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lynix

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From: Karlsruhe, Germany

Registered: 2008-04-23

Posts: 230

[solved] CUPS: unable to print to raw queue

I'm running a CUPS server on a small embedded machine that runs on Debian 7 and has a Canon Pixma iP4500 inkjet printer connected to it, setup as raw queue.

On my Arch x64 workstation with drivers installed I'm running a second CUPS server using the raw queue via the following printer URL set:

http://cups.home.lan:631/printers/ip4500?version=1.1

(I picked the ?version=1.1 from the hint in the Arch wiki.

Every time I'm trying to print I only see normal messages like "spooling..." and "submitting data to printer" but the printer does not do anything (except powering on if it was off before).
The job then appears listed as successfully finished on both CUPS servers.

Here's a trace of the client CUPS server in debug mode: error_log

Using a Windows client I'm able to print to the same server without any problems, using the same printer URL.

Any ideas what might be wrong?

Best regards

lynix

Last edited by lynix (2014-06-28 11:27:16)

lynix

Member

From: Karlsruhe, Germany

Registered: 2008-04-23

Posts: 230

Re: [solved] CUPS: unable to print to raw queue

gnarf, solved my own problem again

Maybe someone stumbles across this, so here is the solution: appending compression=none to the URL variables (prefixed with '&' of course).