Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 06:59:42 +0200 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Printing using CUPS Message-ID: <20111001045941.GA2212@tinyCurrent> In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP1076FE7EB4BB5D1148C373193F70@phx.gbl> References: <BLU0-SMTP1076FE7EB4BB5D1148C373193F70@phx.gbl>
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El día Friday, September 30, 2011 a las 04:57:14PM -0400, Carmel escribió: > I am in the process of setting up a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer on a > FreeBSD-8.2 amd64 machine. It is a network printer and works fine with > the Windows machines on the network. Not so much with the FreeBSD > machine. > > CUPS detects the printer: > > Description: Brother MFC-9560CDW > Location: Local Printer > Driver: Brother MFC-9560CDW CUPS (color, 2-sided printing) > Connection: lpd://BRW0022587025CB/BINARY_P1 > Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided > > However, the connection does not work correctly. I changed it > to:lpd://192.168.1.100/BINARY_P1 and I can print a "self text page" > from CUPS. However, I cannot print a "test page" from within CUPS, nor > can I print anything from any other application. > > I have perused the log files without any success. This limited printing > has got me totally baffled. I am open to suggestions as to what to try > next. While configuring the printer in CUPS, have you used some PPD file? If so, check the PPD file which filter it will use. Set also the LogLevel to 'debug' in cupsd.conf, print a text file and check the messages in CUPS' log file. HIH matthias -- Matthias Apitz t +49-89-61308 351 - f +49-89-61308 399 - m +49-170-4527211 e <guru@unixarea.de> - w http://www.unixarea.de/
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