I did not notice when the problem started, however I'm almost 100% sure I was able to print files using a2ps (two pages per one sheet) about month ago. And now I can't. I'm updating my Gentoo boxes frequently, I guess I should stop do that. Today I prepared new postrcript file (firefox, "print to posctript") and tried to print it with a2ps, still the same problem. My printer is HP Officejet 4500 This postscript file can be displayed correclty by gv (ghostview), also ghostview is able to print this document one page per sheet. Print Test Page works correctly. lpq, lprm, lpstat outputs look ok. I know a2ps is a rarely used feature, however, it worked and I want it back, otherwise, this is another entry in my rapidly growing list of uptades-driven regressions in Gentoo. Now, this is the worst. I'm using a2ps to print source code files. I tried: a2ps test.c|lpr And all I got on the paper is a message "**** Unable to open the initial device, quitting." Now I feel really pissed off! [ebuild R ] media-libs/libpng-1.5.17-r1 USE="apng (-neon) -static-libs" 0 kB [ebuild R ] media-libs/tiff-4.0.3-r4 USE="cxx jbig jpeg lzma zlib -static-libs" 0 kB [ebuild R ] net-print/cups-1.6.4 USE="X acl dbus filters gnutls java pam python ssl threads xinetd -debug -kerberos -lprng-compat (-selinux) -static-libs -usb -zeroconf" LINGUAS="-ca -es -fr -ja -ru" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -python2_6" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 -python2_6" 0 kB [ebuild R ] app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.05-r1 USE="X cups dbus djvu gtk idn jpeg2k -bindist -static-libs" LINGUAS="-ja -ko -zh_CN -zh_TW" 0 kB [ebuild R ] net-print/hplip-3.12.10a USE="X fax hpcups hpijs kde libnotify parport policykit qt4 scanner snmp -doc -libusb0 -minimal -static-ppds" 0 kB [ebuild R ] app-text/a2ps-4.14-r3 USE="emacs latex nls -static-libs -vanilla" LINGUAS="-ja" 0 kB Maybe you can suggest me what downgrade first? Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start Firefox, I used linaro.org page, I picked one with a lot of text 2. Print to file, choose ps output 3. a2ps mozilla.ps | lpr Actual Results: E [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Unable to open image file for printing! E [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Job stopped due to filter errors; please consult the error_log file for details. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] The following messages were recorded from 21:35:46 to 21:35:47 D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Adding start banner page "none". D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Queued on "HP_Officejet_4500_G510g-m" by "root". D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Auto-typing file... D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Request file type is application/postscript. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] File of type application/postscript queued by "root". D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Adding end banner page "none". D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] time-at-processing=1384115747 D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] 3 filters for job: D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] pstotiff (application/postscript to image/tiff, cost 80) D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] imagetopdf (image/tiff to application/vnd.cups-pdf, cost 33) D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] foomatic-rip (application/vnd.cups-pdf to printer/HP_Officejet_4500_G510g-m, cost 0) D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] job-sheets=none,none D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] argv[0]="HP_Officejet_4500_G510g-m" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] argv[1]="1131" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] argv[2]="root" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] argv[3]="(stdin)" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] argv[4]="1" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] argv[5]="finishings=3 number-up=1 job-uuid=urn:uuid:6341f2bc-fb84-3b74-6b8c-0b9226a5b56f job-originating-host-name=localhost time-at-creation=1384115746 time-at-processing=1384115747" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] argv[6]="/var/spool/cups/d01131-001" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[0]="CUPS_CACHEDIR=/var/cache/cups" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[1]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[2]="CUPS_DOCROOT=/usr/share/cups/html" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[3]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[4]="CUPS_REQUESTROOT=/var/spool/cups" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[5]="CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/libexec/cups" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[6]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[7]="CUPS_STATEDIR=/run/cups" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[8]="HOME=/var/spool/cups/tmp" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[9]="PATH=/usr/libexec/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[10]="SERVER_ADMIN=root@oyster" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[11]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.6.4" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[12]="TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[13]="USER=root" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[14]="CUPS_MAX_MESSAGE=2047" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[15]="CUPS_SERVER=/run/cups/cups.sock" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[16]="CUPS_ENCRYPTION=IfRequested" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[17]="IPP_PORT=631" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[18]="CHARSET=utf-8" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[19]="LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[20]="PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/HP_Officejet_4500_G510g-m.ppd" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[21]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=128m" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[22]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/postscript" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[23]="DEVICE_URI=socket://192.168.1.34:9100" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[24]="PRINTER_INFO=HP Officejet 4500 G510g-m" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[25]="PRINTER_LOCATION=" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[26]="PRINTER=HP_Officejet_4500_G510g-m" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[27]="PRINTER_STATE_REASONS=none" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[28]="CUPS_FILETYPE=document" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[29]="FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE=application/vnd.cups-pdf" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] envp[30]="AUTH_I****" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstotiff (PID 4525) D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/imagetopdf (PID 4526) D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Started filter /usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 4527) D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Started backend /usr/libexec/cups/backend/socket (PID 4528) D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: +connecting-to-device D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Looking up "192.168.1.34"... D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] hrDeviceDesc="Officejet 4500 G510g-m" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] prtMarkerColorantValue.1.1 = "black ink cartridge" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] prtMarkerColorantValue.1.2 = "tri-color ink cartridge" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] prtMarkerColorantValue.1.3 = "black ink cartridge" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] prtMarkerColorantValue.1.4 = "black ink cartridge" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] ATTR: marker-colors=none,none,none,none,none,none,none,none D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] ATTR: marker-names='"black ink cartridge"','"tri-color ink cartridge"','"black ink cartridge"','"black ink cartridge"','"tri-color ink cartridge"','"black ink cartridge"','"black ink cartridge"','"black ink cartridge"' D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] ATTR: marker-types=ink,ink,ink,other,ink,ink,ink,ink D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] ATTR: marker-levels=-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1 D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] new_supply_state=0, change_state=ffff D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -developer-low-report D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -developer-empty-warning D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -marker-supply-low-report D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -marker-supply-empty-warning D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -opc-near-eol-report D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -opc-life-over-warning D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -toner-low-report D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -toner-empty-warning D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -waste-receptacle-almost-full-report D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -waste-receptacle-full-warning D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -cleaner-life-almost-over-report D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -cleaner-life-over-warning D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] new_state=0, change_state=ffff D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -media-empty-warning D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -door-open-report D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -media-jam-warning D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -input-tray-missing-warning D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -output-tray-missing-warning D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -marker-supply-missing-warning D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -output-area-almost-full-report D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] STATE: -output-area-full-warning D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] backendWaitLoop(snmp_fd=5, addr=0xb79c5494, side_cb=0xb7722970) D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Getting input from file D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] foomatic-rip version 4.0.17.256 running... D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Parsing PPD file ... D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Added option ColorSpace D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Added option Resolution D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Added option PageSize D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Added option Model D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Added option PrintoutMode D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Added option MediaType D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Added option InputSlot D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Added option Quality D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Added option Duplex D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Added option DryTime D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Added option ImageableArea D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Added option PaperDimension D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Added option Font D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Parameter Summary D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] ----------------- D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Spooler: cups D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Printer: HP_Officejet_4500_G510g-m D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Shell: /bin/bash D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] PPD file: /etc/cups/ppd/HP_Officejet_4500_G510g-m.ppd D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] ATTR file: D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Printer model: HP Officejet 4500 g510g-m hpijs, 3.12.10a D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Job title: stdin D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] File(s) to be printed: D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] <STDIN> D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Ghostscript extra search path ('GS_LIB'): /usr/share/cups/fonts D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Printing system options: D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Pondering option 'finishings=3' D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Unknown option finishings=3. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Pondering option 'number-up=1' D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Unknown option number-up=1. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Pondering option 'job-uuid=urn:uuid:6341f2bc-fb84-3b74-6b8c-0b9226a5b56f' D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Unknown option job-uuid=urn:uuid:6341f2bc-fb84-3b74-6b8c-0b9226a5b56f. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Pondering option 'job-originating-host-name=localhost' D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Unknown option job-originating-host-name=localhost. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Pondering option 'time-at-creation=1384115746' D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Unknown option time-at-creation=1384115746. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Pondering option 'time-at-processing=1384115747' D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Unknown option time-at-processing=1384115747. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Options from the PPD file: D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] ================================================ D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] File: <STDIN> D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] ================================================ D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] GPL Ghostscript 9.05 (2012-02-08) D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Copyright (C) 2010 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights reserved. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] %%[ Error: invalidaccess; OffendingCommand: put ]%% D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] GPL Ghostscript 9.05: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] PID 4525 (/usr/libexec/cups/filter/pstotiff) exited with no errors. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Page = 595x842; 10,36 to 585,833 D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Set job-printer-state-message to "Unable to open image file for printing!", current level=ERROR D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Cannot process "<STDIN>": Unknown filetype. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Process is dying with "Could not print file <STDIN> D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] ", exit stat 2 D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Cleaning up... D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] PID 4526 (/usr/libexec/cups/filter/imagetopdf) stopped with status 1. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] PID 4527 (/usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip) stopped with status 2. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] Hint: Try setting the LogLevel to "debug" to find out more. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] PID 4528 (/usr/libexec/cups/backend/socket) exited with no errors. D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] End of messages D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] printer-state=3(idle) D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] printer-state-message="Unable to open image file for printing!" D [10/Nov/2013:21:35:47 +0100] [Job 1131] printer-state-reasons=none E [10/Nov/2013:21:40:48 +0100] [Job 1131] Stopping unresponsive job. Expected Results: printed document
Portage 2.2.1 (default/linux/x86/13.0, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.15-r3, 3.10.17-gentoo i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.10.17-gentoo-i686-Intel-R-_Pentium-R-_4_CPU_3.00GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 2066416 total, 234508 free KiB Swap: 2104508 total, 2104508 free Timestamp of tree: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 07:30:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p45 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.12-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.4.6, 2.6.8-r3, 2.7.5-r3, 3.1.5, 3.2.5-r3 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.10.2-r2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.11.8 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6-r1, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r2, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.13.4 sys-devel/binutils: 2.23.1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.3.6-r1, 4.4.7, 4.5.4, 4.6.3, 4.7.3-r1 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r4 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.9 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.15-r3 Repositories: gentoo armagetron ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" ACCEPT_LICENSE="*" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /opt/openjms/config /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt /usr/share/maven-bin-3.0/conf /usr/share/polkit-1/actions /usr/share/themes/oxygen-gtk/gtk-2.0 /var/lib/hsqldb /var/spool/torque" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/php/apache2-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.5/ext-active/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync" FFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org" LC_ALL="pl_PL.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/layman/armagetron" USE="16bit-indices 24bpp 32bit 7zip R X Xaw3d a52 aac aacplus aacs aalib abiword accessibility acl acoustid acpi adns adplug ads aesicm afp akode akonadi alias alisp allegro alsa alstream amr amrnb amrwb analitza angelscript animgif ao apbs aplaymidi apng applet archive armadillo arpack artworkextra asf asn aspell ass 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Ok, now I can't print at all. I removed all printers from cups, restarted cupsd, added my printer again (hpijs driver), restarted cups several time and now all I got on paper is "**** Unable to open the initial device, quitting". Few hours ago I could print test page, now I can't do even that.
Let's summarize the facts 1. Printer is HP OfficeJet 4500. Driver for printer and fax device was installed more than year ago using hp-setup and it was hpijs (not hpcups) 2. Everything worked a month ago 3. Yesterday I couldn't print from a2ps, CUPS error log showed this: %%[ Error: invalidaccess; OffendingCommand: put ]%% 4. I reinstalled printer (only, no fax device) using http://localhost:631 then restarted cupsd 5. I noticed race condition in /etc/init.d/cupsd - many it hangs on 'stop', many times it hangs on 'start' 6. After reinstallation and cupsd restart , I couldn't set default printer, no matter how I try, lpq shows there's no default target. 'lpoptions -d' can't connect to running CUPS server. 7. I removed 'Listen /run/cups/cups.sock' line in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file and changed the only line in /etc/cups/client.conf file to 'ServerName localhost:631', after cupsd restart, lpoptions -d is able to set default printer, lpq can query printer queue now 8. Now I can't print anything, the only line I can see on the paper is "**** Unable to open the initial device, quitting." 9. I removed the printer using http://localhost:631 and restarted cupsd, then I used hp-setup to add printer (as before, it offers to printer and fax device), no driver could be found. 10. I rebuilt hplip with static-ppds use flag, now hp-setup offered me hpijs driver /usr/share/ppd/HP/hp-officejet_4500_g510g-m-hpijs.ppd.gz, I looked inside this file uzing zcat and found this: *FoomaticIDs: "HP-Color_LaserJet_2600n hpijs" *FoomaticRIPCommandLine: "gs -q -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPA&& USE -sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs%A%B%C%D -dIjsUseOutputFD%Z -sOutputFi&& le=- -" *End *FoomaticRIPOption Model: "enum CmdLine A 100" *FoomaticRIPOptionSetting Model=HP-Color_LaserJet_2600n: " -sDeviceManufactur&& er="HEWLETT-PACKARD" -sDeviceModel="HP Color LaserJet 2600n"" So, my inkjet printer became laserjet now... 11. cupsd restart again, and... no luck, still only "**** Unable to open the initial device, quitting." is printed 12. I googled this message and found suggestions to replace hpijs driver with hpcups 13. I removed both printer and fax devices using http://localhost:631 and restarted cupsd, then I started hp-setup again and picked /usr/share/ppd/HP/hp-officejet_4500_g510g-m.ppd.gz (hpcups driver) instead of proposed hpijs driver. I looked at ppd.gz using zcat and I didn't find any single line with 'LaserJet' token. 14. I restarted cupsd again (race condition in /etc/init.d/cupsd still hits me so it ends up with full reboot) and now I'm able to print test page! 15. Unfortunately, hpcups driver causes all of the problems you can read about in googles, seems like it is not recommended solution, it's only advantage is that it sometimes works 16. Main problem is that it does not use ghostscript to re-render postscritp 17. Seems like a2ps produces bad postscript, CUPS error log says: prnt/hpcups/HPCupsFilter.cpp 252: ERROR: Unsupported resolution Following CLOSED WONTFIX bug explains why: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=773765 As a matter of irony, this bug report is about OfficeJet 4500 too - the most popular Linux troublemaker in the world?
First of all, calm down! I don't think this is a hplip issue as you still use 3.12.10 and this version is stable for a long time now. The most recent update which might cause this was cups-1.6.4. You can easily find such things out by using app-portage/genlop. You can try to rebuild everything involved (a2ps foomatic ghostscript cups hplip). Set cups configuration back to the defaults. Remove all printers and reconfigure them as described on the HPLIP Gentoo Wiki page [1]. I would suggest to use the hpcups driver as it is the one recommended by hplip. The hpijs driver is not developed anymore. [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/HPLIP
As usual, the nature itself can find solution for any sophisticated problem. This time the solution is named 'ps2pdf'. I have rebuilt hplip with -hpijs USE flag, so now only hpcups drivers are available. As before, I can print test page, still a2ps pipelined to lpr is not working (ERROR: Unsupported resolution). I don't know who's to blame, a2ps or lpr, however, a2ps output (and any other .ps file, I have a lot of them waiting to be printed) can be converted to pdf using ps2pdf, then opened in acroread and printed with any page arrangement I want. That's progress: I can do what I was able to do before, only with little more effort. Seems like regression is an inherent consequence of progress in Linux world, the only way to survive is to never give up searching for workarounds. 'a2ps file.pdf | lpr' <= this did not work either.
I am removing myself from this bug as I don't think this is a hplip problem but more a cups or a2ps one.
I've installed Gentoo on new machine and a2ps works again as in old days and as on my Ubuntu at work. I guess we can close this one.
(In reply to Paul Osmialowski from comment #7) > I've installed Gentoo on new machine and a2ps works again as in old days and > as on my Ubuntu at work. I guess we can close this one. OK thanks.
