From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 6 14:18:51 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D353106564A for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:18:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A6448FC15 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:18:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (bell.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.40]) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85A425C28 for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:31:25 +1000 (EST) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0CCB65C21 for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:31:25 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4F2FE03C.80602@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:14:20 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20120206072140.48c34631@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <20120206072140.48c34631@scorpio> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: MFC 7840W under CUPS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:18:51 -0000 On 02/06/12 22:21, Jerry wrote: > On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:21:59 +0100 > Ouyang Xueyu articulated: > >> Hello, >> >> I have Freebsd 8.2 and CUPS installed and try to print on my Brother >> MFC 7840W printer. The printer is accessible by a static IP address, >> is configured in CUPS but everytime I only get blank pages when I'm >> trying to print. >> >> Does anybody know a solution for this behaviour? > I have the same problem with a different Brother printer. I have used > every PPD file I could fine including the one from new Win7 machine. > > You did not state what program(s) you are attempting to print from. If > given the option, choose the LPR option in the menu. It works for me. > > I have supplied every piece of information I could find on this problem > to the CUPS people without getting any useful results. It seems, and > this is just a guess -- but a good one in my opinion -- that it is a > FreeBSD phenomenon. Brother does supply driver setups for Linux but > that is about it. > > Good luck, I just plan gave up. The time and trouble involved in > getting it to work was simply not worth the effort involved. By the > way, what CUPS version? > If you can supply the debug info then we can have a crack at what exactly is happening. Personally I come from the print industry and have significant experience with printers and drivers (and other factors), I'm sure there are others in the same position. The more information there is available, the more eyes on it, and the sooner a fix could come along.