Problem creating working Desktop Printer

Question

I've been trying to create a Desktop Printer, as a possible solution to this problem:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6566111
My problem is it won't work; i.e. I can't print using the Desktop Printer, although I can print using the print command.
So far I've had the printer queue window just pausing the print (the actual printer doesn't seem to know about the job) and I also got this error at one point:
/usr/libexec/cups/filter/fierycupsfilter failed
It's a Canon CLC 3220 with a fiery controller.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Christiaan wrote:
If it does work for a desktop printer, will it affect printing when doing the normal print menu command?
No. Printing from an application is not affected by the desktop printer as it seems that you cannot set any default for the printer. If the file is A4 or A3, then that is the size the printer uses. Setting the defaults via lpoptions and the CUPS browser does not influence the desktop printer. It certainly works for the lp and lpr submission via Terminal but it may be a case of what John suggested in his response, where the desktop printer acts like a spool dump to the ip address without taking any ppd settings into account.
Note also I made a typo with the previous post. It should have read;
lpoptions -p printername -o media=A3 -o scaling=50 ENTER
Note also that the printername is the name as shown in cups, not the name that appears in the Printers list.
Not that the suggestion works for the desktop printer, but I just wanted to correct my mistake.
H1?
I meant the imagePASS-H1. As I said in my first reply, I don't have the iRC3200 with C1 so my response was based on the H1 which supports IPP and that is how I have configured it previously - although I configure our printers using HP JetDirect which is RAW Port 9100 on the RIP.
FYI - Since I was unable to get the desktop printer working, I started to look at services provided by the Fiery RIP. At a previous demonstration at Canon, I was shown a feature called Hot Folders. This lets you create a folder on your computer and you can drop a ps-based file, such as a pdf, into this folder and it will be retrieved by the RIP and printed. You can also set properties for the folder, such as paper source. Now we have this option with our imagePRESS-C1 with Fiery Q1 but it is not available with our iR C5185-H1. So this may also be the case with your C1/C2.
So it looks like you will have to rely on getting an alternate method working to the desktop printer working. There is a Windows app called Batch & Print Pro. Don't know if there is an equivalent for OS X?
Good luck...