Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:30:32 +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: <4F322498.7090308@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <201202080724.q187OX7V069367@mail.r-bonomi.com> References: <201202080724.q187OX7V069367@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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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?
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