Will not print PDF

[wavemaker]

Gooday all, as the title suggests ,I am having a problem printing off a PDF doc. I can print anything else. Any ideas as to why this may be so? TiA, Regards, James.

[Snowhog]

Re: Will not print PDF

Open Adept Manage and ensure that you have the following packages installed:

cups-pdf
ghostscript
ghostscript-x
kpdf
libgs8
libpoppler-glib2
libpoppler-qt2
libpoppler2
poppler-utils

[wavemaker]

Re: Will not print PDF

Thanks Snowhog, I just checked that and had all but one of them installed. Got it and tried again to no avail. Should I restart to see if that makes a difference?

[wavemaker]

Re: Will not print PDF

Did that, still no talkies. Any other ideas. Happy new year. James.

[Snowhog]

Re: Will not print PDF

Hmm. In Adept Manger, verify that you have the following packages installed:

cupsys-driver-gutenprint
foomatic-db-gutenprint
ijsgutenprint
libgutenprint2

[wavemaker]

Re: Will not print PDF

Yeah mate, they are all installed.

[Snowhog]

Re: Will not print PDF

What make/model of printer do you have, and when you open K Menu | System Settings | Printers and you have your default printer highlighted, what does the Model: report on the Information tab (full description please)?

[wavemaker]

Re: Will not print PDF

Mate it's a canon iP4200. When I was setting it up there was no driver for it on the list so I chose the driver for the iP4000, and as I said ti prints all but PDF. in the default printer printer box it says,
Type: Local Printer
State: Idle (accepting jobs)
Location:
Description: Canon iP4000
URI: ipp://Local Host:631/printers/james
Device: usb:/canon/iP4200
Model: Canon iP4000 foomatic/gutenprint-ijs simplified.5.0.

[Snowhog]

Re: Will not print PDF

Model: Canon iP4000 foomatic/gutenprint-ijs simplified.5.0.

Try this 'test.' Use the Printer Wizard to again, add a new printer. Do everything you did for your Canon, to include selecting the iP4000. But, accept the default driver the Wizard comes up with. It should be the Foomatic/something (recommended)

Give the printer a different name. Make sure it works - print a test page. Then, select it as default. Try to print a pdf document to it.

[wavemaker]

Re: Will not print PDF

Ok mate, tried that, no go. There are 2 drivers come up when I select the printer brand and number. The one with "simplified" in it and one exactly the same but without the word "simplified" in it. Tried it both ways, not co-operating.

[Snowhog]

Re: Will not print PDF

Can't say whether this CanonPixmaIP4200 guide may help - it was written for Dapper - but you never know.

[wavemaker]

Re: Will not print PDF

Thanks again for that mate. I get so far with this then I get this.
james@james:~$ sudo alien cnijfilter-common-2.60-1.i386.rpm cnijfilter-ip4200-2.60-1.i386.rpm
[sudo] password for james:
sudo: alien: command not found
james@james:~$
Won't go any further.

[Snowhog]

Re: Will not print PDF

Did you actually get/install alien with the apt-get command first - Step 2 of the instructions? The response you are getting implies that alien is not installed?

[wavemaker]

Re: Will not print PDF

Yeah mate, and I just did it again, same result.

[sudo] password for james:
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Translation-en_AU
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release.gpg [187B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Translation-en_AU
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/main Translation-en_AU
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security Release
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/universe Translation-en_AU
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed Release
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/main Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/restricted Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/main Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/universe Sources
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com gutsy-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-proposed/universe Packages
Get:4 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Translation-en_AU
Get:5 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release.gpg [187B]
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Translation-en_AU
Ign http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Translation-en_AU
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy Release
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates Release
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/restricted Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/universe Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/multiverse Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/main Sources
Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com gutsy-updates/restricted Sources
Fetched 5B in 30s (0B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
james@james:~$ mkdir canon
mkdir: cannot create directory `canon': File exists
james@james:~$ cd canon
james@james:~/canon$ wget http://software.canon-europe.com/fil...nux_260.tar.gz
--15:52:11-- http://software.canon-europe.com/fil...nux_260.tar.gz
=> `iP4200_Linux_260.tar.gz'
Resolving software.canon-europe.com... 217.150.145.30
Connecting to software.canon-europe.com|217.150.145.30|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 10,852,648 (10M) [application/x-gzip]

100%[====================================>] 10,852,648 20.57K/s ETA 00:00

16:00:55 (20.29 KB/s) - `iP4200_Linux_260.tar.gz' saved [10852648/10852648]

james@james:~/canon$
james@james:~/canon$ tar -xvzf iP4200_Linux_260.tar.gz
cnijfilter-common-2.60-1.i386.rpm
cnijfilter-common-2.60-1.src.rpm
cnijfilter-ip4200-2.60-1.i386.rpm
cnijfilter-ip4200-lprng-2.60-1.i386.rpm
james@james:~/canon$ sudo alien cnijfilter-common-2.60-1.i386.rpm cnijfilter-ip4200-2.60-1.i386.rpm
[sudo] password for james:
sudo: alien: command not found
james@james:~/canon$

[Snowhog]

Re: Will not print PDF

Trust me, I'm not doubting you. But, the post you just made implies that you didn't run:

sudo apt-get install alien libxml1 libpng12-0 libpng12-dev libgtk1.2 libgtk1.2-common

I'm probably wrong on that assumption, but ....

Does Adept Manager show that Alien is installed?