[gentoo-amd64] CUPS now failing with "/usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip failed"

[Mark Knecht]

After doing some updates which I think included CUPS my printer is no
longer working. I tried deleting the printer and asked CUPS to find
new printers. It found the printer and then after a second or two said
it had installed what needed to be installed. However when I try to
print a test page it fails and I see this message in the CUPS web
interface:

"/usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip failed"

Of course revdep-rebuild wants to rebuild lots and lots of stuff - far
too much for just fixing this so I'll attack that issue later this
evening:

emerge --oneshot -p =media-libs/gst-plugins-base-0.10.14
=media-libs/gstreamer-0.10.14 =gnome-base/libgnomeprint-2.18.3
=app-text/ghostscript-esp-8.15.4-r1
=gnome-extra/evolution-webcal-2.12.0 =gnome-extra/gnome-media-2.20.1
=gnome-extra/libgsf-1.14.7 =gnome-extra/bug-buddy-2.20.1
=gnome-extra/evolution-data-server-1.12.3 =net-libs/libsoup-2.2.104
=net-print/libgnomecups-0.2.2 =net-print/gnome-cups-manager-0.31-r2
=net-fs/samba-3.0.28 =kde-base/kdelibs-3.5.8-r3 =media-gfx/gimp-2.2.17
=mail-client/evolution-2.12.3-r1

Since I have foomatic-filters installed I tried emerging it and
restarting CUPS but I'm still getting the same error message.

Anyone have any knowledge about this sort of failure?

The CUPS interface is currently showing this:

Description: HP PSC 1600 series
Location: Local Printer
Printer Driver: HP PSC 1600 Foomatic/hpijs (recommended)
Printer State: idle, accepting jobs, published.
Device URI: usb://HP/PSC%201600%20series?serial=MY583F32PDL0

hpijs isn't a package:

lightning ~ # eix hpijs
No matches found.
lightning ~ #

but I found something not installed, and I don't think ever installed,
called hplip, which says it contains hpijs:

lightning ~ # eix hplip
* net-print/hplip
     Available versions:  2.7.10 ~2.7.12 ~2.7.12-r1 {X doc fax minimal
parport ppds scanner snmp}
     Homepage:            http://hplip.sourceforge.net/
     Description:         HP Linux Imaging and Printing System.
Includes net-print/hpijs, scanner drivers and service tools.

Inside of CUPS it's telling me it's using Foomatic/hpijs (en) so I
thought it was doing what it's supposed to do but it isn't working.

Has there been some sort of printer driver changes in portage that has
caught me off guard? I need to get this working ASAP of kids and
homework.

Thanks in advance,
Mark
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