no pages found: whimsical errors with a binary driver working well on other cups systems

[Elmar Stellnberger]

> > Elmar Stellnberger wrote:
> >
> > >> Elmar Stellnberger wrote:
> > >>
> > >> >   Printing test pages always breaks with the error 'no pages found'.
> > >> >   The same driver from solutions.brother.com/linux for the mfc-9840cdw
> > >> >   (1.0.3-1.i386) works well on another machine using the same Linux
> > >> >   version (2.6.34.7-0.7-desktop) and cups release (cups-1.4.6-70.1,
> > >> >   openSUSE 11.3) though on an i686 platform rather than on an x86_64 as
> > >> >   desired. I also remember the brother drivers having worked for x86_64
> > >> >   on a previous installation given that the i586 support libraries are
> > >> >   correctly installed which I have verified with ldd/rpm. However also
> > >> >   the cups installation on the x86_64 machine seems to be correct since
> > >> >   the generic postcript printer driver will make my mfc-9840cdw print
> > >> >   well though in unsatisfyingly low quality using only black and white
> > >> >   instead of color. PDF-file printing does also work well.
> > >> >
> > >> >   Can anyone help? I have raised the debug level and analysed the logs
> > >> >   but didn`t find any error message. That seems to be the very
> > >> >   cryptical thing about the 'no pages found' fallacy with cups.
> > >> >
> > >> > Many Thanks and Appreciation for Your Response,
> > >> > Elmar Stellnberger
> > >>
> > >> Please post (an URL to) a sample file and the portion of the error_log
> > >> containing the messages related to the sample job for further
> > >> examination.
> > >>
> > >> Helge
> > >>
> > >
> > >   I have now uploaded the collected debug & logfiles at
> > >   http://elstel.binhoster.com/postedfiles/brother_mfc-9840cdw_cups/.
> >
> > I suspect from looking into your files that the cause is the fact that the
> > needed fonts could not be embedded. The error_log shows:
> >
> > [Job 39] Unable to open font file "/usr/share/cups/fonts/Monospace" - No such file or directory
> >
> > etc. for all the fonts needed for the testpage. As these fonts, I suppose, are not
> > installed in the printer's ROM, the missing fonts clearly lead to a PostScript error.
> > This seems to be backed by the message
> >
> > [Job 39] Error: error occurred at print phase !!
> >
> > wich comes, as I can see, from the Brother filter.
> >
> > So look for the Monospace font family and install it properly.
> >
> > Helge
> >
>
>   The Monospace fonts are installed, the given error messages have gone, but however the 'No pages found' error still persists perhaps now occurring a little bit later. Again I have posted all the new log files at http://elstel.org/postedfiles/brother_mfc_9840cdw_cups/ but however could not find a possible cause of this error. The given jobs will have started at 10:25:31 and finished at 10:25:33 so that the only log file containing datas about the failed test-page-printout should be error_log.
>
> Good Thanks for Your Support,
> Elmar
>

  Helge, can you help me? Again I have looked at the logfiles and also asked at irc:##cups but could neithertimes find the error. Post-installing the Monospace fonts could have been a good hint either but actually did not resolve the 'no pages found' error as the same problem had already existed when printing the test page with the generic postscript printer which was known to work.

Best Recommendations,
Elmar