Redhat 9 printer issues with CUPS and GIMP-PRINT
 

I just installed CUPS version 1.1.17-13.3.0.3 and successfully built gimp-print version 4.2.7-pre1 with the --with-cups options loaded. I've successfully created a new printer using CUPS and added the correct driver to my printer (Lexmark Z53). Everything seems to look fine on the CUPS admin web page, but when I hit 'Print Test Page', the job says that its completed correctly but there isn't a page that prints out. So I turned on debugging for cupsd and found this:

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D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_output_to(v) ||
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_driver(v) |lexmark-z53|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_ppd_file(v) ||
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_resolution(v) |600dpi|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_media_size(v) |Letter|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_media_type(v) ||
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_media_source(v) ||
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_ink_type(v) ||
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_dither_algorithm(v) |Adaptive|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_output_type(v) |1|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_orientation(v) |0|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_left(v) |0|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_top(v) |0|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_image_type(v) |0|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_unit(v) |0|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_page_width(v) |612|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_page_height(v) |792|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_input_color_model(v) |0|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_output_color_model(v) |0|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_brightness(v) |1.000|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_scaling(v) |0.000|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_gamma(v) |2.000|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_contrast(v) |1.000|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_cyan(v) |1.000|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_magenta(v) |0.950|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_yellow(v) |1.000|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_saturation(v) |1.000|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_density(v) |2.000|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] stp_get_app_gamma(v) |1.000|
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] GIMP-PRINT 612 0 612 792 787 15
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] GIMP-PRINT 5100 0 0 6433 41 125
D [03/Jul/2004:02:58:11 -0700] [Job 10] Illegal Ink Type specified; cannot print.
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How and where would you set the Ink Type??

Welcome to LQ. I'll admit I don't know the answer to your question, but if it's a Lexmark, and you happen to be using a non-Lexmark ink cartridge, I would not be at all surprised if it is related to this lawsuit If so, the solution would seem to be that you'd need to use Lexmark ink cartridges. As I said though, that is mostly speculation, but even if it's a dead end, it would be a factor that you could eliminate from consideration.

I'd be interested in seeing any updates you might have to this post. -- J.W.

Issue resolved. Just upgraded to Fedora Core 2 with the new CUPS package and it worked beautifully. Only thing now is besides root, I can't get any other users to print.