From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 8 07:41:49 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 CB8F0106566B for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:41:49 +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 754D28FC16 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:41:49 +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 07BE75C2B for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:54:24 +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 261ED5C29 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:54:23 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4F32262C.2050009@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:37:16 +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: <201202080724.q187OX7V069367@mail.r-bonomi.com> <4F322498.7090308@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4F322498.7090308@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Debug Brother MFC-9560CDW failure to print 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: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:41:49 -0000 On 02/08/12 17:30, Da Rock wrote: > On 02/08/12 17:24, Robert Bonomi wrote: >>> 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. > Interesting. I haven't heard that before. That said, it would take > more than a simple name change to beat off the blood-sucking > lawyers... so just how close to postscript is it? And how perfectly > does cups interpret it as well? A quick glance at wikipedia doesn't show the 9560 as compatible to ps 2 or 3