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Re: [trinity-users] Re: kpdf fails, can't print, all "filters" defective

From: Gene Heskett <gheskett@...>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 23:01:46 -0400
On Tuesday 12 March 2019 18:15:17 deloptes wrote:

> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > If you folks can find and solve this problem, I'd be most
> > appreciative. I've removed the true filter, leaving enscript, but
> > that also pops up this error:
> >
> > The MIME type application/postscript is not supported as input of
> > the filter chain (this may happen with non-CUPS spoolers when
> > performing page selection on a non-PostScript file). Do you want TDE
> > to convert the file to a supported format?
> >
> > None of the other filter selections materially change this error
> > message.
>
> I guess you have to look at the cups configuration. If the printer is
> properly configured/supported in cups, it should work from kpdf
> without issue.
>
> And why it is saying non-CUPS spoolers?
>
> If you don't mind share the model. I am not very knowledgable, but
> someone else can help and probably the debian user will be more
> fruitful.
>
Its an MFC-J6920DW

> I stick to B/W HP laser and first I used 5L for 18y which I replaced
> last year with another HP.
>
> Most important to configure the cups server - use the cups UI. Find
> the model or compatible one (ppd or whatever it is called in Brother).
>
Probably been to that rodeo a couple hundred times. It is not properly 
configured in cups, doing extremely pastel output.  Ink mileage is of 
course fantastic since it doesn't use near enough.
 
> Check the packages required and installed - might be you need the
> proper filter package.

I think that highly likely, but no one at cups can tell me what filter 
might be missing, and I have installed everything cups related according 
to synaptic.

> regards
>
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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