Ubuntu
cupsys package

  1. Bug #43303
  2. Comment #4

Comment 4 for bug 43303

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Mark (nix4me) wrote : Re: [Bug 43303] Re: cupsys can no longer share a printer to windows

grendel970 wrote:

>I am having the same problem and it's due to:
>
>D [09/May/2006:17:14:53 -0600] print_job: request file type is application/octet-stream.
>I [09/May/2006:17:14:53 -0600] Print-Job client-error-document-format-not-supported: Unsupported format 'application/octet-stream'!
>
>I tried to open a bug report on this, bug #43145, but it got closed, and I have had no response trying to get it reopened.
>
>Can you check your /var/log/cups/error_log and see if you are having the same problem? I have tried many, many things and no luck on this.
>
>
>
Yes, i had same problem and fixed that specific problem, but it still
wouldn't print.
To fix that problem you have to uncomment the octet raw lines in the
mime.types and mime.convs files in /etc/cups.

That still didnt fix my problem.

I got tired of being ignored so I switched my server to Debian 'etch'.
Got print server set up in 5 minutes.

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