Cups fails with "Filter failed"

[Ed Greshko]

On 12/05/15 04:02, Suvayu Ali wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 11:22:19PM +1030, Tim wrote:
>> Allegedly, on or about 03 December 2015, Suvayu Ali sent:
>>> I restarted cups to make sure the plugins are loaded
>>> properly.  Now printing a test page tells me this:
>>>
>>>   processing since
>>>   Thu 03 Dec 2015 05:41:19 PM IST
>>>   "The printer is in use."
>>>
>>> What does that mean? 
>> You could go kill a/any "jobs" stuck waiting in the queue.
>> Web interface http://localhost:631/
> It started printing after I restarted my computer today.  I guess that
> cleared the queue.  I guess the solution for me was installing all the
> plugins as Jon suggested, and clearing the queue.  Strangely, when
> printing a test page, it prints 2 copies.  Although when printing files,
> it prints one.  I can live with that.
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
You're welcome?

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