What's up with CUPS?

i am trying to set some defaults (print at actual size and don't rotate) which /seem/ like they should be defaults but aren't. and between the printer interface and my various OS's and my brain being filled with other stuff i have had a hard time with this. my recollection was that in Snow Leopard this was a terminal command but now in Lion and ML i am reading up on CUPS.
1. can anyone tell me what the reason is that i need to use CUPS? i mean, it is a consequence of the complexity of printing and or the relative lack of development in mac os of the printer dialog interfaces? the variety of printer manufacturers? if understand why i am using it it may help me to get it done.
2. can someone remind me on how to implement the two above defaults like if a dumb monkey distracted by a banana had to implement this? i am reading the online documentation and it appears this is a command line set of entries that i have to enter after getting into terminal (or an online resource??) but also the documentation seems to state specifically (printed page 8 of 10 in Command-Line Printing and Options under Standard Printing Options) that the default for size is "to use the size specified in the file" which /seems/ like it is saying that scale to fit should not be the default which of course it is.
anyway, these command line interfaces get my head spinning especially if i don't understand what the default is or why i am using it but at the same time this is an functionality i would dearly love to click a LOT less when using.
TIA for anything constructive.

CUPS _is_ the printing system on OS X. Drivers do not work by themselves - they work with CUPS.
You can set defaults in the internal CUPS admin page - use a browser to go to
http://localhost:631/admin
If it doesn't work on your Mac (getting into the built-in web page), do this Terminal command then try again:
sudo cupsctl WebInterface=yes

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Error printing with CUPS (SOLVED)

Could some kind CUPS guru help me with a problem printing through CUPS?
I have a postscript file which rendesr normally in all the software I have (okular etc) but for some reason does not print.
The CUPS log shows:
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] Auto-typing file...
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] Request file type is application/postscript.
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] cupsdMarkDirty(---J-)
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients and dirty files", busy="Active clients and dirty files"
I [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] File of type application/postscript queued by "andrew".
I [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] Adding end banner page "none".
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] cupsdMarkDirty(---J-)
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients and dirty files", busy="Active clients and dirty files"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] time-at-processing=1355819277
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] cupsdMarkDirty(---J-)
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients and dirty files", busy="Active clients and dirty files"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients and dirty files", busy="Active clients and dirty files"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] cupsdMarkDirty(----S)
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients and dirty files", busy="Active clients and dirty files"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] job-sheets=none,none
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] argv[0]="Fprint"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] argv[1]="167"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] argv[2]="andrew"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] argv[3]="notes.ps"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] argv[4]="1"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] argv[5]="nocollate Duplex=None InputSlot=Default number-up=1 outputorder=normal PageSize=A4 position=center Resolution=600x600dpi nowrap job-uuid=urn:uuid:08c52a0f-73f7-3ac7-7632-7ee1e4465007 job-originating-host-name=localhost time-at-creation=1355
819277 time-at-processing=1355819277"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] argv[6]="/var/spool/cups/d00167-001"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[0]="CUPS_CACHEDIR=/var/cache/cups"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[1]="CUPS_DATADIR=/usr/share/cups"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[2]="CUPS_DOCROOT=/usr/share/cups/doc"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[3]="CUPS_FONTPATH=/usr/share/cups/fonts"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[4]="CUPS_REQUESTROOT=/var/spool/cups"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[5]="CUPS_SERVERBIN=/usr/lib/cups"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[6]="CUPS_SERVERROOT=/etc/cups"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[7]="CUPS_STATEDIR=/var/run/cups"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[8]="HOME=/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[9]="PATH=/usr/lib/cups/filter:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[10]="SERVER_ADMIN=root@hp-dm1"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[11]="SOFTWARE=CUPS/1.6.1"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[12]="TMPDIR=/var/spool/cups/tmp"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[13]="USER=root"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[14]="CUPS_MAX_MESSAGE=2047"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[15]="CUPS_SERVER=/var/run/cups/cups.sock"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[16]="CUPS_ENCRYPTION=IfRequested"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[17]="IPP_PORT=631"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[18]="CHARSET=utf-8"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[19]="LANG=en.UTF-8"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[20]="PPD=/etc/cups/ppd/Fprint.ppd"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[21]="RIP_MAX_CACHE=128m"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[22]="CONTENT_TYPE=application/postscript"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[23]="DEVICE_URI=fprint://home/andrew/.fprint"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[24]="PRINTER_INFO=Print to Fprint"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[25]="PRINTER_LOCATION=hp-dm1"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[26]="PRINTER=Fprint"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[27]="PRINTER_STATE_REASONS=none"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[28]="CUPS_FILETYPE=document"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[29]="FINAL_CONTENT_TYPE=printer/Fprint"
D [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] envp[30]="AUTH_I****"
I [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf (PID 7895)
I [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf (PID 7896)
I [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip (PID 7897)
I [18/Dec/2012:08:27:57 +0000] [Job 167] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/fprint (PID 7898)
So it seems to be identifying the files correctly as postscript, and then tries to conver it to a pdf using its pstopdf filter, then proceeds to run pdftopdf for some reason, filter it through foomatic-rip and then through the fprint filter (mine).
I have no idea why it needs to go through all those filters first, however it fails early,at the pstopdf step:
pstopdf 6 args: 167 andrew notes.ps 1 nocollate Duplex=None InputSlot=Default number-up=1 outputorder=normal PageSize=A4 position=center Resolution=600x600dpi nowrap job-uuid=urn:uuid:08c52a0f-73f7-3ac7-7632-7ee1e4465007 job-originating-host-name=localhost time-at-creation=1355819277 time-at-processing=1355819277 /var/spool/cups/d00167-001
PID 7895 (/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf) stopped with status 1.
I looked at /var/spool/cups/d00167-001 and it is a faithful copy of the postscript file, but running the command from the command line produces:
# /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf 167 andrew notes.ps 1 nocollate Duplex=None InputSlot=Default number-up=1 outputorder=normal PageSize=A4 position=center Resolution=600x600dpi nowrap job-uuid=urn:uuid:08c52a0f-73f7-3ac7-7632-7ee1e4465007 job-originating-host-name=localhost time-at-creation=1355819277 time-at-processing=1355819277 /var/spool/cups/d00167-001
DEBUG: pstopdf 18 args: 167 andrew notes.ps 1 nocollate Duplex=None InputSlot=Default number-up=1 outputorder=normal PageSize=A4 position=center Resolution=600x600dpi nowrap job-uuid=urn:uuid:08c52a0f-73f7-3ac7-7632-7ee1e4465007 job-originating-host-name=localhost time-at-creation=1355819277 time-at-processing=1355819277 /var/spool/cups/d00167-001
DEBUG: PPD:
ERROR: /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf job-id user title copies options [file]
Running the command without the options produces a PDF file on stdout.
The questions seem to be, why does CUPS try to convert a Postscript file to a PDF and then back to Postscript via foomatic-rip, and why does that conversion fail for me?
Incidentally I am using one of the Generic Postscript PPD files
Thanks for any guidance
Andrew
Last edited by fdservices (2012-12-19 12:14:09)

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CAD login failure with CUPS integration

OK so here we go,
UCCX System version: 8.5.1.10000-37
Cucm System version: 8.6.2.20000-2
CUPS System version: 8.6.4.11900-1
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CUPS and CUCM are Ldap authenticated integrated.
I've manually tested logging users into Jabber desktop and Cups user (web login) and both login fine with the same ldap user ( CAD uses this login too)
If I click cancel on CAD login agent logs in fine to CAD, however if I try login to chat gets rejected even though creds are the same.
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Still necessary to manually install kernel modules with CUPS?

I'm just setting up my system with CUPS for printing. In the "Configuring CUPS" section of the wiki, you're instructed to install the appropriate kernel module with modprobe for using a usb or parallel port printer. With my usb printer and kernel 2.26.9 I found this is unnecessary. Plugging in the printer caused the module to automatically load. Is this because I'm using input hotplugging? And in any case, should the wiki be edited to reflect situations where loading the module manually is no longer necessary?

Sure, feel free to edit the page to reflect what you're seeing, which is udev autoloading the appropriate module when it detects the device. This functionality has been in place for a long time, and is not related to input hotplugging as used in xorg (not sure if that's what you're referring to above).

I've just found that three movies I've bought from iTunes on on my iPad are not showing up on Apple TV or anywhere other than that iPad. What's up with that and will I lose these films if I reset this iPad?

I've just found that three movies I've bought from iTunes on on my iPad are not showing up on Apple TV or anywhere other than that iPad. What's up with that and will I lose these films if I reset this iPad?

Thanks. The reason this has become an issue is that I recently bought a new Macbook Air that the iPad is not synced to. The one is was synced to was stolen. If I want to sync this iPad to the new Air, won't it be wiped before I'm able to copy these films or am I wrong about that?

What's wrong with my browsers?

When i first got my macbook the internet was going really slow but then i changed the dns server to 4.2.2.2 and sometimes change it to 4.2.2.1 and the internet got better but now my browsers are acting funny.
One moment i'm surfing webpages with safari or firefox.... Chatting with AdiumX or MS Messenger... and suddenly it just stops... Msn is getting time-out's, Safari says I'm not connected.
But Airport sais it is still connected to my wireless network (with all the black bar's filled). It has valid IP adress etc, But everywhere I want to go on the internet it sais I'm not connected.
When I disconnect the airport en let it reconnect with my wireless network, the connection is fine.
how can i fix this?

Most users shouldn't be manually entering DNS addresses, and those DNS addresses you mention probably aren't intended for end users. Is Level3 your ISP?
That doesn't answer 'what's wrong with my browsers?', but a good start would be to configure your network according to your ISP's instructions. If you have DNS problems then, you might try using OpenDNS.

What's wrong with networking since Leopard?

Hi,
I'm with Mac since years. I was a PC User once and spent hours with all kinds of network troubles. What convinced me with Mac right in the beginning was easy networking: It just worked!
But since Leopard things got worse: I have several MBP's, iMacs, Airport Extreme's and Airport Express's at different places which I installed, and I face the same problems at EVERY place:
- I can't connect to AExtreme for several reasons: timeout, security incompatibility, ...
- Sometimes only two Macs are allowed to connect to one AExtreme
- Airport doesn't find Aiport or any other networks for minutes
- After connecting to the router, can't get an IP (self-assigned IP only) - other PCs get an IP.
- Aiport Extreme crashes (yellow blinking)
- connection loss (even when AExtreme is very close)
Now I know about networking, about configuration, I've done this for years. Whatever I do, problems disappear and appear again, at different times, at different places with different hardware.
What is wrong with Leopard? Such problems remind me of times with Windows98 and stuff like that.

What's wrong with networking since Leopard?
on my network and many i have setup there have been no problems with leopard. However there are always teething problems with new operating systems. Thankfully with leopard only a tiny percentage of users experience technical difficulties.
can't connect to AExtreme for several reasons: timeout, security incompatibility,
is it set to use WPA/WPA2
Airport doesn't find Aiport or any other networks for minutes
sometimes my macbook pro takes a while to show up any networks if there are lots in the area this is because it is scanning them all.
After connecting to the router, can't get an IP (self-assigned IP only) - other PCs get an IP.
What kind of router are you using? What happens if you powercycle the router?
# Aiport Extreme crashes (yellow blinking)
# connection loss (even when AExtreme is very close)
Have you tried resetting your AE to default. reinstalling its firmware or checking for a firmware update?
Have you tried changing hte wireless channel your networ is broadcasting on?
What is wrong with Leopard? Such problems remind me of times with Windows98 and stuff like that.
Did you upgrade install your leopard installation or did you do clean (erase) installations?
Have you tried created new network locations?

What's Wrong with My Computer?

I have a G5 desktop computer, I believe it's referred to as a "Power Mac." My mom purchased it some years ago, I think in late 2005 shortly after this particular model was on the market.
Info is:
Version 10.5.8
Processor 4 x 2.5 GHz PowerPC G5
Memory 4.5 GB DDR2 SDRAM
Hard Drive 240 GB (127 GB unused/available)
My mother wasn't using this computer for many years, and my 13" Macbook was giving me trouble, so she gave this one to me. It's all been great (she maxed out the memory and hard drive space when she bought it, even though it is outdated and insignificant compared to current models), except for one little thing... Browsing the internet is usually fine when it's only one window, but not always. However, it is almost a guarantee that while trying to operate multiple windows and trying to play a video, Safari will crash. And not just once in awhile. I'm talking about on a daily basis. During regular offline computer use, like Photoshop or iTunes, the computer will sometimes grey over (as if someone put a fairly thick grey film over the entire screen), and tell me I have to restart the computer. So what's wrong with it? I presume it is a physical issue (failing memory, mother board, etc.), but what?

Your computer is not remotely "maxed out" with RAM.
You're describing a G5 Quad like mine (though mine was built in June of 2006), and maxed out means having 16 GB of RAM installed, like mine has.
The Frolick wrote:
…the computer will sometimes grey over (as if someone put a fairly thick grey film over the entire screen), and tell me I have to restart the computer. So what's wrong with it?…
That's called a Kernel Panic, and, yes, it is most often caused by hardware problems, such as bad RAM or mismatched RAM. I can't imagine how you get to 4.5 GB of RAM without exponentially increasing the risk of mismatched RAM.
RAM has to be installed in matched pairs, starting from the center slots and spreading outward: 4*3*2*1*1*2*3*4
On the other hand, my own personal experience has led me to conclude that Safari is a piece of cr@p. It causes problems just being active in the background, causing other applications to fail.
Check your RAM carefully, starting with just one pair of matched RAM sticks in the two center slots, then adding one pair at a time. Check your hard disk with Apple's Disk Utility.
The kernel panics can be caused by a damaged directory too, so if you own Disk Warrior, run it. If you don't own DiskWarrior, at least Repair Permissions with Apple's Disk Utility and use Verify Disk/Repair Disk with it.
I'd also recommend downloading and installing Applejack and run it according to the instructions.
Good luck.
2.5 GHz Power Mac (PPC) G5-Quad; 16GB RAM; mutant, flashed 550MHz nVidia GeForce 7800GTX 1,700MHz 512MB VRAM; ATTO ExpressPCI UL5D LP SCSI card; Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 and Leopard 10.5.8 boot drives; Spotblight, Dashboard and Time Machine permanently disabled; dual 22" CRT monitors; USB wireless 'n' available but connected to the Internet via wired Ethernet; FW flatbed scanner; 2 SCSI scanners (one tabloid-size transparency scanner and a film scanner); various internal & external HDs; FW Epson 2200 and Ethernet Samsung ML-2850ND printers; 2 X Back-UPS RS 1500 XS units.

What's wrong with my iPod's Cover Flow??

I have an iPod Touch 3rd Gen, 32Gb, and recently updated to IOS 5.
Since then, the iPod's cover flow feature is extremely slow, doesn't flow smoothly, and crashes after a few (15-20) seconds.
Today I noted something else: some album covers appear pixelated and blurry, even though HD. Those covers looked just fine until now.
As a side note, I have in use 30 of the 32 Gb (that's a lot of music, I know). Could this be related? I never had those problems before IOS 5, though.
What's wrong with my iPod?
Thanks for your help!

so as I see it people with this problem have 3 options
- Make all of your album art a maximum of 500X500 pixels
- Wait for an IOS update that fixes the problem
- Scrap ipods and buy another brand of music player
Using photoshop to do it with, it took me about an hour to resize, change, and resync all of my 1400 songs(86 albums)

What's wrong with my Final Cut Pro 7.03?

What's wrong with my Final Cut Pro 7.03?
I have just started up a new project.
Every time I try to ad a clip in top of each other a "general error" shows up. The sequence viewer turned red and it displays that I have to close and reopen the window to restore.
The only "new thing" I do - is the use/brand of camera.
Now I use the canon D5 mark 3 for my project (before D5 mark 2)
What's wrong??? Do I need to update my Final Cut Pro 7.0.3 And how do I do this???
Final Cut Pro 7, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Did you use Log & Import? Or did you at least convert the D5 files before importing? FCP doesn't work with those files natively.
-DH

What is wrong with this code? on(release) gotoAndPlay("2")'{'

Please could someone tell me what is wrong with this code - on(release)
gotoAndPlay("2")'{'
this is the error that comes up and i have tried changing it but it is not working
**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 2, frame=1:Line 2: '{' expected
     gotoAndPlay("2")'{'
Total ActionScript Errors: 1 Reported Errors: 1
Thanks

If you have a frame labelled "2" then it should be:
on (release) {
    this._parent.gotoAndPlay("2");
or other wise just the following to go to frame 2:
on (release) {
     this._parent.gotoAndPlay(2);
You just had a missing curly bracket...

I don't understand what's happening with my Music. All the songs that I purchased, that were previously on my phone, now show up a Cloud next to them, but I can't play them. If I touch the Cloud, it turns into a red square but never downloads.

I don't understand what's happening with my Music. All the songs that I purchased, that were previously on my phone, now show up with a Cloud next to them, but I can't play them. If I touch the Cloud, it turns into a red square, acts like it's downloading (which I can see happening in iTunes), but never downloads. The Cloud just stays there.
I've sync'd my phone, I've turned it to "show all music" in Settings, I've drag and dropped the songs/albums onto my phone again. I feel like I've tried everything I've seen recommended, but nothing works.
I've purchased a lot of music from iTunes. It should be there. What's going on?
P.S. Same thing happening with my purchased books. Ugh.

Once you successfully add you iTunes library to iTunes Match, you go to Settings>iTunes & App Store on your iOS device and turn on iTunes Match. Your iTunes Match library will then appear on your iOS device.

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