Questions tagged [pycups]

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Pycups - create and send IPPRequest with IPPAttribute and parse response (enable IPP:Hold-New-Jobs)

In CUPS, I want to hold all new printer jobs, check the cartridge levels of my printer and one by one release jobs for printing. (My printer kills the cartridge-chips when falling below a certain percentage to prevent refilling.) I have CUPS…
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converting URI to URL using python

I have a list of printers and I got their URI using pycups. now I need to know their IP addresses and to do that, I need to know their URL. How can I convert those URIs to URLs? for example, I have this URI:…
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ZPL setup GX430t

I use Raspberry Pi connected to a Zebra GX430t with CUPS. I use the "Local Raw Printer" driver and I send the ZPL directly to the printer using Python. I use the termal transfert mode, but I have a problem with the printer (300dpi), because the…
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Python program to print "hello world" via CUPS?

import cups conn = cups.Connection() printers = conn.getPrinters() printer_name = printers.keys()[0] conn.printFile(printer_name,'/home/pi/Desktop/tempprint.jpg',"Hello",{}) how to printFile change to print text example "hello world"? not…
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I'm trying to install pycups on mac os using the treminal, but I'm getting "building wheel for pycups (setup.py) ... error"

$pip install pycups Collecting pycups Using cached pycups-2.0.1.tar.gz (62 kB) Building wheels for collected packages: pycups Building wheel for pycups (setup.py) ... error ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: command:…
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Installing pycups via pip is missing cups.h?

I want to install pycups module via pip, but I'm getting following error: Collecting pycups Using cached pycups-2.0.1.tar.gz (62 kB) Building wheels for collected packages: pycups Building wheel for pycups (setup.py) ... error ERROR: Command…
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Conda / pycups / py37: Symbol not found: _libiconv on macOS mojave

i am struggling to get pycups to work in a conda environment. I get Symbol not found: _libiconv. I'm running on macOS Mojave. I assume it is a path problem because on the same machine it works fine installed in an environment created using python3:…
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Python- How to communicate with printer

I've been searching for a few days on how to improve a program I wrote for work. The program, which uses python 3.6, simply sends pre-formatted .doc files to the printer, but I can't seem to find a way on how to signal the function to stop sending…
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I have converted a pdf file to pwg/raster but how do I print it using pycups PrintFile function?

When using lp I can send -o raw as option to print raw file. But how do i do this using pycups ? I've been trying to find the answer to this since yesterday through the sparse documentation but haven't found anything. import cups import subprocess …
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Pycups on python 3.10 and above Linux

I have the following line of code in python: import cups When i run it i receive on the console: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cups' But when i try to install it with pip install pycups==2.0.1 i receive the error note: This error originates…
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Python3 module 'cups' has no attribute 'Connection'

I try to convert python2 to python3 and there is code not working on `cups.Connection()`` import cups conn = cups.Connection() And its produce stacktree Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/sagara/Downloads/Printing Script/mnd_75…
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How to change orientation of file being printed with pycups

I have this code that i want to use to print out a file in landscape, its printing, but the options don't seem to apply: conn.printFile('printerName','fileName','',{"orientation-requested":"4"}) but it is just printing normally not in…
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PyCups Failed building wheel for pycups on Raspberry Pi

I'm trying to install pycups on my raspberry pi running Python 2.7.16 and pip version 18.1. I'm trying to install with the following command: sudo pip install pycups But it keeps failing and giving this error: Failed building wheel for…
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How to fix cups.IPPError: (4096, 'Unauthorized') ? Using cups with pycups

I'm setting up a python app to monitor a cups server. I'm using the cups wrapper pycups. The python application is in the same server as cups. The calls to create print jobs and get the printers information and job status are working fine but when…
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How to print .xlxs file using php or python in raspberry pi?

I have a printer connected to raspberry pi and I want to print a .xlxs file which is in raspberry pi using python or php .I have tried CUPS and libreoffice.By using CUPS i did able to print txt file but not any other file using python using below…
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