Re: CUPS error

From: Tomoaki AOKI <junchoon_at_dec.sakura.ne.jp>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 03:03:31 UTC
On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 20:22:33 -0400
George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> wrote:

> After years of avoiding CUPS because it couldn't quite print correctly
> to my Lexmark E210, I'm trying again.  It works happily with my HP
> LaserJet 200 colorMFP M276nw.  But in adding my new HP LaserJet M209dw,
> I keep getting this error in my CUPS error_log when I submit a print
> job:
> 
> Unknown device: cups
> prnt/hpcups/HPCupsFilter.cpp 592: cupsRasterOpen failed, fd = 0
> 
> (There are a few hundred more lines of information as well; should I
> post the whole thing?)
> 
> I'm compiling from ports, but I can't find HPCupsFilter.cpp anywhere.
> The CUPS GUI Jobs display helpfully tells me my print job is stopped:
> "Filter failed".
> 
> FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE-p4
> cups-2.4.10_1
> cups-filters-1.28.17_4
> hplip-3.24.4
> 
> -- George

I'm not using HP printers, so just a prediction.

Doesn't any of
  print/hplip-plugin      [1]
  print/foomatic-db-hpijs [2]
needed?

[1] https://www.freshports.org/print/hplip-plugin/

[2] https://www.freshports.org/print/foomatic-db-hpijs/

-- 
Tomoaki AOKI    <junchoon@dec.sakura.ne.jp>