Unable to print PDF files in RHEL. Error is "Unsupported document-format".

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Issue

  • Attempting to print a PDF file using the lp or lpr commands returns the error "lp: Unsupported document-format "application/pdf"".

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), all versions
  • Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)

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