Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Gutenprint

[Ken M. <zar...@nt...>]

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 05:47:39PM -0400, James Frederick wrote:
> Hello~
> I was recently forced to upgrade to Mac OS Catalina, due to the death of my
> old SSD. One week after doing so, my workhorse HP Laserjet 4200 stopped
> working. I get a "filter failure" message. This sounds like a drive issue,
> but HP support is pretty much MIA. I am wondering if Gutenprint might
> provide an alternative/workaround, so that I can get my printer back.
> 
> I have been connecting the HP via serial-to-usb. One reference I saw stated
> that Catalina does not recognize serial connections.
> 
> I saw on your site that there were some issues with Catalina and
> Gutenprint, and I am wondering if those have been resolved. The reference I
> saw was about a year old.
> 
> If not, are there any other options you can think of? Thank you in advance!
> 
> James
> 

Looking at a few linux bug reports, generally old, the 'filter
failed' message on some of them was associated with a full disk (or
full partition, e.g. in /var/spool - no idea where that translates
to in OSX).

ĸen
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