Printing in Linux

Hi all,
I've tried to print using Java with Ubuntu and with redhat and never succeeded.
The question is: has anybody get success in printing with java+linux?
I use CUPS and it works when printing pdfs, text and OpenOffice.org documents. But when I try something like this:
if (pJob.printDialog()) {
      pJob.setPrintable(printableDocument, new PageFormat());
      try {
         pJob.print();
      } catch (PrinterException printerException) {
      System.out.println("Error Printing Document");
}the print dialog appears I select the correct printer and it seems that everithing works but when the document enters into the queue as 'JAva Printing' it's in the state 'printing' but it soon automatically changes to 'stoped'. At no moment the printer really receives the document.
My CUPS logs are:
/var/log/cups/access_log
localhost - - [09/May/2007:09:07:46 +0200] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 75
localhost - - [09/May/2007:09:22:49 +0200] "POST /printers/ HTTP/1.1" 200 175
localhost - - [09/May/2007:09:22:49 +0200] "POST /printers/ HTTP/1.1" 200 175
localhost - - [09/May/2007:09:22:49 +0200] "POST /printers/ HTTP/1.1" 200 175
localhost - - [09/May/2007:09:22:49 +0200] "POST /printers/ HTTP/1.1" 200 175
localhost - - [09/May/2007:09:22:50 +0200] "POST /printers/ HTTP/1.1" 200 175
localhost - - [09/May/2007:09:22:52 +0200] "POST /printers/ HTTP/1.1" 200 175
localhost - - [09/May/2007:09:22:56 +0200] "POST /printers/ HTTP/1.1" 200 175
localhost - - [09/May/2007:09:22:56 +0200] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 135
localhost - - [09/May/2007:09:22:56 +0200] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 135
localhost - - [09/May/2007:09:22:56 +0200] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 75
localhost - - [09/May/2007:09:22:56 +0200] "POST /printers/lj2430 HTTP/1.1" 200 2534
/var/log/cups/error_log
I [09/May/2007:09:06:16 +0200] Listening to 7f000001:631
I [09/May/2007:09:06:16 +0200] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
I [09/May/2007:09:06:16 +0200] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [09/May/2007:09:06:16 +0200] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [09/May/2007:09:06:16 +0200] Full reload is required.
I [09/May/2007:09:06:17 +0200] LoadPPDs: Read "/etc/cups/ppds.dat", 15 PPDs...
I [09/May/2007:09:06:17 +0200] LoadPPDs: No new or changed PPDs...
I [09/May/2007:09:06:17 +0200] Full reload complete.
I [09/May/2007:09:06:18 +0200] Added remote printer "hp1220c_serverdriver"...
I [09/May/2007:09:06:25 +0200] Added remote printer "hp1220c"...
I [09/May/2007:09:06:40 +0200] Added remote printer "lj2430"...
I [09/May/2007:09:06:43 +0200] Added remote printer "lj2430@as1"...
I [09/May/2007:09:06:43 +0200] Added implicit class "lj2430"...
I [09/May/2007:09:22:56 +0200] Job 1 queued on 'lj2430' by 'oliver'.
I [09/May/2007:09:22:56 +0200] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/ipp (PID 5022) for job 1.
/var/log/cups/page_log
lj2430@sauron oliver 1 [09/May/2007:09:22:56 +0200] 1 1 - localhost
lj2430@sauron oliver 1 [09/May/2007:09:22:56 +0200] total 0 - localhost
lj2430@sauron oliver 1 [09/May/2007:09:23:07 +0200] total 0 - localhost
Can somebody give me a hint about this!
Thanks in advance!

The OpenPrinting database shows that this printer uses the splix driver. http://openprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=splix
I had the source code on hand and did a quick compile. I could only get a ppc binary, but it should work on an Intel Mac as well. You can grab the tarball at http://webpages.charter.net/mbroughtn/beta/splix_beta1.tar.gz . Place the file on your Desktop. Then to install use the Terminal command sudo tar -C / -xzf ~/Desktop/splix_beta1.tar.gz This will install two files--
/usr/libexec/cups/filter/rastertospl2
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/ml1610.ppd.gz
You will also need to install Ghostscript from http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/foomatic
Please post back on whether this works. The splix driver is still not fully tested according to the developer's site. Any and all information on the usefulness of this driver will be appreciated.
Matt

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Paper tray: CD tray
Paper size: CD 5-inch
Resolution: 600x600 DPI high cd
Then the printer indicated that I need to push the tray in the slot and press OK. After that it will ask the same thing again, again and again without doing much. I've tried every single adjustment if it comes to inserting the cd-tray but the machine just wont insert it.
Hopefully some of you can give me advise on this one. Probably I am overlooking something but don't know what. Can it be that this feature is not working under Linux? (hope it will)
Operating details:
Kubuntu 13.04 64bit
Printer driver: Canon Pixma MG5300 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.9
Kind regards,
Jurgen

Great, thanks for the quick reply. I will keep this post open for now and at the same time fill in a form on the canon site for Europe. If I understand what is going wrong I will post it here as well.
jurgen

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