Problem | Possible Cause and Solution |
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I have CUPS and some | There may be some local options defined in your ~/.lpoptions |
options (such as | file, which is manipulated by the lpoptions command. These |
seem to be always enabled | options will always be used if not overridden by LLPR settings. |
even though I don’t pick | To get rid of all options for a printer, run the following |
them in LLPR. | command, replacing “printer” with the name of the queue: |
| lpoptions |
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I configured a printer to | Most printing systems will not run as the |
print to a file, but I get | special user (usually “lp”). Therefore, make sure that the file |
“Permission denied” errors. | you have chosen to print to is accessible to the user owning |
| the spooler daemon. |
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On my SPL (or PCL) | Unfortunately, some Unix applications may generate non- |
printer, I sometimes get | compliant PostScript output that may not be supported by |
error messages printing | Ghostscript, or even the printer itself in PostScript mode. You |
instead of my document. | can try to capture the output to a file and view the results |
| with Ghostscript (gv or ghostview will allow you to do so |
| interactively) and see if you get error messages. However, |
| since the application is probably at fault, contact your |
| software vendor to inform them of the issue. |
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