Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 01:24:33 -0600 (CST) From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Debug Brother MFC-9560CDW failure to print Message-ID: <201202080724.q187OX7V069367@mail.r-bonomi.com> In-Reply-To: <4F31D13E.5020400@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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> Cc: > Subject: Re: Debug Brother MFC-9560CDW failure to print > > On 02/08/12 03:33, Jerry wrote: > > On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:57:26 +1000 > > Da Rock articulated: > > > >> Just noticed something: have you specifically got a postscript module > >> in your printer? Because that is what it is sending your printer... > >> > >> I only just found that in the logs :) > > I have used every PPD file I could find; both those supplied by CUPS > > and those found on the NET. It doesn't make any difference. I can only > > get a page printed if I use the LPR option, otherwise only a blank page > > is ejected. By the way, if I use a B&W PPD instead of the color laser > > one, a B&W document is printed when I use the LPR option; therefore, it > > is apparent that something is actually using that PPD. > > > > If you search, you will find that there are numerous reports of > > problems with blank pages and the CUPS 1.5.0 version. Those that I have > > personally checked are usually also associated with FreeBSD, which > > leads me to believe it is a local phenomenon. Luckily, I can print > > through Windows, so I am not stuck with this BS. > > > > By the way, the test page printed is the one that is supplied with CUPS. > > Interestingly, it prints its own page but not one feed to it. Go > > figure ... > From what I see right now, you're printing ps to a non ps printer. So > I'm a little surprised that you get a test page that way. Strange. When I check the specs for that printer, it says it it has following printer-language support: "PCL6,BR-Script3" "BR-Script3" Is Brother's implementation of PostScript -- thus not having to py Adobe's licensing fees for the "genuine" interpreter.
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