Paul, which printer are you using? Does it actually support the functionality you are requesting? The "Print Self Test Page" is intended for printers which have a built in self test page (usually to discover clogged nozzles) and the driver is supposed to send a special code sequence to the printer to make the printer print this test page (not send a test page from the computer to the printer). "Clean Heads" is supposed to tell the printer to run its internal cleaning cycle.
Unfortunately, the buttons sometimes appear in the Properties dialog of system-config-printer if the printer does not have the mentioned functionality, for example with the virtual "PDF" printer which gets created when installing the cups-pdf package (there are really no print heads to clean). Or are you developing printer maintenance support for your Kodak driver? ** Changed in: system-config-printer (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to system-config-printer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1500636 Title: commands passed to cups fail. File missing Status in system-config-printer package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: xubuntu 15.04 64 bit system-config-printer 1.5.6 when I click the button "Print self test page", I expect the printer to produce a self test page instead I get error "client-error-bad-request" and no self test page. the cups error log has the entry Print-Job client-error-bad-request: No file in print request. Note that I can get the printer to generate the self test page by printing a command file from terminal. So it seems that system-config-printer is not providing the command file, or not providing the command filename to cups? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/1500636/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp