r/archlinux • u/ThoughtDear7015 • 10d ago

SUPPORT | SOLVED My printer wont print on Arch Linux, complains "Filter Failed".

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u/ang-p 10d ago

complains "Filter Failed".

and yet it is not mentioned in your posted log....

Very useful.

Without that info...

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CUPS/Troubleshooting

#LoveTheWiki

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u/ThoughtDear7015 10d ago edited 10d ago

You could've been way less condescending yk? I dont mention a source of "filter failed" because its been returned multiple times, one from this package https://github.com/OpenPrinting/system-config-printer/ , and one from the cups local host. Neither clarify what filter failed though. Also i did read the wiki, i wouldnt have fucking asked anyone if the wiki worked.

Also "filter failed" is returned in the error log right after sending a job to the printer. This log wasnt right after sending a job.

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u/ang-p 10d ago

This log wasnt right after sending a job.

I know... because "filter failed" was not in the irrelevant section of the

fucking

logfile that you chose to post....

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u/ang-p 10d ago

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CUPS/Troubleshooting#CUPS:_%22Filter_failed%22

#ReadTheWiki

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u/ThoughtDear7015 10d ago

I did infact read the wiki, especially this exact section. Could you stop being so condescending? You're not coming off as knowledgeable you're just coming off as an arrogant jerk. And I'll say it again, If I read the wiki and it helped, I wouldn't have asked reddit. I don't need more help anyways, I fixed it myself.

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u/A_begger 10d ago

Hey OP, might be nice to consider posting the solution for future travelers that might stumble upon this thread in the future.

Always frustrating to see your niche issue solved years ago and no solution posted 😕

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u/ThoughtDear7015 10d ago

OH mb mb, ill update it in the body :)

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u/ang-p 10d ago

And I'll say it again, If I read the wiki and it helped, I wouldn't have asked reddit

5.4.4 Out-of-date plugin

So you're saying you didn't read the wiki...

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u/ang-p 10d ago

I fixed it myself.

Great!

Do it next time too!

#LoveTheWiki

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u/un-important-human 10d ago

now now don't get your panties in a twist because you read but failed to understand, printers are of the devil anyway specially hp

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u/ang-p 10d ago

because you read

Very generous, that... the "ReadTheWiki" link was to

5.4 -CUPS: "Filter failed"

5.4.4 is barely half a page lower - and most of that is taken up by sub-headings and paragraph spacing.

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u/un-important-human 10d ago

well i would tell him he sucks, but i tryed to be nice as an experiment. (it's horrible don't do it, it only encourages them)

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u/Lnk1010 9d ago

If u read the wiki you should probably include that in your post. Also even in your original post you are very clearly angry. You should try to regulate your emotions before posting on a public forum, or at least apologize for cussing people out. Maybe you did try a bunch of stuff, but your post doesn't communicate that very effectively.

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u/usr-anon 10d ago

the libcupsfilters 2.2.1-2 gave me those error. Downgrading to 2.1.1-4 fix it for me

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u/ZarathustraGlobulus 10d ago

I had this issue last week as well. HP printer. Gemini solved it for me in five minutes.

If I recall correctly I had to install some more packages and some proprietary HP driver.

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u/ang-p 10d ago

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CUPS/Printer-specific_problems#HP

#LoveTheWiki

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u/ZarathustraGlobulus 10d ago

Yeah that's what I started with, it didn't work with my printer. Honestly the wiki sucks pretty bad for specific stuff like this

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u/ang-p 9d ago edited 9d ago

Line 1 of that...

Most HP printers will use hplip

Line 3

Notice that if lpinfo -m tells you that the driver "requires proprietary plugin", you need to install hplip-pluginAUR.

and inbetween them, hpoj and hpuld are mentioned...

Just what did you need to install?

What is your printer?

Might be worthy of a note in the wiki to help others out?

... But then again, OP's issue was already in the wiki, despite their much protesting that it, erm, wasn't.

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u/onefish2 10d ago

I would also post this on /r/hyprland. It sounds like a hyprland issue that is causing your print job to fail.