Fail to print using python-cups: "client-error-document-access-error"

Question

I am trying to Print to USB HP printer through python. I was successfull in printing a text file using Ctrl-P command through gui after setting up CUPS using the WEB method.

Now I am trying to print using python-cups library and this python script,

conn=cups.Connection()
printers=conn.getPrinter()
printer_name=printers.keys()[0]
conn.printFile(printer_name,filename,"print test",{}) .

but I get error

cups.IPPError: (1042,'client-error-document-access-error')

What can I do to fix this?

After fixing the print problem I am now stuck at the print formatting . IT does not printas can viewed in the text file and prints everything on the same line and overlaps the next line data on the same line . cant file any docs in CUPS to determine , print formats such as A4 size , or landscapes .

Answer 1

Ok, as it turns out, the file you tried to print was called serdata.txt and placed in the same folder as the python program, but the filename provided to printFile was /serdata.txt. The preceding slash tells the system to look for the file in the root folder, where it could not be found - hence, the cups framework could not access the file, and you got the error (client-error-document-access-error).

What you need to do to fix this is probably just to remove the slash / in the beginning of the file name, and you should be fine.

If that does not work, then give the full path to the file that you can get (when standing in the directory) with

ls -d $PWD/serdata.txt

Good luck!