Hi. I’m very inexperienced with Linux, but I’m trying to learn by creating a server that uses a copy of an old application that prints documents containing PCL to an HP 2100. I’ve used several different drivers (from HPLIP and from the ghostscript drivers), but they all seem to do the same thing. Instead of using the PCL code, the PCL prints on the page. I would appreciate any help. Here’s the log file of one of my runs:
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdReadClient: 12 1.1 Send-Document 1
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] Send-Document ipp://localhost:631/printers/HP1
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdIsAuthorized: requesting-user-name=“inf”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] Auto-typing file…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] Request file type is text/plain.
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdMarkDirty(----J-)
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy=“Active clients and dirty files”, busy=“Active clients and dirty files”
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] File of type text/plain queued by “inf”.
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] Adding end banner page “none”.
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdMarkDirty(----J-)
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy=“Active clients and dirty files”, busy=“Active clients and dirty files”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdMarkDirty(----J-)
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy=“Active clients and dirty files”, busy=“Active clients and dirty files”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy=“Active clients and dirty files”, busy=“Active clients and dirty files”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] job-sheets=none,none
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] argv[0]=“HP1”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] argv[1]=“29”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] argv[2]=“inf”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] argv[3]=“xlp.3205”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] argv[4]=“1”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] argv[5]=“finishings=3 nb number-up=1 job-uuid=urn:uuid:7dfb2e21-2406-3be3-4b2a-85bee21533e2 job-originating-host-name=localhost time-at-creation=1342724304 time-at-processing=1342724304 AP_D_InputSlot=”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] argv[6]="/var/spool/cups/d00029-001"
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[0]=“CUPS_CACHEDIR=/var/cache/cups”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[1]=“CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[2]=“CUPS_DOCROOT=/usr/share/cups/webcontent”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[3]=“CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[4]=“CUPS_REQUESTROOT=/var/spool/cups”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[5]=“CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/lib/cups”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[6]=“CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[7]=“CUPS_STATEDIR=/var/run/cups”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[8]=“HOME=/var/spool/cups/tmp”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[9]=“PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[10]=“SERVER_ADMIN=root@rex507Linux”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[11]=“SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.5.0”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[12]=“TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[13]=“USER=root”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[14]=“CUPS_SERVER=/var/run/cups/cups.sock”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[15]=“CUPS_ENCRYPTION=IfRequested”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[16]=“IPP_PORT=631”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[17]=“CHARSET=utf-8”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[18]=“LANG=en_US.UTF-8”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[19]=“PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/HP1.ppd”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[20]=“RIP_MAX_CACHE=128m”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[21]=“CONTENT_TYPE=text/plain”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[22]=“DEVICE_URI=hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_2100_Series?ip=193.0.0.10”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[23]=“PRINTER_INFO=HP_LaserJet_2100”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[24]=“PRINTER_LOCATION=”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[25]=“PRINTER=HP1”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[26]=“PRINTER_STATE_REASONS=none”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[27]=“CUPS_FILETYPE=document”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[28]=“FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE=printer/HP1”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] envp[29]=“AUTH_I****”
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops (PID 3217)
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 3218)
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster (PID 3219)
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/hpcups (PID 3220)
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp (PID 3221)
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] Discarding unused job-state-changed event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] Returning IPP successful-ok for Send-Document (ipp://localhost:631/printers/HP1) from localhost
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy=“Printing jobs and dirty files”, busy=“Active clients and dirty files”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdReadClient: 12 WAITING Closing on EOF
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdCloseClient: 12
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy=“Printing jobs and dirty files”, busy=“Printing jobs and dirty files”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] Page = 612x792; 18,14 to 594,778
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] ppd->num_fonts = 35
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] ppd->fonts[0] = AvantGarde-Book
…Fonts removed
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] ppd->num_fonts = 35
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:24 -0500] [Job 29] ppd->fonts[0] = AvantGarde-Book
… fonts removed (note this list shows up 2 times).
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] PID 3217 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops) exited with no errors.
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Page = 612x792; 18,14 to 594,778
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] slow_collate=0, slow_duplex=0, slow_order=0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Before copy_comments - %!PS-Adobe-3.0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %!PS-Adobe-3.0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %%BoundingBox: 0 0 612 792
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %cupsRotation: 0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %%Creator: texttops/CUPS v1.5.0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %%CreationDate: Thu 19 Jul 2012 01:58:24 PM CDT
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %%Title: (xlp.3205)
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %%For: (inf)
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %%Pages: (atend)
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %%DocumentNeededResources: font Monospace-Bold
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %%+ font Monospace
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %%DocumentSuppliedResources: procset texttops 1.1 0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %%+ font Monospace-Bold
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %%+ font Monospace
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] %%EndComments
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Before copy_prolog - %%BeginProlog
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Before copy_setup - %%Page: 1 1
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Before page loop - %%Page: 1 1
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Copying page 1…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] pagew = 576.0, pagel = 764.0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] bboxx = 0, bboxy = 0, bboxw = 612, bboxl = 792
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] PageLeft = 18.0, PageRight = 594.0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] PageTop = 778.0, PageBottom = 14.0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] PageWidth = 612.0, PageLength = 792.0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Copying page 2…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] pagew = 576.0, pagel = 764.0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] bboxx = 0, bboxy = 0, bboxw = 612, bboxl = 792
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] PageLeft = 18.0, PageRight = 594.0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] PageTop = 778.0, PageBottom = 14.0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] PageWidth = 612.0, PageLength = 792.0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Wrote 2 pages…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] PID 3218 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops) exited with no errors.
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Starting GPL Ghostscript 9.00…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Set job-printer-state-message to “Starting GPL Ghostscript 9.00…”, current level=INFO
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Running /usr/bin/gs -dQUIET -dPARANOIDSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dDisableFAPI=true -dNOMEDIAATTRS -sDEVICE=cups -sstdout=%stderr -sOUTPUTFILE=%stdout -c -f -_
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] Discarding unused job-progress event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event…
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Start rendering…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Set job-printer-state-message to “Start rendering…”, current level=INFO
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] Discarding unused job-progress event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event…
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Processing page 1…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Set job-printer-state-message to “Processing page 1…”, current level=INFO
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] Discarding unused job-progress event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] PAGE: 1 1STATE: +connecting-to-device
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] Discarding unused job-progress event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] STATE: -connecting-to-device
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] STATE: -media-empty-error,media-jam-error,hplip.plugin-error,cover-open-error,toner-empty-error,other
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Processing page 2…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] [Job 29] Set job-printer-state-message to “Processing page 2…”, current level=INFO
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] Discarding unused job-progress event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:25 -0500] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:26 -0500] [Job 29] PAGE: 2 1INFO: Processing page 3…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:26 -0500] Discarding unused job-progress event…
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:26 -0500] [Job 29] Rendering completed
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:26 -0500] [Job 29] Set job-printer-state-message to “Rendering completed”, current level=INFO
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:26 -0500] Discarding unused job-progress event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:26 -0500] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:26 -0500] PID 3220 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/hpcups) exited with no errors.
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:26 -0500] PID 3219 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster) exited with no errors.
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:34 -0500] [Job 29] ready to print
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:34 -0500] [Job 29] Set job-printer-state-message to “ready to print”, current level=INFO
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:34 -0500] Discarding unused job-progress event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:34 -0500] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:35 -0500] PID 3221 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) exited with no errors.
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:35 -0500] Discarding unused job-completed event…
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:35 -0500] [Job 29] Job completed.
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:35 -0500] cupsdMarkDirty(----J-)
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:35 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy=“Printing jobs and dirty files”, busy=“Printing jobs and dirty files”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:35 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy=“Printing jobs and dirty files”, busy=“Printing jobs and dirty files”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:35 -0500] Discarding unused printer-state-changed event…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:36 -0500] [Job 29] Unloading…
I [19/Jul/2012:13:58:55 -0500] Saving job.cache…
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:55 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy=“Not busy”, busy=“Printing jobs and dirty files”
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:55 -0500] Report: clients=0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:55 -0500] Report: jobs=18
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:55 -0500] Report: jobs-active=0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:55 -0500] Report: printers=4
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:55 -0500] Report: printers-implicit=0
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:55 -0500] Report: stringpool-string-count=6790
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:55 -0500] Report: stringpool-alloc-bytes=10672
D [19/Jul/2012:13:58:55 -0500] Report: stringpool-total-bytes=126816
D [19/Jul/2012:14:46:55 -0500] cupsdAcceptClient: 12 from localhost:631 (IPv6)
D [19/Jul/2012:14:46:55 -0500] Report: clients=1
D [19/Jul/2012:14:46:55 -0500] Report: jobs=18
D [19/Jul/2012:14:46:55 -0500] Report: jobs-active=0
D [19/Jul/2012:14:46:55 -0500] Report: printers=4
D [19/Jul/2012:14:46:55 -0500] Report: printers-implicit=0
D [19/Jul/2012:14:46:55 -0500] Report: stringpool-string-count=6790
D [19/Jul/2012:14:46:55 -0500] Report: stringpool-alloc-bytes=10672
D [19/Jul/2012:14:46:55 -0500] Report: stringpool-total-bytes=126816
D [19/Jul/2012:14:46:55 -0500] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST /admin/ HTTP/1.1
D [19/Jul/2012:14:46:55 -0500] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy=“Active clients”, busy=“Not busy”