I think I don't have cups filters

I think I don't have cups filters

Postby arromdee » Sep 11th, '23, 06:01

I am using Mageia 9 with a Brother 3270CDW printer with the generic IPP Everywhere driver.

lpr filename.ps works.

display filename.jpg and printing it by right-click works (after fixing this other problem.) I know that display (from ImageMagick) converts the jpg to ps before trying to print it.

lpr filename.jpg doesn't work and gives a cancelled at printer message. So it seems that I can only print .ps files, which implies that cups filters are not working to convert common image types to ps.

cups-filters is installed. Going to /etc/cups and "grep -i filter *" only shows me references to BrowseFilter, not references to Filter. How do I tell cups that my printer only understands ps, so that it should apply a filter when necessary? Also, I would expect that it would apply the imagetops filter, but looking at that file tells me:

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# Note: This wrapper filter is only included for backward compatibility with
# certan custom configurations. It is not mentioned in any of the .convs
# files included in this package and therefore never used with the default
# configuration.


What would I need to use instead of imagetops and how would I tell cups to use it?
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Re: I think I don't have cups filters

Postby doktor5000 » Sep 11th, '23, 18:22

Why don't you simply install your printer regularly to not need to fiddle with filters and such and just be able to print ?
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Re: I think I don't have cups filters

Postby arromdee » Sep 11th, '23, 18:36

The printer is supposed to work with this driver. That response is unhelpful.
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Re: I think I don't have cups filters

Postby doktor5000 » Sep 11th, '23, 19:40

Sorry to provide an alternative approach to help you with your issue. Good luck with that stance.
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Re: I think I don't have cups filters

Postby morgano » Sep 12th, '23, 19:44

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