Ubuntu 11.10/BrotherHL2240D/ printer does not print any more

[Helge Blischke]

Rainer Wolf wrote:

>> sk at skaiser.at wrote:
>>
>> > Hello all,
>> > I have a problem with cups, and here it is surely only cups .
>> > ( The printer has printed in Ubuntu 11.04, it does not print any more
>> > in Ubuntu 11.10, and it does print on the same machine in Windows XP.
>> > So I
>> > think  we can definitely exclude any hardware error. I have set cupsd
>> > -F to see more in the logs, but I am not really the wiser by it. I try
>> > to print, cups lets me choose the properties of the printer, if it is a
>> > big job it carefully generates the spoolfile, then the job is declared
>> > printed without anything coming out of the printer. Can anybody tell me
>> > where to look for what exactly ?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >  Siegfried
>>
>> Please post (an URL to) the error_log (switch CUPS to debug logging using
>> the coimmand
>> cupsctl --debug-logging
>> and post all of your mime files (the *.types and *.confs fioes).
>>
>> I suspect the Ubuntu folks habe significantly changed the filter chains
>> in CUPS.
>>
>> Helge
>>
>>
> 
> Hi Helge,
> 
> here is my message reply :=
> http://www.cups.org/newsgroups.php?s23937+gcups.general+v23938+T1 here is
> my error_log :=
> 
http://home.arcor.de/os2five/forum/openSUSE121_CUPS150_brotherDCP585CW_error_log
> 
> i hope you find a solution!

The wiki

http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Brother/Drucker

tells to install the brother printer using the brother installation tools 
after setting up cups.

Moreover, I suspect that the brlpdwrapperxxxxxx filter(s) expect a 
PostScript file as input (they use the original print file, i. e. the 
dxxxxx-001 file in /var/spool/cups). But the testpage file in CUPS 1.5 is a 
cups-command file, and I suspect the brother filter(s) don't know what to do 
with it.

For further investigation, please post the brlpdwrapperdcp585cw filter and 
the respective filter in /usr/local/Brother/lpd/filter/ .

Helge

P.S.: openprinting.org tags this printer as a "paperweight".