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== Error message == | == Error message == | ||
in | e.g. visible in kprinter or cups log: 'loadFile failed: temp file: not a PDF file' | ||
-> notoriously bad cups error message. | |||
* Which program in the long pipe of the printing system spits out this message? | |||
* Which tool produced the input data that was processed? | |||
* What was the output of that program? | |||
Google not helpful on this, but try and error finally succeeded... | |||
== Solution == | == Solution == | ||
Revision as of 14:19, 22 November 2019
Kyocera ECOSYS M5526cdn
with Opensuse Leap 42.2, the supplied PPD does not work:
- Duplex test page works -> printer and communication is ok
- Printing from applications like Gimp does not work
Error message
e.g. visible in kprinter or cups log: 'loadFile failed: temp file: not a PDF file'
-> notoriously bad cups error message.
- Which program in the long pipe of the printing system spits out this message?
- Which tool produced the input data that was processed?
- What was the output of that program?
Google not helpful on this, but try and error finally succeeded...
Solution
- Download the ppd file from Kyocera
Linux driver 8.1602 833,11 KB Linux_8.1602_EC..._P5021_5026.zip
- Unzip the PPD file /Linux/EU/German/Kyocera ECOSYS M5526cdn.PPD to /usr/share/cups/model/Kyocera
- Select this PPD for the printer in Yast