From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 6 12:21:44 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 C74DB1065674 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:21:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerry@seibercom.net) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C7EA8FC17 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:21:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ghbg15 with SMTP id g15so3192420ghb.13 for ; Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:21:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.236.127.145 with SMTP id d17mr23940573yhi.131.1328530903872; Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:21:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio.seibercom.net (cpe-076-182-104-150.nc.res.rr.com. [76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d5sm35015977anm.22.2012.02.06.04.21.42 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:21:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@scorpio.seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3ThSb92HxZz2CG4n for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2012 07:21:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 07:21:40 -0500 From: Jerry To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20120206072140.48c34631@scorpio> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: MFC 7840W under CUPS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:21:44 -0000 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? -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ A bird in the bush usually has a friend in there with him.