[cups.general] Landscape printing using CUPS 1.42 on Brother 6050 is blank

[Michael Sweet]

Tim,

On Apr 10, 2012, at 1:01 PM, Tim Underwood wrote:
> ...
> What is interesting is that looking into the /etc/cups/printers.conf file for this printer (after modifying the printers.conf to point to a file, instead of the printer), it has only 3 filters specified:
> ...
> Filter application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
> Filter application/vnd.cups-command 0 commandtops
> Filter application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 -
> ...
> Also - what I notice when looking at HP printers (which DO work correctly), they have the following filters:
> 
> Filter application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
> Filter application/vnd.cups-postscript 100 foomatic-rip
> Filter application/vnd.cups-pdf 0 foomatic-rip


What OS/Linux distribution are you using?

What do you see in the /var/log/cups/error_log file when you print? (make sure to turn on debug logging - "cupsctl --debug-logging" will do the trick)

I guess it is possible that you have texttopdf and pdftopdf filters installed on your system but not texttops or pdftops filters that would allow the text file to print.  It could also be that the text file you are printing is being recognized as PCL and sent raw to the printer instead, and the Brother just isn't understanding it while the HP *is*.

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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair