Hi, I have observed a strange error with kdeprint 3.1.2 when used with cups. I can install a printer using the kprinter dialogs and the test page prints fine, but when the printer is finally installed, then:
- it prints postscript code from applications - the printer options (supported resolutions etc.) which are usually read from the driver file are wrong - trying to reconfigure the printer gives this error message: Unable to load a valid driver for printer ESC740. Error message received from manager: Internal error (no error message). - trying to obtain a ipp report in the kde print manager gives me this error message: Unable to retrieve printer information. Error received: Connection to CUPS server failed. Check that the CUPS server is correctly installed and running. - kprinter can't build a driverdatabase. However, when I use the webfrontend that comes with cups or print from openoffice via cupsys-bsd it works all fine. So the temporary solution I came up with was to set the kde printing manager to use the LPR system, where it recognises the printer like openoffice via cupsys-bsd emulation. Lateron, after playing with kprinter for a while I reentered (same paths as before) all paths in the Printing Manager -> Configure server -> Directories dialog, which seemed to have cure it. But kprinter still doesn't build a driverdatabase. Hope that helps to find this bug. This bug appeared using sid/kde3.1.2 and even after I reinstalled cupsys/kdeprint including a purge in between. regards, Marc
