Bug 16367 – CUPS 1.1.18 won't print after following documented install, printer test is flawed.

• Product: [OLD] Docs-user
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Rick Jenkins 2003-02-25 14:59:28 UTC]

There seem to be two minor bugs in the excellent Gentoo Linux Printing HOWTO.

First, a printer-dependent buglet. In testing the printer by using 

cat test.txt > /dev/lp0

If the test file is built as documented, many printers will give no response. My
LaserJet III and other HP types need a ^L (Control-L) at the end of the file to
trigger printing. Without the ^L the cat succeeds, and the printer absorbs the
data, then sits and does nothing - indistinguishable from a serious interface or
printer problem.

Second, a release-dependent buglet. The latest CUPS 1.1.18 ebuild is set up by
default for a degree of security so high that printing is all but impossible.
The Web administration tool will allow one to install the printer, but not to
print a text page. The critical need is to change the permissions in
/etc/cups/cupsd.conf. I changed to a very inclusive set of permissions for
initial test:

<Location />
Order Deny,Allow
Deny From None
Allow From All
</Location>

then restarted cups and all was well. You can tighten up security once printing
is known to work. 

With these two minor items, I'd have had a first-time success. I shrink from
admitting how many hours it took to figure out these minor points. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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[Comment 1 Thomas Raschbacher 2003-03-07 11:46:25 UTC]

hi!

things that need to be done there(since i'm not in the doc cvs group i can't):

First:
add a comment there that it might not work with some printers 

Second:
add a comment there with the example given here and that the standard config is for security reasons

feel free to ask me ..

greetings

[Comment 2 Thomas Raschbacher 2003-03-07 11:47:44 UTC]

since Alain just added me to cvsdoc group i can do it myself if anything is unclear .. just assign back to me with a note than..

greetings

[Comment 3 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) 2003-03-16 21:24:15 UTC]

So is this done then? Please post your change to docs-review before doing anything.

[Comment 4 Thomas Raschbacher 2003-06-13 02:57:39 UTC]

will do/check next week when i'm home again ..

[Comment 5 Thomas Raschbacher 2003-06-26 14:05:22 UTC]

since i'm not the only printing team member now: reassign'in

[Comment 6 Thomas Raschbacher 2003-06-26 14:15:13 UTC]

who could check/commit this? (don't have the rights in cvs anymore it seems..)
@seemant: didn't know whom else to CC ..

[Comment 7 Heinrich Wendel (RETIRED) 2003-07-18 12:07:00 UTC]

Created attachment 14671 [details, diff]
printing-howto-diff

@docs-team: can you please apply this patch and close the bug

[Comment 8 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-07-19 01:46:19 UTC]

Patch applied (http://dev.gentoo.org/~swift/printing-howto.html). Will be committed tomorrow.

[Comment 9 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2003-07-20 11:41:58 UTC]

Committed.