[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#405514: cupsys-client: Specifying pages hangs printer

[Cameron Horsburgh]

Package: cupsys-client
Version: 1.2.7-2
Severity: normal

I don't seem to be able to specify page numbers to print at the command line. For example,

lp -P 1 file.pdf
lp -o -page-ranges=1 file.pdf
lpr -o -page-ranges=1 file.pdf

all cause the printer to hang after the first pass of the printing heads. I am printing to an HP Deskjet 5740 with the latest HPLIP wotsit, installed via the web interface.

However, I can print the same file if I don't specify the page option:

lp file.pdf
lpr file.pdf

both work.

If I use the printing interface on a viewing application (I used evince) I can specify the page number successfully.

I tried reinstalling the printer, and I also restarted /etc/init.d/cupsys with no change in the result.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages cupsys-client depends on:
ii  adduser                      3.101       Add and remove users and groups
ii  cupsys-common                1.2.7-2     Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libc6                        2.3.6.ds1-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcupsys2                   1.2.7-2     Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 
ii  libgnutls13                  1.4.4-3     the GNU TLS library - runtime libr
ii  zlib1g                       1:1.2.3-13  compression library - runtime

Versions of packages cupsys-client recommends:
ii  cupsys-bsd                    1.2.7-2    Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - 

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