Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:37:16 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Debug Brother MFC-9560CDW failure to print Message-ID: <4F32262C.2050009@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4F322498.7090308@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <201202080724.q187OX7V069367@mail.r-bonomi.com> <4F322498.7090308@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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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
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