diff --git a/components/printers/osprinters.pas b/components/printers/osprinters.pas
index b702857796..da0c1c241c 100644
--- a/components/printers/osprinters.pas
+++ b/components/printers/osprinters.pas
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ unit OSPrinters;
 
 interface
 
-
 {$IFDEF UNIX}
   {$IFDEF DARWIN}
     {$IFDEF LCLCarbon}
diff --git a/components/printers/unix/cupsprinters.inc b/components/printers/unix/cupsprinters.inc
index 4e9bb2171e..89cc81d957 100644
--- a/components/printers/unix/cupsprinters.inc
+++ b/components/printers/unix/cupsprinters.inc
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ begin
 end;
 {$ENDIF}
 
-//Print the file aFileName with a selected printer an options
+//Print the file aFileName with a selected printer and options
 function TCUPSPrinter.PrintFile(aFileName: String): longint;
 var
   aPrinterName : string;
@@ -498,6 +498,11 @@ begin
   end;
 end;
 
+function TCUPSPrinter.GetLastError: string;
+begin
+  Result:=ippErrorString(cupsdyn.cupsLastError());
+end;
+
 function TCUPSPrinter.IsOptionValueValid(AKeyword, AValue: pchar): boolean;
 var
   Option: pppd_option_t;
@@ -896,6 +901,8 @@ end;
 //If not aborted, send PostScript file to printer.
 //After, delete this file.
 procedure TCUPSPrinter.DoEndDoc(aAborted: Boolean);
+var
+  CupsResult: LongInt;
 begin
   inherited DoEndDoc(aAborted);
   dec(FBeginDocCount);
@@ -922,13 +929,19 @@ begin
     {$IFDEF LogPrintoutFile}
     CopyFile(FOutputFileName, 'printjob'+ExtractFileExt(FOutputFileName));
     {$ENDIF}
-    {$IFNDEF DoNotPrint}
-    if Filename<>'' then
-      CopyFile(FOutputFileName, FileName)
-    else
-      PrintFile(FOutputFileName);
-    {$ENDIF}
-    DeleteFileUTF8(FOutputFilename);
+    try
+      {$IFNDEF DoNotPrint}
+      if Filename<>'' then
+        CopyFile(FOutputFileName, FileName)
+      else begin
+        CupsResult:=PrintFile(FOutputFileName+'1');
+        if CupsResult<=0 then
+          raise Exception.Create('CUPS printing: '+GetLastError);
+      end;
+      {$ENDIF}
+    finally
+      DeleteFileUTF8(FOutputFilename);
+    end;
   end;
 end;
 
diff --git a/components/printers/unix/cupsprinters_h.inc b/components/printers/unix/cupsprinters_h.inc
index 609c39f3fd..9c5f9e7d32 100644
--- a/components/printers/unix/cupsprinters_h.inc
+++ b/components/printers/unix/cupsprinters_h.inc
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ type
     --------------------------------------------------}
     procedure SetJobState(aJobId : LongInt; aOp : ipp_op_t);
     function PrintFile(aFileName: String): longint;
+    function GetLastError: string;
     procedure DebugOptions(AOPtions:Pcups_option_t=nil; n:Integer=0);
     function cupsGetOption(aKeyWord: string): String;
     function CopyOptions(out AOptions: Pcups_option_t): Integer;