Problem: CUPS "Filter failed" with hpijs Drivers

Problem: CUPS “Filter failed” with hpijs Drivers

Printer jobs get stuck in the queue with the state of ‘filter failed’.
In error.log of CUPS you notice the following:

Process is dying with "Unable to determine number of pages, page count: -1"

Environment

You have installed the hpijs drivers for your printer.

Solution

At time of writing a bug exists in these drivers.

Use the CUPS provided drivers “hplip”.

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