cupsys won't print octet-stream

Rejecting as duplicate

I don't think this is a dup, as this has nothing to do with the cups smb backend. Also, I cannot print a raw job from the command line either, eg using lpr. I think these are 2 entirely seperate issues. Can we reopen this?

Reopening.

What does

  grep raw /etc/cups/mime.*

print for you? Does enabling raw printing in both files fix it for you?

I have tried many combinations of the above,

in mime.convs as it states:
application/octet-stream application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
in mime.types:
application/vnd.cups-raw (string(0,<1B>E) + !string(2,<1B>%0B)) \
(and then more lines as part of this, but all looks formatted fine)

Funny thing is in the cups package this is enabled by default, in raw.types and raw.convs which has the same things, and both raw.types and mime.types have:
application/octet-stream

I have tried commenting, uncommenting, multiple configurations of, removing the vnd.cups-raw relation, removing raw.* , etc..
I can provide you with a raw print job which will be of type "octet-stream" to test with.

same here...

it could possibly be related to this
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1667

That looks like exactly the same issue, hopefully we can get it fixed in short order.

Martin Pitt wrote:

>** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu)
> Severity: Normal => Major
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt
> Status: Needs Info => Confirmed
> Target: None => ubuntu-6.06
>
>** Bug 43303 has been marked a duplicate of this bug
>
>
>
This bug is serious and yet has been downgraded by the cups team. This
is crap!

I don't understand how a bug that allows an OS NOT to be able to act as
a network print server is minor.

nix4me

Afters some comments on cupsys bug system ... priority is "High" now :)

For the record, I added myself to the CC list of the upstream bug; I'll grab the fix as soon as it's available.

On Tue, 16 May 2006 09:40:45 -0000
VETSEL Patrice <email address hidden> wrote:

> Afters some comments on cupsys bug system ... priority is "High"
> now :)

Well... It was, for 2 hours :)

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Gasp :( indeed :D

Now it's back down to low priority.

well, it seems there actually is a workaround, shame on me for not having read samba docs.
we could try to add
cups options = "raw"
in /etc/samba/smb.conf
i'm going to try it now, reading man smb.conf turns out that it's supposed to be new cups printing policy in samba

On Tue, 16 May 2006 16:48:05 -0000
hva <email address hidden> wrote:

> well, it seems there actually is a workaround, shame on me for not
> having read samba docs. we could try to add
> cups options = "raw"
> in /etc/samba/smb.conf
> i'm going to try it now, reading man smb.conf turns out that it's
> supposed to be new cups printing policy in samba

Argh... But that's not the solution. This will fix printing over SMB,
but not over IPP.

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A patch was just checked in which fixes this issue, woohoo!

From: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L1667

I can confirm that upstream patch fixes this issue.

 cupsys (1.2.0-0ubuntu4) dapper; urgency=low
 .
   * Add debian/patches/svn5530_str1667_octet_stream.dpatch: Fix printing of
     application/octet-stream jobs (usually from Windows clients with locally
     installed driver). (STR #1667) Closes: LP#43145

Can you please cry out loudly if you still have problems with this version?

Martin Pitt wrote:

> cupsys (1.2.0-0ubuntu4) dapper; urgency=low
> .
> * Add debian/patches/svn5530_str1667_octet_stream.dpatch: Fix printing of
> application/octet-stream jobs (usually from Windows clients with locally
> installed driver). (STR #1667) Closes: LP#43145
>
>Can you please cry out loudly if you still have problems with this
>version?
>
>
>** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu)
> Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
>
>
>
I am not in a position right now to try out the patch. I had so many
problems that i had to use another OS for the time being for my
print/file server. I hope it works though. I plan to try Dapper again
once its final.

I really appreciate all the hard work to validate and fix my bug.

Thanks aagain!
Mark Ryan

it works for me, thanks

Martin Pitt wrote:

> cupsys (1.2.0-0ubuntu4) dapper; urgency=low
> .
> * Add debian/patches/svn5530_str1667_octet_stream.dpatch: Fix printing of
> application/octet-stream jobs (usually from Windows clients with locally
> installed driver). (STR #1667) Closes: LP#43145
>
>Can you please cry out loudly if you still have problems with this
>version?
>
>
>** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu)
> Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
>
>
>
I tested new cups and it works fine. I was running another OS and i
upgraded some packages on that OS and low and behold, cups broke.
Heheheh. I filed a bug and wiped the drive. This was a great
opportunity to switch the machine back to Ubuntu.

Thanks again,
Mark Ryan

I hate to sound like an moron and bring down the average intelligence quotient of the members of this post, but can someone point me to an idiot's guide to what to do with that patch file to use it?

I downloaded the latest code package from cups.org, did the usual configure/make/make install, restarted the cups services and stil have the very same problem.

The file dates of the source files in question don't suggest that the patch was applied, but all plus sign(+) lines are present and the minus signs(-) are gone... Or am I thinking about that backwards; should the plus sign lines disappear in favor of the minus sign lines?

Answered my own stupid questions, but will pass along what I did and what I learned for the benefit of the other brain-challenged, frustrated, non-printing fools...

The latest (as of Saturday night, 8/19/2006) code from cups.org already has the patches applied. Had they not been, I discovered a nifty little tool called, apropriately, patch, that would have applied the changes needed. I should have known.

Anyhow, the reason the new code didn't work for me at first was that I had about eleven (exaggeration) flavors of cupsys* packages installed on my knoppix/debian system. I purged them all, and on seeing that the purge didn't get rid of my /etc/cups folder, moved said folder completely out of harms way.

Oh yeah, I was sure to stop the running cups services before the purge.

One more make intstall in the code folder, started the service, installed an ipp printer, printed a test page and shed a tear of joy. All is well, patch does indeed work as advertised.

Thanks to all in this post, I'd have been dead in the water without you.

Steve