Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Fails to print after recent Ubuntu update

[Robert K. <rl...@al...>]

On Sat, 14 Sep 2019 15:58:46 +0100, Adrian Midgley wrote:
> Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
>
> Suddenly printing (to Epson R2400) fails each time with a filter
> failure logged.  A job of zero bytes is recorded.
>
> The ESC/P2 utility can do a nozzle check, unaltered, and the pritner's
> state can be read.
>
> CUPS seems to be telling me that a filter failed, due to a mismatch
> between device colour model and profile.
>
> I've tried with no profile in the setup:printer dialogue, no different.
>
> Where should I look?
> Is it likely to be a change in the last update?
> Is it CUPS, or Gutenprint?
...
> D [14/Sep/2019:00:29:51 +0100] [Job 350] | ./base/gsicc_manage.c:1863:
> gsicc_verify_device_profiles(): Mismatch of ICC profiles and device
> color model
> D [14/Sep/2019:00:29:51 +0100] [Job 350] | ./base/gsicc_manage.c:1990:
> gsicc_set_device_profile(): Error in device profiles
> D [14/Sep/2019:00:29:51 +0100] [Job 350] Unrecoverable error:
> undefined in .putdeviceprops
> D [14/Sep/2019:00:29:51 +0100] [Job 350] Operand stack:
> D [14/Sep/2019:00:29:51 +0100] [Job 350] true  .putdeviceprops
> --nostringval--  unknownerror

This suggests that the problem is likely to be in CUPS.  I'd start
here by checking Ubuntu's bug site to see if anyone else has had such
a problem.

Gutenprint does not use ICC profiles.

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