CUPS prints too many copies of image file

acampbell · 08-05-2011, 09:28 AM

I installed CUPS for the first time yesterday. It prints text files correctly but gives 4 copies of image files when only one is requested. Google shows a few similar problems but no solutions.

Is this something that can be tweaked or is it a bug?
I'm using version 1.4.8-2 on Debian Sid.

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 08-05-2011, 10:01 AM

I've not noticed this behaviour when I request a print of an image. What image application are you using?

acampbell · 08-05-2011, 10:20 AM

This happened with a jpg file I had just created and saved with my scanner using xsane. But if I just use th Copy facility in xsane, only one copy is printed.

{BBI}Nexus{BBI} · 08-05-2011, 10:29 AM

Does the same thing happen if you use another image app? Like Gwenview or GIMP for example.

acampbell · 08-05-2011, 10:56 AM

After some more experiments I'm beginning to think it is more to do with the printer than with CUPS - this is a Samsung ML-2571N. I tried some other image files and they didn't give multiple copies. On the other hand, sometimes the printer just blinks and doesn't print anything, but if I turn it off and on again it then preints OK. So perhaps it is the memory becoming full?

In fact, this happens with ALL files, not just image ones.