Bug ID 899405
Summary Printing broken in beta1 32-bit KDE, fixed in Printing Factory repository
Classification openSUSE
Product openSUSE Factory
Version 13.2 Beta 1
Hardware Other
OS Other
Status NEW
Severity Normal
Priority P5 - None
Component Printing
Assignee jsmeix@suse.com
Reporter hrm_sfo@sonic.net
QA Contact jsmeix@suse.com
Found By ---
Blocker ---

Created attachment 608703 [details]
Image of printed sheet - test page, 1 of 4

I installed 13.2 beta1 32-bit KDE kernel-default on a ThinkPad X41 with legacy
BIOS boot. It was the full DVD version written to a USB stick. I used ext4 file
systems, and formatted / and /home. This ThinkPad X41 has two hard drives, one
with 13.1, one for testing now with 13.2 beta1. Running 13.1, printing works
correctly. Running 13.2 beta1, printing is not working at the moment. Another
person reported the same behavior with a Lexmark Prospect Pro209 inkjet
printer.

With 13.2 beta1, I installed hplip and started it from YaST Printer
Configuration page. The hplip set up selected driver
/usr/share/cups/model/manufacturer-PPDs/hplip/hp-laserjet_pro_mfp_m127fn-hpijs.ppd.gz
Using that to print a test page gave no result. The working 13.1 installation
uses driver hp-laserjet_pro_mfp_m127fn-hpcups.ppd.gz so I changed to that. With
this, HP Device Manager prints a test page on four sheets, in pieces that did
not even form the entire page. An image of one 8� x 11 inch sheet is in
attachment cups_small.jpeg.
Using YaST Printer Configuration page to try to print a test page sent nothing
to the printer. The CUPS error log CUPS_error.txt is in a subsequent comment.

I added the repository at
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Printing/openSUSE_Factory/ and
switched all 20 installed packages to it. That was about 9 PM San Francisco
time, 28 Sep 2014. There was no change in printing behavior - still a
four-sheet test page.

Ever optimistic, I checked the repository about noon PDT today 29 Sep, and all
packages had updates available. I installed those as shown in attachment
Printing2_pkglist.txt in a subsequent comment. Lo and behold, printing now
works correctly. The test pages from both HP Device Manager and YaST Printer
Configuration were good, as were prints of a PDF file and a LibreOffice Writer
document.

Let's hope these latest packages make it into 13.2 soon.

Regards,
Howard


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