[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#473888: cups does not print multi file jobs remotely

[Erik Thiele]

Package: cupsys
Version: 1.2.7-4etch3
Severity: Important

Severity is important, because "Key functionality is not working" is set in 
the corresponding CUPS bug tracking system. see below.


echo first file | mpage > first.ps
echo second file | mpage > second.ps

on a machine that is running cups locally and the printers are attached 
locally, you can do:

lp first.ps second.ps

and both files get printed.


but let's say you have 2 machines. Both are running cups. they are connected 
by browsing. the server machine has the printer attached locally. now on the 
client you do

lp first.ps second.ps

just nothing happens. he sais that a job is created, but nothing happens.
if instead you do

lp first.ps
lp second.ps

then both get printed correctly.

the same issue applies if you print your jobs with kprinter from the kde 
project and probably all other cups printing interfaces.

on this page (CUPS STR #2673) you see a report about that problem.
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2673

the things described there show exactly the same phenomenon. also the logfile 
they show there closely matches the one i have. the IPP backend gets not even 
started.