[lug] CUPS printing problem

[David L. Anselmi]

Bruce Long wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am trying to get CUPS to work on the Nokia N900. I have it building OK,
> the service runs and lpr finds the service.

Why don't you use what your distro packages?

> But when I actually try to print I get a message like "Unsupported format:
> application/PDF" or "Unsupported format: test/plain"

Probably you need the right filters.  Does the INSTALL file say anything about how to select them? 
If not perhaps the configure script has options that will give you a clue.  foomatic or ghostscript 
are likely candidates.

Dave