In RHEL, "lpstat -p<printername>" prints the message "Unable to start filter cupsomatic"

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Issue

  • Running "lpstat -p printername" results in the message "Unable to start filter cupsomatic".
[root@localhost ~]# lpstat -p <printername>
printer <printername> is idle.  enabled since Sat 02 Nov 2013 11:00:04 AM EDT
Unable to start filter "cupsomatic" - No such file or directory.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
  • cups-1.3.7-26.el5_6.1

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