small progress, no help so far with cups

[Gene Heskett]

Greetings;

I've posted twice now, asking for cups help, with no response.  However, I 
now have made a small amount of progress.  It seems the default kubuntu 
install does not install a /etc/cups/client.conf file, which needs only to 
specify ServerName.  I've now generated that file, and an 'lpstat -d -p'
now returns:

==========
root at shop:~# lpstat -d -p
system default destination: lp2
printer lp0 is idle.  enabled since Wed 31 Dec 1969 07:00:00 PM EST
printer lp1 is idle.  enabled since Wed 31 Dec 1969 07:00:00 PM EST
printer lp2 is idle.  enabled since Wed 31 Dec 1969 07:00:00 PM EST
        Sending print file, 302093 bytes...
printer lp3 is idle.  enabled since Wed 31 Dec 1969 07:00:00 PM EST
==========

However, they are not visible or usable to cups and friends.

Having tried to add a printer, cups does seem to be accessing the named 
server, but as it logs the scanning of its available ppd's, the log 
suddenly stops before reaching the desired ppd file, like this:
D [25/Sep/2006:08:05:58 -0400] [CGI] Skip first part...
D [25/Sep/2006:08:05:58 -0400] [CGI] Starting at file position 814...
D [25/Sep/2006:08:05:58 -0400] [CGI] Returning at file position 823 on 
character ':'...
D [25/Sep/2006:08:05:58 -0400] [CGI] Output second part...
D [25/Sep/2006:08:05:58 -0400] [CGI] Starting at file position 823...
D [25/Sep/2006:08:05:58 -0400] [CGI] Returning at file position 824 on 
character '}'...
D [25/Sep/2006:08:05:58 -0400] [CGI] Finished 
"{?current_make_and_model=EPSON Stylus C46 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.0.0-rc2", 
out=0xb7e2f0e0...
D [25/Sep/2006:08:05:58 -0400] [CGI] "{ppd_make_and_model}" at 845...
D [25/Sep/2006:08:05:58 -0400] [CGI] "{ppd_natural_language}" at 869...
D [25/Sep/2006:08:05:58 -0400] [CGI] Returning at file position 872 on 
character '}'...
D [25/Sep/2006:08:05:58 -0400] [CGI] Starting at file position 741...
root at shop:~#

The desired printer is a C-82, many entries on down the list from where 
this log quits.

Does anyone have a suggestion as to what to check next?  I'm plumb 
bumfuzzled.

If I ssh into my firewall box, and run mozilla there to localhost:631, all 
4 of these printer profiles are there and usable with no other 
intervention on my part other than setting up the /etc/cups/client.conf 
file properly to name the server.  I did NOT have to manually add them.

iptables is not running on the malfunctioning box.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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