o:p></font></tt></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><tt><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> lp -d <PRINTER> msword.doc <o:p></o:p></span></font></tt></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><tt><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>it gives me a 0KB ps file. When I saw cups
error-log it shows content type = “application/octet-stream” <o:p></o:p></span></font></tt></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></tt></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><tt><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>but when I print same file on same printer
using drag-drop its content type is “application/pdf” <o:p></o:p></span></font></tt></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></tt></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><tt><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>I am using MAC OS X machine. Please let me
know if somebody has an idea.</span></font></tt><font size=2 color=black
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:black'><br>
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</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Naveen...</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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