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On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Tom Maneiro <tom...@tsdx.net.ve> wrote: > Package: foomatic-filters > Version: 4.0.17-1 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > I have a good old Canon BJC-250 printer that I've been using for years on my > Linux stations. Currently it's plugged to an old Pentium box (since it's > parport) running Wheezy which acts as a print server. The printer had worked > flawlessly with older distros/CUPS/foomatic versions, and I'm using the > bjc250gs drivers as it is the fastest driver for it (and it allows to tune > some > printer-specific features). > > However, since having moved all my systems to Wheezy (i386 and amd64, all > clean > installs), the bjc250gs driver is unusable for me, since it always causes > foomatic-rip to end abruptly, and therefore nothing is sent to the printer. I > had enabled debugging messages on CUPS, but found nothing interesting except > for this: > > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:42 -04-30] [Job 57] Options from the PPD file: > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:42 -04-30] [Job 57] > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:42 -04-30] [Job 57] > ================================================ > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:42 -04-30] [Job 57] > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:42 -04-30] [Job 57] File: <STDIN> > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:42 -04-30] [Job 57] > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:42 -04-30] [Job 57] > ================================================ > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:42 -04-30] [Job 57] > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:42 -04-30] [Job 57] Filetype: PDF > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:42 -04-30] [Job 57] Storing temporary files in > /var/spool/cups/tmp > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:43 -04-30] [Job 57] File contains 1 pages > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:43 -04-30] [Job 57] Starting renderer with command: gs > -dFirstPage=1 -q -dBATCH -dPARANOIDSAFER -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -dNOINTERPOLATE > -sDEVICE=bjccmyk -sPrinterType=BJC-250 -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=612 > -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=792 -r180x180 -sFeeder=Auto -sQuality=Normal > -dInverse=false -dSmooth=false -dCompress=true -dComposeK=false > -dLimitCheck=false -dPaperRed=255 -dPaperGreen=255 -dPaperBlue=255 > -dRedGamma=1.0 -dGreenGamma=1.0 -dBlueGamma=1.0 -dGamma=1.0 -dRandom=15 > -sOutputFile=- /var/spool/cups/tmp/foomatic-WeJjFP > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:43 -04-30] [Job 57] Starting process "kid3" (generation > 1) > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:43 -04-30] [Job 57] Starting process "kid4" (generation > 2) > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:43 -04-30] [Job 57] Starting process "renderer" > (generation 2) > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:43 -04-30] [Job 57] JCL: 2345X@PJL > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:43 -04-30] [Job 57] <job data> > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:43 -04-30] [Job 57] > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:43 -04-30] [Job 57] renderer received signal 11 > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:43 -04-30] [Job 57] Kid3 exit status: 1 > D [12/Jun/2013:20:40:43 -04-30] PID 10226 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip) > stopped with status 9. 11 aka Coredump Could you try the step here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems Thanks > > It happens on ALL of my Wheezy installs (ranging from that old Pentium MMX-225 > box all the way up to a Sandy Bridge i5 laptop). My only workaround is to use > the Gutenprint driver, which not only is slower, but harder to set up and > getting good print quality from that one is not exactly straightforward, > unlike > with bjc250gs. > > Trying to find documentation or useful resources online with foomatic-related > errors it's like a shot in the dark, because there is nothing clear, just > dozens and dozens of users with the same error, but on different > printer/driver > combinations, none of those apply to my case. > > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 7.0 > APT prefers stable > APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 3.8-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=es_VE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_VE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages foomatic-filters depends on: > ii bash 4.2+dfsg-0.1 > ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.49 > ii libc6 2.13-38 > ii libdbus-1-3 1.6.8-1 > ii ucf 3.0025+nmu3 > > Versions of packages foomatic-filters recommends: > ii colord 0.1.21-1 > ii cups 1.5.3-5 > ii cups-bsd [lpr] 1.5.3-5 > ii cups-client 1.5.3-5 > ii foomatic-db-engine 4.0.8-3 > ii ghostscript 9.05~dfsg-6.3 > ii poppler-utils 0.18.4-6 > > foomatic-filters suggests no packages. > > -- debconf information: > foomatic-filters/ps_accounting: true > foomatic-filters/custom_textfilter: > foomatic-filters/title: > foomatic-filters/config_parsed: true > foomatic-filters/spooler: cups > foomatic-filters/textfilter: Automagic > foomatic-filters/filter_debug: false > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-printing-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/20130613015129.12288.52125.report...@tomman-lp-c2.tomman.net.ve > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org