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Importing PPD file with "Printer driver import utility" is a no go.

Ben Dragon — 2013-05-13T15:00:53

I have been trying to import a *.ppd file from a windows drive for my printer which is a 

Konica Minolta bizhub C352

Whenever I run the "Printer driver import utility" the debug window pops up with; 

[2J[2J[2J[2J[2JError on line 1 of I:\TMP\PPD_4345\PPDENC.EXE:
  Invalid item name "MZP"



There is a minimized cmd window in the task bar that says to hit spacebar... a few times, 
then the program does nothing... except put new messages in the debug window. Eventually 
another minimized cmd window appears in the task bar with similar messages. 

In another window is displayed:

"Merging EAs ...
Validating PPD encoding ..."


After enough spacebars are pressed I get:


"  UNKNOWN COMMAND "C:\CUPS"

Importing PostScript Printer Definitions ..."


Then


"  Unknown command "ppd"


No printers were imported.

Select "OK" to close this window"



This problem looks similar to the MMPM installer errors that relates to a long standing 
problem with REXX being unable to correctly read volume labels of a drive.

Re: Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

Paul Smedley — 2013-04-28T09:43:09

Hi Dave,

On 28/04/13 11:46, David McKenna wrote:

My tests were to a linux host - when I get an opportunity, I'll do some 
testing with an OS/2 host... Perhaps there are two issues.....

Cheers,

Paul

Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

David McKenna — 2013-04-28T02:16:25


Paul,

  Turns out I needed to put cups16.dll in C:\cups\sbin. When I do that, I
don't get the 'failed' error anymore, but behaviour is just like with the
1.3.11 version.... it just hangs with the message 'connected to printer'
until I cancel the job.

Regards,

Dave McKenna

Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

David McKenna — 2013-04-28T01:54:57

Paul,

On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:10:18 -0400 (EDT), David McKenna wrote:


  I can't seem to get anything working... if I use the CUPS 1.3.11 version of
ipp.exe the print job gets to the main CUPS server, but hangs with the
message 'connected to printer...' and nothing ever prints. If I use your new
1.6 version, I just get an error 'ipp.exe failed' and the job quits. I'll
keep trying...

Regards,

Dave McKenna

Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

David McKenna — 2013-04-17T11:10:18

Hi Paul,

On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:04:35 +0930, Paul Smedley wrote:

-snip-

  Thanks! When I get a chance I'll give this a spin and let you know how it
goes...

Regards,

Dave McKenna

Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

Paul Smedley — 2013-04-17T04:34:35

Hi All,

On 17/04/13 13:24, Paul Smedley wrote:

CUPS 1.6.2 ipp.exe and socket.exe appear to work fine.

I can't test lpd.exe but have including it in 
http://smedley.id.au/tmp/cups-1.6.2-backends-os2.zip

Needs a new CUPS dll - cups16.dll which is included.

No new usb.exe as cups 1.6.x only supports libusb 1.0 which we don't have.

Cheers,

Paul

Re: Re: Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

Paul Smedley — 2013-04-17T03:54:58

Hi Alex,

On 17/04/13 12:39, Alex Taylor wrote:

http://www.os2site.com/sw/drivers/printer/cups/old/cups-1.3.11-os2-20090807.zip 
is what I tested with.

Meanwhile, I'll try and debug the problem - although I think it's 
related to libc's somewhat flakey select()

Cheers,

Paul

Re: Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

Alex Taylor — 2013-04-17T03:09:16

On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:07 UTC, Paul Smedley 
<paul-UOCLKr3wBvhWo+R/V/U2/g< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:


Sounds like I'd better put the backlevelled ipp.exe into my WPIs (and
thence eCS 2.2).

Is there somewhere I can get this file from?  I don't think I still have 
any old cups 1.3.x zipfiles lying around...

Re: Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

Paul Smedley — 2013-04-17T00:00:07


On 16/04/13 19:27, Paul Smedley wrote:

Confirmed that ipp.exe from CUPS 1.3.x works fine

I will try debug the 1.4.x build - which will likely fix lpd as well

Cheers,

Paul

Re: Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

Paul Smedley — 2013-04-16T09:57:56

Hi David,

On 16/04/13 13:34, Paul Smedley wrote:

Looks like the same reason lpd from CUPS 1.4.x doesn't print on OS/2.

Try an ipp.exe from CUPS 1.3.x - meanwhile, I'll keep trying to debug 
what's really broken...

Re: Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

Paul Smedley — 2013-04-16T04:04:28

Hi David,

On 15/04/13 00:39, David McKenna wrote:

The above is definitely the correct syntax. I just used this to print 
from my Ubuntu based laptop to my Ubuntu desktop.

Same syntax fails from OS/2 cups - so I guess ipp.exe has some issues.

At least now I know the syntax is correct I can focus on fixing the bug 
- will hopefully have some time soon to investigate.

Re: Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

Paul Smedley — 2013-04-14T22:34:24

Hi David,

I'll do some Ubuntu to Ubuntu testing first. I vaguely recall Lewis
reporting a possible issue with ipp printing, so it could be an os2
specific back end issue.

Testing won't start till at least tomorrow, as we're heading off shortly
for a night away for our wedding anniversary :-)

Cheers,

Paul
On 15/04/2013 12:39 AM, "David McKenna" <davidmckenna-Wuw85uim5zDR7s880joybQ< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

David McKenna — 2013-04-14T15:09:24

Hi Paul,

On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:30:48 +0930, Paul Smedley wrote:


  Yes, I have tried the URI you mention, but always get the hang. Based on
the message I mentioned when trying to use CupsWiz, I wonder if the hang is
because the server is expecting a password? Anyway... I wish you luck with
your debugging endeavor.

Regards,

Dave McKenna

Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

Paul Smedley — 2013-04-14T10:00:48

Hi Dave,

On 14/04/13 02:21, David McKenna wrote:

As far as I can tell the URI to use should be:
ipp://1.2.3.4/printers/queue_name

However, this isn't working for me trying to print to a remote linux 
CUPS server.  I will try and debug this over the coming days

Cheers,

Paul

Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

David McKenna — 2013-04-13T23:43:59

Hi Alex,

On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:58:37 +0000 (UTC), Alex Taylor wrote:


  OK.... done! 

Regards,

Dave McKenna

Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

Alex Taylor — 2013-04-13T22:58:37

On Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:56:26 UTC, "David McKenna" 
<davidmckenna-Wuw85uim5zDR7s880joybQ< at >public.gmane.org> wrote:


How strange.  I'd appreciate if you could open a ticket on that at 
http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups

Re: Print from CUPS to CUPS

David McKenna — 2013-04-13T21:56:26

  I tried using Alex Taylors 'CupsWiz' program on a client, and after
selecting my printer from the list offered, the program hangs 'Looking for
connected printers. Please wait...'. Then a VX-REXX window appears that says:
Password for unknown on 192.168.0.2? (the CUPS server with the printer).
There is no password (that I know of) so this is a bit baffling...

Print from CUPS to CUPS

David McKenna — 2013-04-13T16:51:34

  I have a printer attached to a CUPS server (HP DeskJet 990C with HPLIP)
that works well. I can print from remote eCS clients to the server using a
CUPS output port on the printer object.

  Now I need to have CUPS installed locally on the clients (for QT and Java
apps). I need to be able to print to the local CUPS and have that sent to the
CUPS running on the server with the printer. I have tried setting up the CUPS
printer on the clients using the ipp:// backend, but trying to print the test
page just hangs 'processing page 1' forever, and no print job gets to the
server. Trying the http:// backend always results in 'http backend failed'
messages.

  Has anyone been able to do this successfully? If so, are there any special
settings required? I'm using the latest CUPS 1.4.8 on all machines.

TIA,

Dave McKenna

Re: Re: paper tray selection

Paul Smedley — 2013-04-12T22:22:31

Hi Bjorn,

On 13/04/13 05:34, kbr-G8xNJYXsfJiVdO11/T2thQ< at >public.gmane.org wrote:

This is in the OS/2 printer dialog?In that case it's a printer driver 
problem that we may be able to fix.

Cheers,

Paul

Re: paper tray selection

2013-04-12T20:04:54

In <516868b3$1$xoe$mr2ice-2AO0Uh8ossnZ+VzJOa5vwg< at >public.gmane.org>, on 04/12/13 
   at 10:01 PM, kbr-G8xNJYXsfJiVdO11/T2thQ< at >public.gmane.org said:














Cheers, Bjorn.

Re: paper tray selection

Paul Smedley — 2013-04-07T05:33:43

Hi Bjorn,

On 03/04/13 05:46, kbr-G8xNJYXsfJiVdO11/T2thQ< at >public.gmane.org wrote:

Per our IRC conversation, I'll wager the IBM Postscript driver code is 
'mangling' the paper tray option in a way that CUPS doesn't recognise, 
so the options are getting ignored.

Please do a 'print to file' with a job selecting a specific tray and 
either post here or open a ticket at http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups and 
I'll try and investigate.

Cheers,

Paul