Can't print any more "Stopped - Filter failed"

Solution 1:

I assume that the printer worked before. Check your /var/spool/cups directory, and empty it.

If that does not help, see the instructions for install the necessary plugins for your HP printer here.

Solution 2:

Im my case, it was due to missing libraries as shown by cups error log fragment:

D [07/Apr/2014:18:42:50 -0300] [Job 6] /usr/lib/cups/filter/watermarkfilter: error while loading shared libraries: libcupsimage.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
D [07/Apr/2014:18:42:50 -0300] [Job 6] /usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoprinterbin: error while loading shared libraries: libcupsimage.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Pay attention if your printer driver is 32 or 64 bit, so you should install the right libraries arch.

Solution 3:

In my case, one of my kids borrowed the USB cord. Ubuntu didn't seem to know this. After I uninstalled the printer driver, I noticed the cord missing. Replace cord and driver, now works fine

Solution 4:

For me, the problem was solved by restarting the print server:

sudo systemctl restart cups.service

Solution 5:

This just happened to me out of the blue - yesterday the printer worked. I tried restarting the cups service, and tried restarting the machine, both didn't work. I'm on Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS.

What worked for me:

I updated the installed software packages, after which the problem was gone.

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade