Error: 'Unsupported document-format “application/pdf”'
I'm trying to print .pdf documents from the command line using the lpr command and I'm getting this error:
Unsupported document-format "application/pdf"
Could you please help me what can be the issue? I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 and CUPS 2.27
printing pdf
edited Dec 15 at 18:31
Kurt Pfeifle
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asked Nov 3 at 23:29
Minee
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I'm trying to print .pdf documents from the command line using the lpr command and I'm getting this error:
Unsupported document-format "application/pdf"
Could you please help me what can be the issue? I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 and CUPS 2.27
printing pdf
edited Dec 15 at 18:31
Kurt Pfeifle
92079
asked Nov 3 at 23:29
Minee
162
Have you tried pdf2ps?
– minmaxavg
Nov 5 at 0:43
What do you mean? Transform the pdf to ps then print it?
– Minee
Nov 7 at 20:22
Yes, it's done on many occasions, and certainly no formatting would be lost anyway.
– minmaxavg
Nov 7 at 22:18
CUPS v2.27 does not exist. Do you mean v2.2.7?
– Kurt Pfeifle
Dec 15 at 17:02
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I'm trying to print .pdf documents from the command line using the lpr command and I'm getting this error:
Unsupported document-format "application/pdf"
Could you please help me what can be the issue? I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 and CUPS 2.27
printing pdf
edited Dec 15 at 18:31
Kurt Pfeifle
92079
asked Nov 3 at 23:29
Minee
162
I'm trying to print .pdf documents from the command line using the lpr command and I'm getting this error:
Unsupported document-format "application/pdf"
Could you please help me what can be the issue? I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 and CUPS 2.27
printing pdf
printing pdf
edited Dec 15 at 18:31
Kurt Pfeifle
92079
asked Nov 3 at 23:29
Minee
162
edited Dec 15 at 18:31
Kurt Pfeifle
92079
asked Nov 3 at 23:29
Minee
162
edited Dec 15 at 18:31
Kurt Pfeifle
92079
edited Dec 15 at 18:31
Kurt Pfeifle
92079
edited Dec 15 at 18:31
Kurt Pfeifle
92079
92079
asked Nov 3 at 23:29
Minee
162
asked Nov 3 at 23:29
Minee
162
asked Nov 3 at 23:29
Minee
162
162
Have you tried pdf2ps?
– minmaxavg
Nov 5 at 0:43
What do you mean? Transform the pdf to ps then print it?
– Minee
Nov 7 at 20:22
Yes, it's done on many occasions, and certainly no formatting would be lost anyway.
– minmaxavg
Nov 7 at 22:18
CUPS v2.27 does not exist. Do you mean v2.2.7?
– Kurt Pfeifle
Dec 15 at 17:02
add a comment |
Have you tried pdf2ps?
– minmaxavg
Nov 5 at 0:43
What do you mean? Transform the pdf to ps then print it?
– Minee
Nov 7 at 20:22
Yes, it's done on many occasions, and certainly no formatting would be lost anyway.
– minmaxavg
Nov 7 at 22:18
CUPS v2.27 does not exist. Do you mean v2.2.7?
– Kurt Pfeifle
Dec 15 at 17:02
Have you tried pdf2ps?
– minmaxavg
Nov 5 at 0:43
Have you tried pdf2ps?
– minmaxavg
Nov 5 at 0:43
What do you mean? Transform the pdf to ps then print it?
– Minee
Nov 7 at 20:22
What do you mean? Transform the pdf to ps then print it?
– Minee
Nov 7 at 20:22
Yes, it's done on many occasions, and certainly no formatting would be lost anyway.
– minmaxavg
Nov 7 at 22:18
Yes, it's done on many occasions, and certainly no formatting would be lost anyway.
– minmaxavg
Nov 7 at 22:18
CUPS v2.27 does not exist. Do you mean v2.2.7?
– Kurt Pfeifle
Dec 15 at 17:02
CUPS v2.27 does not exist. Do you mean v2.2.7?
– Kurt Pfeifle
Dec 15 at 17:02
add a comment |
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This could mean two things:
CUPS does not know how to convert incoming PDF documents to the final format your printer (What printer model is it at all??? Troubleshooting stuff like this and trying to help you out is not easy if you are so tight-lipped...) wants.
- You should check if you have installed the
cups-filterspackage:dpkg -l cups*. - If it is missing, install it:
sudo apt-get install cups-filters
- You should check if you have installed the
CUPS does not have an entry (or a commented out entry) naming
application/pdfas one of the formats allowed for print submission, and/or does not have a ruleset to allow for auto-detection of this format -- but yet some print client explicitly told CUPS that it is wanting to sendapplication/pdf.
Check if the following entry is in /usr/share/cups/mime.types:
application/pdf
Check if above entry also has the second field like in the following line:
application/pdf pdf regex(0,^[nr]*%PDF)
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This could mean two things:
CUPS does not know how to convert incoming PDF documents to the final format your printer (What printer model is it at all??? Troubleshooting stuff like this and trying to help you out is not easy if you are so tight-lipped...) wants.
- You should check if you have installed the
cups-filterspackage:dpkg -l cups*. - If it is missing, install it:
sudo apt-get install cups-filters
- You should check if you have installed the
CUPS does not have an entry (or a commented out entry) naming
application/pdfas one of the formats allowed for print submission, and/or does not have a ruleset to allow for auto-detection of this format -- but yet some print client explicitly told CUPS that it is wanting to sendapplication/pdf.
Check if the following entry is in /usr/share/cups/mime.types:
application/pdf
Check if above entry also has the second field like in the following line:
application/pdf pdf regex(0,^[nr]*%PDF)
answered Dec 15 at 17:12
Kurt Pfeifle
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This could mean two things:
CUPS does not know how to convert incoming PDF documents to the final format your printer (What printer model is it at all??? Troubleshooting stuff like this and trying to help you out is not easy if you are so tight-lipped...) wants.
- You should check if you have installed the
cups-filterspackage:dpkg -l cups*. - If it is missing, install it:
sudo apt-get install cups-filters
- You should check if you have installed the
CUPS does not have an entry (or a commented out entry) naming
application/pdfas one of the formats allowed for print submission, and/or does not have a ruleset to allow for auto-detection of this format -- but yet some print client explicitly told CUPS that it is wanting to sendapplication/pdf.
Check if the following entry is in /usr/share/cups/mime.types:
application/pdf
Check if above entry also has the second field like in the following line:
application/pdf pdf regex(0,^[nr]*%PDF)
answered Dec 15 at 17:12
Kurt Pfeifle
92079
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This could mean two things:
CUPS does not know how to convert incoming PDF documents to the final format your printer (What printer model is it at all??? Troubleshooting stuff like this and trying to help you out is not easy if you are so tight-lipped...) wants.
- You should check if you have installed the
cups-filterspackage:dpkg -l cups*. - If it is missing, install it:
sudo apt-get install cups-filters
- You should check if you have installed the
CUPS does not have an entry (or a commented out entry) naming
application/pdfas one of the formats allowed for print submission, and/or does not have a ruleset to allow for auto-detection of this format -- but yet some print client explicitly told CUPS that it is wanting to sendapplication/pdf.
Check if the following entry is in /usr/share/cups/mime.types:
application/pdf
Check if above entry also has the second field like in the following line:
application/pdf pdf regex(0,^[nr]*%PDF)
answered Dec 15 at 17:12
Kurt Pfeifle
92079
This could mean two things:
CUPS does not know how to convert incoming PDF documents to the final format your printer (What printer model is it at all??? Troubleshooting stuff like this and trying to help you out is not easy if you are so tight-lipped...) wants.
- You should check if you have installed the
cups-filterspackage:dpkg -l cups*. - If it is missing, install it:
sudo apt-get install cups-filters
- You should check if you have installed the
CUPS does not have an entry (or a commented out entry) naming
application/pdfas one of the formats allowed for print submission, and/or does not have a ruleset to allow for auto-detection of this format -- but yet some print client explicitly told CUPS that it is wanting to sendapplication/pdf.
Check if the following entry is in /usr/share/cups/mime.types:
application/pdf
Check if above entry also has the second field like in the following line:
application/pdf pdf regex(0,^[nr]*%PDF)
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Have you tried pdf2ps?
– minmaxavg
Nov 5 at 0:43
What do you mean? Transform the pdf to ps then print it?
– Minee
Nov 7 at 20:22
Yes, it's done on many occasions, and certainly no formatting would be lost anyway.
– minmaxavg
Nov 7 at 22:18
CUPS v2.27 does not exist. Do you mean v2.2.7?
– Kurt Pfeifle
Dec 15 at 17:02