From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 8 08:00:10 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 D1951106566B for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:00:10 +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 6C9D28FC12 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:00:10 +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 5A4265C2B for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:12:44 +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 7BBF75C29 for ; Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:12:44 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4F322A79.8040407@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:55:37 +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> <4F32262C.2050009@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4F32262C.2050009@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 08:00:11 -0000 On 02/08/12 17:37, Da Rock wrote: > 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 Excuse me, yet again. I remember now, (it's been close to ten years since I worked on these monsters) that used to be a "selling" feature; not really a feature technically :) I think some of the earliest models used to have a genuine interpreter built-in. Maybe it was too expensive to sell? I don't know exactly in what direction it has gone now, but it appears not all are compatible.