SliTaz Forum

zainka

Member

Registered: 2014-01-22

Posts: 16

CUPS and lpr: unsupported document format

Hi

I managed after much strugle , as always with CUPS, to setup my printer. This is a Canon Pixma MP800 connecting trough a printserver from DLINK (DPR-1020) using IPP.

However, when printing i get the unsupported document format error for any document I try to print. I am not very skilled in CUPS setup but have tried a few tricks mentioned in other treads like reinstalling ghostscripts, cupsd itself and also the gutenprint driver.

Which logs should I look into to gain more information? Thats one question and how do I go on further to solve the problem completely. Thats another question...

Also, printing the test page from CUPS gives an error. It says unsupported format "application/vnd.cups-banner" which is the same message given if you try to use the lpr command to print the test page. Prob. because it is the very same thing you do.

Any help appreciated.

mojo

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: CUPS and lpr: unsupported document format

Cooking/5.0

Install cups-filters if it still doesn't print do a forced reinstall of ghostscript.

zainka

Member

Registered: 2014-01-22

Posts: 16

Re: CUPS and lpr: unsupported document format

Hi thanks.. It solved the initial problem,(after also installing qpdf) now I do not get any errors while printing except for the fact that nothing comes out of my printer.

These are the settings used for CUPS

Description:    Canon PIXMA MP800

Location:    Rett bak deg

Driver:    Canon PIXMA MP800 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.8 (color, 2-sided printing)

Connection:    lpd://192.168.2.7/dlk-E5ABE6-U1

Defaults:    job-sheets=none, none media=iso_a4_210x297mm sides=one-sided

The connection url is very much the same as used by windows when setting up lpr protocol, and this is working well. the only diference is that windows (win7) does not ask for a protocol in the url like lpd:// ...

However, I do not use cooking/5.0. heres my uname output

Linux Attic 3.2.53-slitaz #4 SMP Tue May 13 21:58:01 CEST 2014 i686 GNU/Linux

mojo

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: CUPS and lpr: unsupported document format

Network printing works with my parallel port printer connected to winxp computer with "print services for unix" using lpd.

Verify the TCP/IP Print Server on windows is running from slitaz.

[c]pscan -p 515 -P 515 <windows box i.p. address>[/c]

515    tcp     open    printer

lpd://<windows box i.p. address>/Printer properties Share name:

Description:    HPDeskJet540

Location:    Blue Room

Driver:    HP DeskJet 540C - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.8 (color, 2-sided printing)

Connection:    lpd://192.168.1.8/HPDeskJet540

Defaults:    job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided