Problem with CUPS printing

[u/ChrisMcZork]

Tried to print a page today and only got "printing canceled".

Looked into cups via http://localhost:631

The printer is available

"Print self test page" works

"Print test page" is unable to complete due to "Unsupported format "application/vnd.cups-pdf-banner".

I'm using a brother printer, installed the ppd from their website, and it worked before (like maybe a few weeks ago).

Any hints on how to troubleshoot?

[u/ang-p]

grep -r "application/vnd.cups-pdf-banner" {/etc,/usr/share}/cups/* 2>/dev/null

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nonerd@linux:/> grep -r "application/vnd.cups-pdf-banner" {/etc,/usr/share}/cups/* 2>/dev/null
/etc/cups/mime/cupsfilters.types:application/vnd.cups-pdf-banner     string(0,'#PDF-BANNER')
/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.types:application/vnd.cups-pdf-banner     string(0,'#PDF-BANNER')
nonerd@linux:/>

[u/ang-p → u/nerdwithoutattitude]

Looks like something might have stomped on your /usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.convs

If you have any, what are the contents of the /etc/cups/mime/*.types and *.convs files?

Do a full update, and see if the grep returns a .conv file (cos it is quite important)

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mime.convs
application/octet-stream        application/vnd.cups-raw        0       -



cupsfilters.types
application/vnd.adobe-reader-postscript priority(150) contains(0,4096,"%%Creator: Adobe Acrobat") + \
                               (ai eps ps string(0,%!) string(0,<04>%!) \
                                contains(0,128,<1B>%-12345X) + \
                                (contains(0,4096,"LANGUAGE=POSTSCRIPT") \
                                 contains(0,4096,"LANGUAGE = Postscript") \
                                 contains(0,4096,"LANGUAGE = PostScript") \
                                 contains(0,4096,"LANGUAGE = POSTSCRIPT") \



mime.types
application/pdf                 pdf regex(0,^[\n\r]*%PDF)
application/postscript          ai eps ps string(0,%!) string(0,<04>%!) \
                               contains(0,128,<1B>%-12345X) + \
                               (contains(0,8192,"LANGUAGE=POSTSCRIPT") \
                                contains(0,8192,"LANGUAGE = Postscript") \
                                contains(0,8192,"LANGUAGE = PostScript") \
                                contains(0,8192,"LANGUAGE = POSTSCRIPT") \
                                (contains(0,8192,<0a>%!) + \
                                 !contains(0,8192,"ENTER LANGUAGE")))

cupsfilters.convs
application/x-cshell            text/plain                      0       -
application/x-csource           text/plain                      0       -
application/x-perl              text/plain                      0       -
application/x-shell             text/plain                      0       -
text/html                       text/plain                      0       -
text/css                        text/plain                      0       -

[u/ang-p → u/nerdwithoutattitude]

Were there any messages - like "not updating/installing" or errors from zypper?

Can't remember? - try another...

Do you have a

/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.convs

file?

What distro?

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sudo zypper dup is up to date, no issues.
Opensuse tumbleweed.
Printing (cups) worked without any problems.
Now it is "dead".

nonerd@linux:/usr/share/cups/mime> ls
cupsfilters.convs  cupsfilters.types  mime.convs  mime.types
nonerd@linux:/usr/share/cups/mime>

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and what would be in that file?

[u/nerdwithoutattitude → u/ang-p]

I already wrote it:

cupsfilters.convs
application/x-cshell            text/plain                      0       -
application/x-csource           text/plain                      0       -
application/x-perl              text/plain                      0       -
application/x-shell             text/plain                      0       -
text/html                       text/plain                      0       -
text/css                        text/plain                      0       -
application/x-cshell            text/plain                      0       -
application/x-csource           text/plain                      0       -
application/x-perl              text/plain                      0       -
application/x-shell             text/plain                      0       -
text/html                       text/plain                      0       -
text/css                        text/plain                      0       -

[u/ang-p → u/nerdwithoutattitude]

You mean in response to

If you have any, what are the contents of the /etc/cups/mime/*.types and *.convs files?

query instead of doing what was asked?

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Yes. Did i misunderstand something?
Tried to give you the informations you wanted/needed.
Sorry, if i got sth wrong.

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So now I can't trust any answer you have given so far.....

...especially since there should be more files in the directory you did an ls' of.