[hardy] upgrade issue Splix V. 1.1.0 but the PPD file is designed for SpliX V. 1.0

[tomaszko]

Dear All,

I found my printer (samsung 2010 PR) unusable after upgrade Splix to version 1.1
Cups reporting "/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertospl2 failed"

I'll attach full error log

[tomaszko (kossut)]

D [18/Feb/2008:22:54:47 +0100] [Job 207] Invalid PPD file version: Splix V. 1.1.0 but the PPD file is designed for SpliX V. 1.0
E [18/Feb/2008:22:54:47 +0100] PID 6819 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertospl2) stopped with status 1!

Regards,

Tomasz

[tomaszko (kossut)]

Dear All,
at this moment workaround is to use splix from gutsy.
it work's fine

[tomaszko (kossut)]

well, with minor problem it does not print from firefox

[Adam Caldwell (adam-caldwell-deactivatedaccount)]

I had this problem too, open printer config (system -> administration -> printing), click your printer (ML-2010 for me) under make and model click change, select samsung, select printer (again ML-2010 for me), then select Samsung ML-2010, 1.1.0 [en], and hit ok. This should have the system use the installed driver.

[tomaszko (kossut)]

Adam,

thank you for your information. I'll try your method. Did you try to print from firefox?

[Adam Caldwell (adam-caldwell-deactivatedaccount)]

Printing from firefox, openoffice, and abiword all worked fine.

[tomaszko (kossut)]

Adam, your method worked for me too, however form my firefox 3.0b3 printing is not possible. Cups complained "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops failed"

thank you for your cooperation

Regards,

Tomasz

[Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst)]

Confirmed by duplicate bug #194302.

[daemacles (daemacles)]

I have ML-1740 and was experiencing same issue as OP. Can confirm that change to 1.1.0 driver solved problem. Is this not something that can be automated during upgrade? Or at least show a warning to user?

[Neil Wilson (neil-aldur)]

Confirmed on upgrade from Gutsy to Hardy on Samssung ML-1610. Doesn't work 'out of the box' on upgrade 'raster2spl2' fails with error code 1.

Workaround is to go into the printer configuration and reselect the make and model. The dialog will then give you the option to overwrite the PPD with the new one.

[Nick Atty (5-launchpad-canalplan-org-uk)]

This has just bitten me on the official release. Come on guys - having spent the last few months crowing to my Vista-using friends about how much better Ubuntu is, this is exactly the sort of thing that shouldn't happen.

[tomaszko (kossut)]

This one of the reasons I moved to Debian (Stable)
second reason https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/134477
third reason https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/173966

Best Regards,

Tomasz

P.S. Personally I think that Ubuntu developers should spent more time on solving simple problems than arguing which operating system is better.
"Quality is always seen in details"

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

The problem described here is that if a printer driver package is updated, the PPDs of already installed print queues (in /etc/cups/ppd/) are not updated to PPDs of the new driver version. The only driver where such updates are done is the Gutenprint CUPS driver (package cupsys-driver-gutenprint). All drivers should have such a facility.

This problem occurs in all Linux distributions, including Debian stable, as it is a problem of the upstream printer drivers. You perhaps do not perceive the problem, as Debian unstable still uses SpliX 1.0.x, but you will suffer the problem as soon as any update replaces your SpliX by 1.1.x or newer.

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

Note that you do not need to downgrade any printer driver package. What you have to do is to remove your print queue and then to re-create it, for example using system-config-printer.

[Mekk (marcin-kasperski)]

I just upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10 and found my Samsung ML-2010 not working anymore (cups-missing-filter).

I feel such bugs really should be resolved before the release.

[Dworschi (dworschi)]

i got the same problem mekk ...
i had 8.04 and printing did work
yesterday i upgraded to 8.10 and today my ml-2010 tells me about Filter "rastertospl2" not available ... cups missing

[chechboy1 (nickellesstevens)]

Me too dworschi. I upgraded to 8.10 and got the same message for my ML-2010. I am printing now. I did two things. One:reinstalled the driver, choosing the "overwrite" option. Two:noticed that the "enabled" box on the properties dropdown was unchecked so--I checked it. Not sure which one was necessary.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package splix - 2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu4

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splix (2.0.0~rc2-0ubuntu4) jaunty; urgency=low

  * debian/splix.postinst, debian/control: Added post-install script to
    automatically update the PPD files of all existing print queues which
    use this driver to the current version (LP: #193075, LP: #264749).

 -- Till Kamppeter <email address hidden> Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:39:45 +0100

[Dinçer Kavraal (dkavraal)]

I have had same problem after upgrading to 8.10. Removed the printer readded. That's it. Working... (Xerox Phaser is mine)

[Thav (thavilden)]

Had this issue when upgrading from 8.10 to 9.04 via the package manager, except it was complaining about Splix V.2.0.0. Solved with Adam's method.

Samsung ML-2010
32 Bit i386 Ubuntu