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  • Unable to print PDFs on Debian 11, possibly since last CUPS update

    From Frank Fricke@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 6 11:00:01 2025
    The problem emerged yesterday when I wanted to print some PDFs which
    were generated during online banking. 

    As mentioned in the subject, I use Debian 11. The printer is an all-in-
    one Hewlett-Packard 4632e, purchased around Christmas 2014. HPLIP Is
    not installed.

    If additional information is required to look into the issue, please
    tell me, I'm not quite familiar with the procedures.

    However, as soon as I click on "Print", the print dialogue very briefly appears, for about half a second or so, and with it the PDF closes and 
    I'm back in the content list of the respective folder. 

    This happens with every PDF, including those generated from an odt.
    Pictures are printed without any fuzz.

    The printer is recognized, ready, and accepting jobs, at least that's
    what the print settings tell me.

    I assume that it's a bug which was introduced with the latest CUPS
    update some two weeks ago, since printing was flawless until then. I
    have to say though that I hadn't printed much around that time, so my assumption is mere guesswork.

    Is this already a known issue and is there a remedy?

    Much obliged for your attention.

    Frank Fricke


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  • From Andreas Weber@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 8 10:00:01 2025
    Hallo Frank,
    da du an eine deutschsprachige Mailingliste schreibst und auch eine .de
    E-Mail Absenderadresse hast, antworte ich einfach auf deutsch.

    Am 06.03.25 um 10:37 schrieb Frank Fricke:
    However, as soon as I click on "Print", the print dialogue very briefly appears, for about half a second or so, and with it the PDF closes and
    I'm back in the content list of the respective folder.

    In welchem Programm klickst du denn "Print"? In einem Webbrowser wie
    z.B. Firefox oder einem Dokumentenbetrachter wie Atril, Evince usw.? Da
    gibt es ganz viele unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten.

    Ich würde empfehlen zuerst aus einem Terminal mit
    $ lpstat -p
    schauen, ob der erwartete Drucker angezeigt wird und im Leerlauf ist und
    dann über
    $ lp meindoc.pdf
    bzw.
    $ lp -d YOUR_PRINTER_NAME meindoc.pdf

    zu drucken bzw. die Fehlermeldung zu sehen.

    Ggf. kannst du auch dein Programm, welches du ursprünglich zum Drucken verwenden willst, aus dem Terminal öffnen und schauen, ob
    Fehlermeldungen im Terminal ausgegeben werden.

    Viele Grüße, Andy

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