I have tried printing from Chrome, Firefox and Document viewer. On a random basis (means 20 papers go fine, 1 doesn't, 1 does, 2 don't, etc) instead of the file I sent to be printed, I get this:
It has never showed any errors except out of paper/bad paper size (warning, seems to be wrong) on the printer. I'm using Epson EPL-n3000 printer connected through USB. Same thing occurs on multiple computers, every one using the same printer and Ubuntu version.
I have tried changing some printer settings, including paper size and paper source (cassete/tray), getting the same result.
Re-downloading and updating as needed poppler-utils
and cups
packages from precise-updates, again the same. Test pages and printing to file both seem to be working fine; but I can't be sure because the whole problem seems to be occuring randomly (it never failed though).
It seems that when I wait for an approx. 5 min, the next page is always printed fine. However, I need to be able to print more than 100 pages without stopping.
It's important to notice that I don't currently have access to that printer (it's at work), nor the documents (it's on the network at work), so I'll try every solution and workaround on Monday.
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I think I've figured out what's the problem:
I have tried installing PPD file - doesn't work.
Printing test pages - doesn't work (for the first time)
Printing self-test pages - works!
I'll write this off as a CUPS bug and will research a little more and report it shortly. If anyone has any other idea, please tell.