Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Gutenprint

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

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 09:00:28PM -0400, Robert Krawitz wrote:
> On 10/23/20 7:00 PM, Ken Moffat via Gimp-print-devel wrote:
> > 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!
> > 
> > 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).
> 
> It's a very generic error message; one would need to look at the logs to try to diagnose it.  An out
> of disk condition could cause it, but so could a lot of other things and in this case I'm inclined
> to suspect it's something else.  Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with how to access logs on OS X.
> 
Just looked at theregister, not sure if this article about HP
printers failing because a certificate was revoked is relevant ?
https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/23/hp_printer_macos/

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