As all that did not work, I have created at least a test case:
How-To-Repeat:
- Print web page in firefox with all printing variables in firefox reset
- Lookup the spooler file in /var/spool/cups
- Try to print it directly with lpr command
Test case 1 (works):
- Print https://boerse.dab-bank.de/maerkte-kurse/aktien.html in firefox
- top shows ghostscript (gs) and foomatic-rip process
- The page is printed perfectly
- I found a file in /var/spool/cups which I renamed to test1.pdf
- Direct printing with works fine with cat test1.pdf | lpr -P fs-1020d -# 1
Test case 2 (does not work):
- Print https://www.dab-bank.de/Service/Kontakt/ in firefox
- top shows ghostscript (gs) and foomatic-rip process
- The printer receives data (status LED) and heats up, but nothing is printed. Printer gets available again.
- I found a file in /var/spool/cups which I renamed to test2.pdf
- Direct printing also does not work with cat test2.pdf | lpr -P fs-1020d -# 1
Basically this could mean that my printer FS-1020d does not accept the content of test2.pdf while it most of the time works as shown with test1.pdf
The guys at cups do not feel responsible for linux issues as documented in https:/ /www.cups. org/str. php?L4715
In the meantime I further tracked it down:
- Played around with printer drivers, using Kyocera's PPD, the PPD provided by ubuntu and also gave PPD from http:// www.openprintin g.org/download/ printdriver/ debian/ dists/lsb3. 2/main/ binary- amd64/openprint ing-ppds- postscript- kyocera_ 20130319- 1lsb3.2_ all.deb a try.
- Tried to install lsb-printing package with no changes
- Opened firefox tab about:config and resetted all user/custom variables which contain string "print" in variable name
As all that did not work, I have created at least a test case:
How-To-Repeat:
- Print web page in firefox with all printing variables in firefox reset
- Lookup the spooler file in /var/spool/cups
- Try to print it directly with lpr command
Test case 1 (works): /boerse. dab-bank. de/maerkte- kurse/aktien. html in firefox
- Print https:/
- top shows ghostscript (gs) and foomatic-rip process
- The page is printed perfectly
- I found a file in /var/spool/cups which I renamed to test1.pdf
- Direct printing with works fine with cat test1.pdf | lpr -P fs-1020d -# 1
Test case 2 (does not work): /www.dab- bank.de/ Service/ Kontakt/ in firefox
- Print https:/
- top shows ghostscript (gs) and foomatic-rip process
- The printer receives data (status LED) and heats up, but nothing is printed. Printer gets available again.
- I found a file in /var/spool/cups which I renamed to test2.pdf
- Direct printing also does not work with cat test2.pdf | lpr -P fs-1020d -# 1
Basically this could mean that my printer FS-1020d does not accept the content of test2.pdf while it most of the time works as shown with test1.pdf