124537 – printing guide: Unable to convert file 0 to printable format for job5!

Bug 124537 - printing guide: Unable to convert file 0 to printable format for job5!

Summary: printing guide: Unable to convert file 0 to printable format for job5!

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Other documents (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	nm (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2006-03-01 09:54 UTC by Guido Flohr
Modified:	2006-03-19 09:46 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Guido Flohr 2006-03-01 09:54:42 UTC

I had trouble getting a network printer running with cups.  The logfile /var/log/cups/error_log said:

E [01/Mar/2006:13:56:38 +0100] Unable to convert file 0 to printable format for
job 5!
I [01/Mar/2006:13:56:38 +0100] Hint: Do you have ESP Ghostscript installed?
I [01/Mar/2006:13:56:38 +0100] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug".

The package ghostscript-esp was installed, increasing verbosity didn't help.  The fix can be found here:

http://www.linuxprinting.org/error_log-faq.html#q_3_12

Translated into Gentoo lingo the above means: (re-)emerge the package ghostscript-esp and make sure that you have "cups" in your use flags.  I also had to restart cupsd after installing ghostscript-esp.

Comment 1 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-03-19 09:46:54 UTC

Fixed in CVS. Added a new "Troubleshooting" chapter with this as the first section.

Thanks to Guido for reporting.