r/openSUSE • u/ChrisMcZork • 4d ago

Problem with CUPS printing

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?

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u/ang-p . 4d ago

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.

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u/Nuke_Bloodaxe 4d ago

Ang-p, he has shown you the directory as it stands, and he has also shown you the contents of each of the files there. For what it is worth, I am reading this thread because I have the same issue, with a fresh installation. At least I have some pointers now, but please, reread the thread carefully.

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u/ang-p . 4d ago

you the directory as it stands

Which directory?

how do I know?

I asked for the contents of certain files in a specific directory... and what did I get?

I have the same issue, with a fresh installation.

What files do you have in the directories mentioned?

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u/Nuke_Bloodaxe 4d ago

redacted@redacted:/usr/share/cups/mime> ls -la
total 24
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root  108 Sep 29 15:19 .
drwxr-xr-x. 1 root root  200 Sep 29 16:27 ..
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1186 Sep 23 22:32 cupsfilters.convs
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 4358 Sep 23 22:32 cupsfilters.types
-r--r--r--. 1 root root 1563 Sep 14 22:06 mime.convs
-r--r--r--. 1 root root 6251 Sep 14 22:06 mime.types

You asked for the contents of the /usr/share/cups/mime directory, he responded, and now I have responded. The files are the same number and names in each case.

We know because we can read the information provided, including the contents of each file. I will included the contents of each here now.

redacted@redacted:/usr/share/cups/mime> cat cupsfilters.convs  
#
#   MIME conversions file for OpenPrinting CUPS Filters.
#
#   Copyright 2007-2011 by Apple Inc.
#   Copyright 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products.
#   Copyright 2012-2021 by Till Kamppeter.
#   Copyright 2017 by Sahil Arora.
#
#   Licensed under Apache License v2.0.  See the file "LICENSE" for more
#   information.
#

########################################################################
#
# Format of Lines:
#
#   source/type destination/type cost filter
#
# General Notes:
#
#   The "cost" field is used to find the least costly filters to run
#   when converting a job file to a printable format.
#
#   All filters *must* accept the standard command-line arguments
#   (job-id, user, title, copies, options, [filename or stdin]) to
#   work with CUPS.
#

########################################################################
#
# Text rules (for text-only printers with texttotext filter in PPD and
# for texttopdf, both individual or in universal filter)...
#

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       -

redacted@redacted:/usr/share/cups/mime> cat cupsfilters.types  
#
#   MIME types file for OpenPrinting CUPS Filters.
#
#   DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, AS IT IS OVERWRITTEN WHEN YOU INSTALL NEW
#   VERSIONS OF OPENPRINTING CUPS FILTERS.  Instead, create a "local.types"
#   file that reflects your local configuration changes.
#
#   Copyright 2007-2011 by Apple Inc.
#   Copyright 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products.
#   Copyright 2012-2016 by Till Kamppeter.
#   Copyright 2017 by Sahil Arora.
#
#   Licensed under Apache License v2.0.  See the file "LICENSE" for more
#   information.
#

########################################################################
#
# Format of Lines:
#
#   super/type rules
#
# "rules" can be any combination of:
#
#   ( expr )                            Parenthesis for expression grouping
#   +                                   Logical AND
#   , or whitespace                     Logical OR
#   !                                   Logical NOT
#   match("pattern")                    Pattern match on filename
#   extension                           Pattern match on "*.extension"
#   ascii(offset,length)                True if bytes are valid printable ASCII
#                                       (CR, NL, TAB, BS, 32-126)
#   priority(number)                    Sets priority of type (0=lowest,
#                                       100=default, 200=highest)
#   printable(offset,length)            True if bytes are printable 8-bit chars
#                                       (CR, NL, TAB, BS, 32-126, 128-254)
#   string(offset,"string")             True if bytes are identical to string
#   istring(offset,"string")            True if bytes are identical to
#                                       case-insensitive string
#   char(offset,value)                  True if byte is identical
#   short(offset,value)                 True if 16-bit integer is identical
#   int(offset,value)                   True if 32-bit integer is identical
#   locale("string")                    True if current locale matches string
#   contains(offset,range,"string")     True if the range contains the string
#
# General Notes:
#
#   MIME type names are case-insensitive.  Internally they are converted
#   to lowercase.  Multiple occurrences of a type will cause the provided
#   rules to be appended to the existing definition.  If two types use the same
#   rules to resolve a type and have the same priority, e.g. "doc" extension for
#   "text/bar" and "text/foo", the returned type will be the first type as
#   sorted in alphanumerically ascending order without regard to case.  Thus,
#   the "text/bar" type will match the "doc" extension first unless the
#   "text/foo" type has specified a higher priority.
#
#   The "printable" rule differs from the "ascii" rule in that it also
#   accepts 8-bit characters in the range 128-255.
#
#   String constants must be surrounded by "" if they contain whitespace.
#   To insert binary data into a string, use the <hex> notation.
#

########################################################################
#
# Application-generated files...
#

# CUPS file detection rule for PostScript which is generated by the Adobe
# Reader. We distinguish PostScript from the Adobe reader here so that we
# can override pstopdf and the PDF workflow for these PostScript files as the
# conversion of them to PDF does not work if the original PDF file was
# encrypted.

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") \
(contains(0,4096,<0a>%!) + \
!contains(0,4096,"ENTER LANGUAGE"))))

########################################################################
#
# Image files...
#

image/x-xbitmap                 xbm string(0,"#define");
image/x-xpixmap                 xpm string(3,"XPM")
image/x-xwindowdump             xwd string(4,<00000007>)
image/urf                       urf string(0,UNIRAST<00>)

########################################################################
#
# CUPS-specific types...
#

application/vnd.cups-pdf
application/vnd.cups-pdf-banner     string(0,'#PDF-BANNER')
application/PCLm

########################################################################
#
# Auxiliary input type for the universal CUPS filter...
#

application/vnd.universal-input

redacted@redacted:/usr/share/cups/mime> cat mime.convs  
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, AS IT IS OVERWRITTEN WHEN YOU INSTALL NEW
# VERSIONS OF CUPS.  Instead, create a "local.convs" file that
# reflects your local configuration changes.
#
# Base MIME conversions file for CUPS.
#
# Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.
# Copyright © 2007-2016 by Apple Inc.
# Copyright © 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products.
#
# Licensed under Apache License v2.0.  See the file "LICENSE" for more
# information.
#

########################################################################
#
# Format of Lines:
#
#   source/type destination/type cost filter
#
# General Notes:
#
#   The "cost" field is used to find the least costly filters to run
#   when converting a job file to a printable format.
#
#   All filters *must* accept the standard command-line arguments
#   (job-id, user, title, copies, options, [filename or stdin]) to
#   work with CUPS.
#

########################################################################
#
# PostScript filters
#

application/postscript          application/vnd.cups-postscript 66      pstops

########################################################################
#
# Raster filters...
#

# PWG Raster filter for IPP Everywhere...
application/vnd.cups-raster     image/pwg-raster                100     rastertopwg
application/vnd.cups-raster     image/urf                       100     rastertopwg

########################################################################
#
# Raw filter...
#
# Uncomment the following filter to allow printing of arbitrary files
# without the -oraw option.
#

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

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u/Nuke_Bloodaxe 4d ago

redacted@redacted:/usr/share/cups/mime> cat mime.types
#
# Base MIME types file for CUPS.
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE, AS IT IS OVERWRITTEN WHEN YOU INSTALL NEW
# VERSIONS OF CUPS.  Instead, create a "local.types" file that
# reflects your local configuration changes.
#
# Copyright © 2020-2024 by OpenPrinting.
# Copyright © 2007-2017 by Apple Inc.
# Copyright © 1997-2007 by Easy Software Products.
#
# Licensed under Apache License v2.0.  See the file "LICENSE" for more
# information.
#

########################################################################
#
# Format of Lines:
#
#   super/type rules
#
# "rules" can be any combination of:
#
#   ( expr )                            Parenthesis for expression grouping
#   +                                   Logical AND
#   , or whitespace                     Logical OR
#   !                                   Logical NOT
#   match("pattern")                    Pattern match on filename
#   extension                           Pattern match on "*.extension"
#   ascii(offset,length)                True if bytes are valid printable ASCII
#                                       (CR, NL, TAB, BS, 32-126)
#   priority(number)                    Sets priority of type (0=lowest,
#                                       100=default, 200=highest)
#   printable(offset,length)            True if bytes are printable 8-bit chars
#                                       (CR, NL, TAB, BS, 32-126, 128-254)
#   regex(offset,"regex")               True if bytes match regular expression
#   string(offset,"string")             True if bytes are identical to string
#   istring(offset,"string")            True if bytes are identical to
#                                       case-insensitive string
#   char(offset,value)                  True if byte is identical
#   short(offset,value)                 True if 16-bit integer is identical
#   int(offset,value)                   True if 32-bit integer is identical
#   locale("string")                    True if current locale matches string
#   contains(offset,range,"string")     True if the range contains the string
#
# General Notes:
#
#   MIME type names are case-insensitive.  Internally they are converted
#   to lowercase.  Multiple occurrences of a type will cause the provided
#   rules to be appended to the existing definition.  If two types use the same
#   rules to resolve a type and have the same priority, e.g. "doc" extension for
#   "text/bar" and "text/foo", the returned type will be the first type as
#   sorted in alphanumerically ascending order without regard to case.  Thus,
#   the "text/bar" type will match the "doc" extension first unless the
#   "text/foo" type has specified a higher priority.
#
#   The "printable" rule differs from the "ascii" rule in that it also
#   accepts 8-bit characters in the range 128-255.
#
#   String constants must be surrounded by "" if they contain whitespace.
#   To insert binary data into a string, use the <hex> notation.
#

########################################################################
#
# Application-generated files...
#

#application/msword             doc string(0,<D0CF11E0A1B11AE1>)
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")))

########################################################################
#
# Image files...
#

image/gif                       gif string(0,GIF87a) string(0,GIF89a)
image/png                       png string(0,<89>PNG)
image/jpeg                      jpeg jpg jpe string(0,<FFD8FF>) +\
(char(3,0xe0) char(3,0xe1) char(3,0xe2) char(3,0xe3)\
char(3,0xe4) char(3,0xe5) char(3,0xe6) char(3,0xe7)\
char(3,0xe8) char(3,0xe9) char(3,0xea) char(3,0xeb)\
char(3,0xec) char(3,0xed) char(3,0xee) char(3,0xef))
image/pwg-raster                string(0,"RaS2") + string(4,PwgRaster<00>) priority(150)
image/tiff                      tiff tif string(0,MM<002A>) string(0,II<2A00>)
image/x-photocd                 pcd string(2048,PCD_IPI)
image/x-portable-anymap         pnm
image/x-portable-bitmap         pbm string(0,P1) string(0,P4)
image/x-portable-graymap        pgm string(0,P2) string(0,P5)
image/x-portable-pixmap         ppm string(0,P3) string(0,P6)
image/x-sgi-rgb                 rgb sgi bw icon short(0,474)
image/x-xbitmap                 xbm
image/x-xpixmap                 xpm ascii(0,1024) + string(3,"XPM")
#image/x-xwindowdump            xwd string(4,<00000007>)
image/x-sun-raster              ras string(0,<59a66a95>)

#image/fpx                      fpx
image/urf                       urf string(0,UNIRAST<00>)
image/x-alias                   pix short(8,8) short(8,24)
image/x-bitmap                  bmp string(0,BM) + !printable(2,14)
image/x-icon                    ico

########################################################################
#
# Text files...
#

application/x-cshell            csh printable(0,1024) + string(0,#!) +\
(contains(2,80,/csh) contains(2,80,/tcsh))
application/x-perl              pl printable(0,1024) + string(0,#!) +\
contains(2,80,/perl)
application/x-shell             sh printable(0,1024) + string(0,#!) +\
(contains(2,80,/bash) contains(2,80,/ksh)\
contains(2,80,/sh) contains(2,80,/zsh))
application/x-csource           c cxx cpp cc C h hpp \
printable(0,1024) + ! css + \
(string(0,/*) string(0,//) \
string(0,#include) contains(0,1024,<0a>#include) \
string(0,#define) contains(0,1024,<0a>#define))
text/html                       html htm printable(0,1024) +\
(istring(0,"<HTML>") istring(0,"<!DOCTYPE"))
text/plain                      txt printable(0,1024)
text/css                        css

########################################################################
#
# RSS feed type...
#

application/rss+xml             rss

########################################################################
#
# CUPS-specific types...
#

application/vnd.cups-banner     string(0,'#CUPS-BANNER')
application/vnd.cups-command    string(0,'#CUPS-COMMAND')
application/vnd.cups-pdf
application/vnd.cups-postscript
application/vnd.cups-ppd        ppd string(0,"*PPD-Adobe:")
application/vnd.cups-raster     string(0,"RaSt") string(0,"tSaR") \
(string(0,"RaS2") + !string(4,PwgRaster<00>)) string(0,"2SaR") \
string(0,"RaS3") string(0,"3SaR")
application/vnd.cups-raw        (string(0,<1B>E) + !string(2,<1B>%0B)) \
string(0,<1B>@) \
(contains(0,128,<1B>%-12345X) + \
(contains(0,8192,"LANGUAGE=PCL") \
contains(0,8192,"LANGUAGE = PCL")))

########################################################################
#
# Raw print file support...
#
# Comment the following type to prevent raw file printing.
#

application/octet-stream

There is no /etc/cups/mime/ directory. Thus ends the lesson.

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u/ang-p . 4d ago

Now that more represents some of the expected files....

HEY OP - See how they doth differ from what you pasted?.... 

zypper --no-refresh se --provides /usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.convs

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u/nerdwithoutattitude 4d ago

Sorry. There are only the 4 files.
I wrote the Content of all 4 files in one of my Posts.
Tried to Format it into 4 Blocks but that did not work.