"Filter Failed" due to permission problems?

[Sisyphos]

Hi,

It seems LM 16 64 Bit has problems printing due to permission problems. I'm able to print on LM 14 64 Bit fine. Now Cups displays an "Filter failed" error when I try to print with HP DeskJet 845c.

There are tons of different suggestions to solve "Filter Failed" errors. These attempts doesn't help:
- removing and reinstalling the printer
- adding my user to the groups lp and lpadmin
- removing the hplip package and install the package from hplipopensource (according to: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/in ... index.html)
- fixing permissions to the printer usb ports (according to: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CU ... printer.29)

The only way I was able to print at least a test page was to install the printer using

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sudo hp-setup

and print the test page. But sudo printing is not a solution at all. I can not access to a printer with applications because the printer is not accessible. Anyway printing should work without sudo. But the positive test indicates the problem is caused to some permission problems. Does anyone maybe have some ideas how to fix this?

I would be glad for any help/ideas. I'm very frustrated, because I choose mint because its always seemed to me very convenient. But this problem reminds me to my first very hard time with Linux more then eight years ago.

Sisyphos

P.S. I will post this parallel on Ubuntu forums and I will post helpfull recommendations here too.

[Habitual]

add yourself to the lp group?

[Sisyphos]

yes. I'm member of group lpadmin as well.

[OzRattler]

Did you solve this one?

I had the same drama and found the solution in another thread and special thanks to "median" and "jcockx" who together got to a working solution.

Install the 32bit libraries.

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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Worked for me with the CP105b from Fuji Xerox. Don't forget to pair with 32bit drivers as well.

[bohica]

Hi,
Hopefully a simple question... in your answer you say "don't forget to pair with 32-bit drivers" - how do I pair them?
thx