[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#660420: Brother DCP-8065DN prints blank sheets

[Michael Schmitt]

Am 27.02.2012 18:35, schrieb Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez:
> On 27/02/12 15:43, Michael Schmitt wrote:
>> Am 27.02.2012 13:07, schrieb Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez:
>>> I can confirm this.
>>>
>>>
>>> After the upgrade to cups=1.5.2-5 my printer "Brother DCP-8065DN
>>> BR-Script3" prints blank sheets.
>>>
>>> I had workarounded this downgrading the package::
>>>
>>>     sudo apt-get install -t testing cups=1.5.0-13
>>>
>>>
>>> And all is working back as expected.
>> Please check if changing the driver to something more generic enables
>> you to print again. As said, BR-Script (Brother) and KPDL (Kyocera) are
>> both vendor specific Postscript incarnations, so set the driver to
>> something similar to Postscript 1/2/3 and see if that helps.
>> I had success with generic Postscript 1 from foomatic. I need
>> confirmation that this is indeed somewhat driver specific before I want
>> to poke the devs even more. :)
>>
>> regards
>> Michael
>>
> AFAIK there is no free driver (foomatic or gutenprint) for my printer
> (Brother DCP-8065DN)
>
> I tried both with  "Brother DCP-8045D Foomatic/Postscript" and "Brother
> DCP-8085DN Foomatic/Postscript" without luck. Neither of this two
> drivers is able to print pages. Tried both with cups 1.5.2-5 and 1.5.0-13
>
>
> Regards
>

No, you did get me wrong. Just try a generic Postscript driver, not a 
Brother specific one. Postscript is a printer / page description 
language standard and many printers support it natively. See it as a 
least common denominator for many printers that claim to support 
"Postscript". Those printers may support some vendor specific stuff in 
addition, but they should run with that least common denominator 
nevertheless. So please test a GENERIC Postscript driver. That means in 
the cups webinterface choose "generic" as vendor and scroll down untill 
you see the generic Postscript stuff, choose one that fits the bill best.

regards
Michael
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