CUPS lp command fails with "stopped - Filter failed" with all the printers

JORDI ANTONI CUESTA ANDREA

3/2/23, 4:58 PM

My CUPS runs well from applications like gedit, Open Office or GIMP, but using command line fails. Example:

lp -d MFCJ470DW adeu.txt
request identifier is MFCJ470DW-40 (1 file (s))

Then, in localhost:631 -> Jobs we can see:

MFCJ470DW-40    adeu.txt    jordi   1k  Unknown     stopped 
"Filter failed"

Also I tried with CUPS-PDF package with the same results

lp -d Virtual_PDF_Printer_2 adeu.txt
request identifier is Virtual_PDF_Printer_2-41 (1 file (s))

and the web again:

Virtual_PDF_Printer_2-41    adeu.txt    jordi   1k  Unknown     stopped 
"Filter failed"

All the fixes I've found about the "filter failed" not works, the strange thing is CUPS runs well, is only the command lp that don't. Indeed, in the folder $HOME/PDF we have a file home_jordi_PDF-job_41.pdf but is in blank.

Lines related into /var/log/cups/error_log don't help me:

D [02/Nov/2021:17:44:22 +0100] [CGI] cgiSetArray: job_printer_state_message[2]=\"Filter failed\"
D [02/Nov/2021:17:44:22 +0100] [CGI] cgiSetVariable: SERVER_NAME=\"localhost\"
D [02/Nov/2021:17:44:22 +0100] [CGI] cgiSetVariable: REMOTE_USER=\"jordi\"
D [02/Nov/2021:17:44:22 +0100] [CGI] cgiSetVariable: CUPS_VERSION=\"CUPS v2.3.1\"
D [02/Nov/2021:17:44:22 +0100] [CGI] cgiSetArray: job_preserved[3]=\"1\"
D [02/Nov/2021:17:44:22 +0100] [CGI] cgiSetArray: job_printer_name[3]=\"Virtual_PDF_Printer_2\"
D [02/Nov/2021:17:44:22 +0100] [CGI] cgiSetArray: job_printer_uri[3]=\"/printers/Virtual_PDF_Printer_2\"

What may be the error here?

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command-line

cups-lpd

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EN: CUPS lp command fails with "stopped - Filter failed" with all the printers

TH: คำสั่ง CUPS lp ล้มเหลวด้วย "หยุด - ตัวกรองล้มเหลว" กับเครื่องพิมพ์ทั้งหมด

RO: Comanda CUPS lp eșuează cu „stop - Filter failed” cu toate imprimantele

RU: Команда CUPS lp завершается с ошибкой «остановлено — сбой фильтра» для всех принтеров

VI: Lệnh CUPS lp không thành công với "đã dừng - Bộ lọc không thành công" với tất cả các máy in

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