"Filter failed" printer error - Xerox Phaser 3010 on Ubuntu/Kubuntu 12.10

[jankillian]

installed xerox phaser 3010/3040 deb package from http://www.support.xerox.com/support/phaser-3010/file-download/enza.html?operatingSystem=linux&contentId=118987
added the printer in CUPS
enabled CUPS debug:
sudo cupsctl LogLevel=debug2
tried to print a test page from CUPS (repeated later using a simple Google Document with the same result)
printer changed its status to "busy - processing page 1" and within second changed again to "inactive - processing page 1"
the status message in printer job queue is "Filter failed"
the full /var/log/cups/error_log is at http://pastebin.com/GqwbTZ0L, selected fails:



​ (http://pastebin.com/GqwbTZ0L)D [16/Apr/2013:20:46:27 +0200] DeleteDevice failed: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs:Type of message, `(s)', does not match expected type `(o)'
CreateDevice failed: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:device id 'cups-Xerox_Phaser_3010' already exists
D [16/Apr/2013:20:46:35 +0200] [Job 189] Failed to send: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.Failed:device id 'Xerox_Phaser_3010' does not exists
D [16/Apr/2013:20:46:35 +0200] [Job 189] Failed to get profile filename!

​
Any ideas what the cause and solution might be?

[gridcube]

I have this exact same problem on a Xerox Phaser 3040 that share the same drivers.

I'm using Xubuntu 12.10

so I think we share the same CUPS version and all. :( ill give more information later but i didnt want you to feel alone in this conundrum

[gridcube]

jankillian, i've found this thread:

http://forum.support.xerox.com/t5/Printing/Phaser-6010-driver-Linux-64-bits/td-p/5244/page/2

it suggest a few workarounds to test, will report once i've tested them to see if one works.

[gridcube]

:D YEAH! success!

jankillian, i've succeded in installing the printer, i followed all the instructions to get it to work so i dont know wich ones did the trick, firts i tried the last suggestion, for debian, but as the multiarch comes by default in ubuntu it worked, sort of,


1.: Enable multiarch support on your Debian: http://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/Implementation#Using_multiarch

2.: Install the 32 bits driver deb-package

3.: In CUPS you can add the printer now but it will not work so far. After trying to print something you can find something like

D [14/Mar/2013:21:31:41 +0100] [Job 39] Dell_1250c: error while loading shared libraries: libcupsimage.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

in /var/log/cups/error_log

4.: But this message is a pretty good help: apt-get install libcupsimage2:i386 will install the missing 32 bits library

5.: After restarting CUPS with /etc/init.d/cups restart I was able to use the printer without any problem



that took away the "filter failed" error log, but i still couldnt print.

then i tried this,


However, based on the above posts I may have a workaround for Linux Mint 13 or similar Ubuntu based distributions:

1) Make sure ia32-libs is installed (sudo apt-get install -y ia32-libs)

2) go ahead and download the 32-bit *.deb from the Xerox support site

3) Install the 32-bit deb using gdebi package installer (I just right clicked on the *.deb and installed)

4) Open nautilus and navigate to /usr/share/ppd/Xerox and find the Xerox_Phaser_6010n.ppd.gz file

5) copy this file and move it to a directory you own (~/Desktop) for example

6) extract the contents of the gz, out will come Xerox_Phaser_6010N.ppd

7) Open a terminal and use system-config-printer

8) Add the printer, I have it connected to my router with a reserved DHCP IP address so I use
the appsockert/JetDirect option. In my case the resulting Device URI is socket://192.168.0.127:9100 (modify for your IP settings)

9) When asked for the driver ppd, select "Provide the ppd file" and browse to the extracted Xerox_Phaser_6010N.ppd from a folder you have permissions. This should be successful, trying to add it for me directly from /usr/share/ppd/Xerox resulted in a cups error on add, probably due to lack of permissions on usr/share/...)

still no luck, the printer accepted the job, and tooked it away of the queue, but it printed nothing.


finally i did this;

sudo nautilus ~ /* creates a root filemanager in your home directory */
create an empty directory
download and extract the .deb package
extract the contents of the .deb package /* in root nautilus (remember the sudo), right click/extract here. If you double click, it tries to install and complains about being the wrong architecture */
manually copy the contents from under /usr to their respective locations creating any missing directories as you go. You can ignore the /DEBIAN directory.
Reboot /* don't know if this is necessary, but I've been trained by years of using windows :-) */
Add the printer through cups

I did not reboot however, what i did differently, after removing the printer was add it from the CUPS not the printer installer.


:D NOW THE PRINTER WORKS AND IM HAPPY

[jankillian]

Hello @gridcube, thanks for your effort, this seems promising! I recall to see the missing lib in logs. Will try that as soon as I get to the printer. Many thanks!

[jankillian]

Woohoo, you are the hacker @gridcube!

It helped:



sudo apt-get install -y ia32-libs

ar p xerox-phaser-3010-3040_1.0-28_i386.deb data.tar.gz | sudo tar -xzf - --keep-newer-files --no-overwrite-dir -v -C / ./usr

sudo restart cups


now go to the printer settings
remove the old phaser printer, if any
turn on the printer
it should be autodetected and automatically added
print a test page


Many thanks! :)