This week's Hug Day will focus on cupsys! The Common Unix Printing System is what controls printing in Ubuntu, a fairly necessary task of any desktop machine.

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Stock Responses

If you have a bit if time, it would be helpful to attach the cupsys log: This is a file where CUPSYS writes information about what it is doing. Almost all printing problems can be diagnosed from the error log, so it is the first place to look to start solving problems. To be useful, you must change the logging level:

   1.Select "System" -> "Administration" -> "Printing" in the main menu of your desktop. The printer setup tool system-config-printer will open. Select "Server Settings" in the list on the left. Then check the check box "Save debugging information for troubleshooting" and click "Apply".
   2. In /etc/cups/cupsd.conf, find the line "LogLevel ..."; change it to" LogLevel debug"; save.
   3. 'sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart'
   4. Try to print something.
   5. Add /var/log/cups/error_log as an attachment to the bug report.

For problem specific Stock Responses see: Bugs/Responses

Useful Information

DebuggingPrintingProblems

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Do you take into account that cupsys was renamed to cups in the Intrepid
release cycle? This means the figures of "cupsys" and "cups" bugs have
to get summed up. For triagers it means that everything which is still
valid in Intrepid needs to be moved to "cups".

In addition, triagers should know that the printing subsystem consists
of many packages, not only cups, but also ghostscript, foomatic-*,
hplip, gutenprint, splix, system-config-printer, ... Users do not know
that and assign printing-related bug reports to cups/cupsys or
system-config-printer in most cases. Triagers should move these to the
correct packages.

   Till

WRT the new package name, any bugs reported to cupsys affecting Intrepid and beyond should be moved to cups but all others should remain under cupsys.

108 New Bugs

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Bug

Subject

Triager

279746

open office won't print in ubuntu 8.04. (Other apps print fine.)

Dereck

278053

USB Epson AcuLaser C900 (AL-C900) printer detected but doesn't print

272426

Epson DX8450 prints blank pages in Ubuntu Intrepid

BrianMurray

268972

package cupsys 1.2.8-0ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1

262841

HP Deskjet D4160 will only print in Red

262820

Duplex and multiple pages per one

261897

CUPS crashes randomly

arno-blouin

261202

printer canon pixma IP 3500 magenta and cyan get out of place

256360

impossibile installare cupsys

arno-blouin

255161

I am unable to print from open office, I tried reinstalling open office but it did not work. I use a brother mfc240c printer and I am running Hardy. Printing from other apps has not been an issue.

254750

Lexmark X5470 doesn't print

arno-blouin

254529

unable to print to cups, testprint ok

arno-blouin

252881

Wrong name attribute used while printing via IPP

251458

printcap is missing

250947

Cannot Print to network laser printer

247801

My Problem is to find a Canon Driver (ip 2500) for ubuntu 8.04

247687

Please backport "Satisfy Any" patch

246310

Broken Pipe Error with Xerox Printer

245060

apparmor permissions problem for cups (hpijs driver)

arno-blouin

237256

Audit failure in CUPS for Brother DCP-9045CDN

237061

[Hardy][Xubuntu] Can't add/see remote printer easily

234491

audit... "inode permission"

233903

Cannot print after running out of paper

233872

[intrepid]: fails to print on PagePro 1300w

230213

Cupsys problem "printer maintenance pages fail"

228814

Hardy Heron: cups backend lpd fails

228103

multiple pages per sheet in useless order when landscape

227467

cups fails to print correctly with http sharing sometimes

225898

USB printer message fills up logs

224633

always result in broken pakage

224365

Apparmor prevents printing with cups-pdf

224187

Failure printing on a Ricoh Aficio MP 161 printer

223071

cups http interface broken on hardy server

222940

HP laserjet only prints the top of the page from Ecinve/Firefox, 8.04

222406

cupsys failed on upgrade

221583

package cupsys 1.3.7-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: dpkg

221257

Attempts to use the CUPS web interface crash cupsd

219907

detect lan printers no longer settable

218836

The Canon printer is no longer detected

218663

cups remote https administration hangs

218586

Upgrade of avahi-daemon restarts it although it's desactivated

216711

package libcupsys2 1.3.7-1ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: fork failed

213598

[Hardy / Devel] cupsys-bsd broken dependancy

211800

No driver for Lexmark P915

207378

printing does not resume when running out of paper

203639

cups has dependency on apparmor

201033

Evince printing fails but hp-print works, Gutsy (HP LaserJet 1320n)

200826

Hardy Heron: Cannot add SMB printer.

198904

Konica-Minolta magicolor 2550 doesn't print large images

196599

Wrong translation English -> German in CUPS

196009

Can't print a invoice with a transparent gif header

195661

[hardy alpha 5] package cupsys 1.3.5-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

194580

cupsd crashed with SIGSEGV in strcasecmp()

193348

cupsys installation breaks due to apparmor module not loading correctly

192141

texttops crashed with SIGSEGV

191808

texttops crashed with SIGSEGV in libc_start_main()

190296

Evince PDF Printing -> Cups on 64 bit typically results in Error

188268

[Hardy] HP-1020 printer doesn't work

188182

printer prints left part of the text twice, on left and right side. What can I do ?

187341

default ssl certificate is invalid

183219

CUPS crashes on ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe

183110

Epson USB printer backend fails

181461

cups update de-activates 'openbsd-inetd' in /etc/inetd.conf

178822

gutsy sparc64 server: cupsys does not detect HP Laserjet 6L parallel printer

178649

[gutsy] CUPS "Clean Print Heads" fails Epson C60

172813

CUPS /usr/lib/cups/backend/smb failed

164799

Printing is extremely slow with HP PSC 1110

163704

'cups-config --libs' gives spurious output

163148

[gutsy] Can't print with Canon LBP-660 due to AppArmor

163128

error after update Ubuntu

161773

new cups manager doesnt work

161204

AllowUser @group does not work for LDAP groups

160434

cupsys update disables cupsys-bsd (lpd)

160092

gutsy cupsys apparmor breaks filters in /usr/local

159869

I can't creat a hp network printer in Ubuntu 7.10

159260

cups-lpd results in freezing of Gusty

157857

There was an error during the CUPS operation: 'httpConnectionEncrypt failed'.

157689

Canon IP4000 prints badly in Gutsy

157159

PDF files stop printing after 6 pages

157011

Printing fails to printers with names containing certain characters

156192

Kubuntu upgrade from 7.04 to 7.10 fail after error on cupsys package

156191

Printing from Java does not work at all with cups > 1.2

155826

networked printer spits out extra blank page

154662

most recent update in gutsy broke printing to remote cups printer

154277

cups serial backend failed with Permission denied

154005

OpenOffice.org text can't printing envelops but it printing well the text files

151152

gusty beta, CUPS stopped while booting

149345

printer pauses after printing a document

148910

cupsd crashed with SIGSEGV

148065

Backends could not be debugged via apport

147755

Print driver for LaserJet 4100 series is locked in tray 1. (HP-LaserJet-laserjet.ppd)

145855

cups does not support Dell 5100cn color laser printer

139271

Brother MFC does not allow setting 2nd tray paper size independently

137614

Cannot load ooimpress and Qtiplot if network is off - related to cups, problem/solution found in client.conf

CharlieKravetz

136454

cups lpd emulation: lpq, log flaws

CharlieKravetz

135079

parallel printing fails and clogs port

134541

Printing From OpenOffice.org Causes Lexmark Z45 to Lockup

133779

CUPS printers disappear every time

120958

ppds aren't in the place where lpadmin expects them.

CharlieKravetz

114711

Printers Freeze

CharlieKravetz

114708

Canon MP600 Driver installs, but won't print

CharlieKravetz

110804

Lexmark Optra E310 not work in edgy, feisty

CharlieKravetz

81874

Epson AcuLaser driver

76078

EACCES in usb backend very difficult to diagnose

CharlieKravetz

71758

HP 1100A Printer lost on upgrade to Edgy

CharlieKravetz

57142

Smbspool won't read kerberos tickets

CharlieKravetz

49063

cupsys in combination with xpp

CharlieKravetz

44989

Doesn't print (large) PDF files

28 Incomplete Bugs

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Bug

Subject

Triager

251874

can not find lexmark printer

Dereck

250653

Error en /usr/lib/cups/filter/textonly

239383

package cupsys 1.3.7-1ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade:

237317

/usr/share/doc/libcupsys2/changelog.gz: broken symbolic link to `../libcupsys2/changelog.gz'

236623

Canon IP4200 not printing anymore after upgrade to 8.04

235670

Unable to print to parallel port

235106

Cups doesn't print banner

227342

Can't print to Oki C5550 MFP via USB

224839

_usr_lib_cups_filter_pstops.7.crash

223495

pstops crashed with SIGSEGV

195965

package cupsys 1.3.6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 3

187724

[Gutsy] cups sharing does not work if printer is not turned on before booting the system

186527

cupsys fails to install or run

183028

ubuntu 7.10 on pen4G, cups update problem

174874

IPP Printing fails if server is identified by name rather than address

155254

(Gutsy) Brother printer MFC-215 via USB does not print since upgrade to Gutsy

153295

Brother DCP 7010 automatically detected, but proposed driver does not work

148173

[Gutsy] Canon LBP-810 / LBP-1120 : "Can't open FIFO: Permission denied"

125221

Printed document severely corrupted

113637

Samba printers requiring username/password fail on reboot

103594

Cupsd errors when booting up into Ubuntu and when running Ubuntu

103271

Printing with CUPS and java 6 does not work

95496

Unable to use Cups to configure printer on "Live-CD"

88477

/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi crashed on signal 9! (with Brother MFC5840CN PPD).

70661

Printer output quality is horrible when using rotated PostScript files

67061

Crash printing from openoffice in dapper

65641

CUPS not working with network printer

55205

Printing broken by Updates of 2006 Aug 1

40 Confirmed Bugs

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Bug

Subject

Triager

250671

Cannon MX700 network support

Dereck

229641

I can't find a lexmark x83 printer driver

222602

cupsys doesn't process postscript features

203944

CUPS error unsupported character set iso8859-1

203590

cupsys changelog is unreadable (and nonexistant)

BrianMurray

203367

2 different copies are printed on the same sheet in 2-sided printing

203345

package cups-pdf 2.4.6-4ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: problemas de dependencias - se deja sin configurar

194133

cups probelm "client-error not possible'

192865

cups manager hangs when there is no network connection

189248

the printer "print" a blank page

182551

Cups Server error. There was an error during Cups operation: 'server-error-service-unavailable'.

172844

Printing PDF files don't work with some PDFs ...

172664

Landscape PDF prints in truncated portrait

162900

Gutsy: Samsung ML-1740 not recognized

160453

[Gutsy] cupsys crashes when attempting to print

158641

Gutsy Brother DCP 115 printer Woes

153248

landscape printed output is trucated to portrait page width

151182

Can't add usb printer without it

149675

Printer OKI C5800 isn't supported

135607

Printer not responding in ubuntu 7.04

135054

Error while connecting to cups upon live-cd start

125884

Cups reports "Upgrade required" when trying to use web admin

124442

Fuji-Xerox engine for CUPS

120961

Gamma option no longer documented

120365

CUPS hangs on large job queue

114017

cups fails to print multiple >140Mb files

109821

Unable to connect to WinXP printer share, works in MDV

106245

[feisty] CSRF allows test page printing

102157

Lexmark z12 doesn't work with color cartridges

94218

loading driver list takes a long time

90393

[apport] lpr crashed with SIGSEGV

68256

kde: Openoffice doesn't see remote cups printers, just generic printer

57822

Problem printing to IPP printer

55243

Unable to print to Samba / IPP shared printer

51961

Canon MPC200 USB not detected

49670

problem with USB backend

47085

Wishlist: Support Epson-Kowa printers in Cups

42389

"lpr foo.svg" prints the svg file as text; this is unexpected.

35638

Printer is not detected properly over USB

29620

No drivers for Lexmark X1150

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