Bug 592768 – net-print/hplip-3.16.8 filter error

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description pste 2016-09-03 10:19:53 UTC]

Created attachment 444870 [details]
emerge --info

upgrade to hplip-3.16.8 results in filter error (HP LaserJet m402dn), recompiling cups and cups-filters does not solve the problem. However, downgrading to hplip-3.16.7 restores functionality!

[Comment 1 Daniel Pielmeier 2016-09-10 10:13:02 UTC]

Did you try deleting the printer queue and setting it up again after upgrading hplip.

[Comment 2 Cyril 2016-09-20 05:20:50 UTC]

Exactly the same here, with HP LaserJet on network and 3 Gentoo PCs.

Downgrading to hplip-3.16.7 restores functionality to.

[Comment 3 Markus Wernig 2016-09-20 20:26:44 UTC]

Created attachment 446970 [details, diff]
indenting patch for /usr/libexec/cups/filter/hpps

Same here.

There appears to be an indenting error in /usr/libexec/cups/filter/hpps (oh, Python ...), which causes the script to fail along these lines in /var/log/cups/error_log:

D [20/Sep/2016:14:35:33 +0200] [Job 74] File \"/usr/libexec/cups/filter/hpps\", line 196
D [20/Sep/2016:14:35:33 +0200] [Job 74] secpin += opts[x]
D [20/Sep/2016:14:35:33 +0200] [Job 74] ^
D [20/Sep/2016:14:35:33 +0200] [Job 74] TabError: inconsistent use of tabs and spaces in indentation
D [20/Sep/2016:14:35:33 +0200] [Job 74] prnt/backend/hp.c 919: ERROR: null print job total=0

[Comment 4 Tanktalus 2016-10-07 03:38:24 UTC]

Same hpps spacing issue in 3.16.9, manually fixing hpps restores printing.

[Comment 5 Cyril 2016-10-10 08:11:19 UTC]

(In reply to Tanktalus from comment #4)
> Same hpps spacing issue in 3.16.9, manually fixing hpps restores printing.

How do you fix please ?

[Comment 6 Markus Wernig 2016-10-10 08:24:43 UTC]

(In reply to Cyril from comment #5)

> How do you fix please ?

Either apply the patch in comment #3 or edit /usr/libexec/cups/filter/hpps by hand (as root).
Replace the leading tab ("tabulator") on line 194 with 8 blanks ("spaces"), the two leading tabs on lines 196 and 198 with 8 blanks each, i.e. 16 blanks.

[Comment 7 Cyril 2016-10-11 05:14:00 UTC]

(In reply to Markus Wernig from comment #6)
> (In reply to Cyril from comment #5)
> 
> > How do you fix please ?
> 
> Either apply the patch in comment #3 or edit /usr/libexec/cups/filter/hpps
> by hand (as root).
> Replace the leading tab ("tabulator") on line 194 with 8 blanks ("spaces"),
> the two leading tabs on lines 196 and 198 with 8 blanks each, i.e. 16 blanks.

Thanks,

[Comment 8 Daniel Pielmeier 2016-10-16 14:24:50 UTC]

Fixed in GIT. Thanks for the report!