[cups] Trouble with network printers

[Jim Anderson]

I'm sorry, I did not answer you question about avahi. Yes, it is running.

Jim

On 10/28/2014 05:29 PM, Jim Anderson wrote:
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> dnssd is not running on my PC, no.
>
> When I run
>
> "/usr/lib/cups/backend/dnssd"
>
> the output is:
>
> *DEBUG: Found "Brother MFC-7460DN._ipp._tcplocal"...
> DEBUG: Found "Brother MFC-7460DN._pdl-datastream._tcplocal"...
> DEBUG: Found "Brother MFC-7460DN._printer._tcplocal"...
> network dnssd://Brother%20MFC-7460DN._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/ 
> "Brother MFC-7460DN" "Brother MFC-7460DN" 
> "MFG:Brother;MDL:MFC-7460DN;" ""
> network dnssd://Brother%20MFC-7460DN._printer._tcp.local/ "Brother 
> MFC-7460DN" "Brother MFC-7460DN" "MFG:Brother;MDL:MFC-7460DN;" ""
> network dnssd://Brother%20MFC-7460DN._ipp._tcp.local/ "Brother 
> MFC-7460DN" "Brother MFC-7460DN" "MFG:Brother;MDL:MFC-7460DN;" ""*
>
> BTW, I tried installing the drivers and the install program on my 
> laptop and I am able to print from there. That gives me hope :)
>
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On 10/28/2014 04:06 PM, Michael Sweet wrote:
>> Jim,
>>
>> The dnssd backend is not able to resolve the service on the network - 
>> is Avahi running on your system? What do you see if you run 
>> "/usr/lib/cups/backend/dnssd" by itself?
>>
>>> On Oct 28, 2014, at 4:01 PM, Jim Anderson<jim_anderson at jjajava.com>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> I have add a new printer to network. It has an IP address of 
>>> 192.168.0.230. When I look at the CUPS web page at localhost:631 and 
>>> seleded administration -->  manage printers, I see the printer:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> MFC7460DN<http://localhost:631/printers/MFC7460DN>      MFC7460DN
>>>     Brother MFC7460DN for CUPS     Paused - "Destination printer 
>>> does not exist!"
>>>
>>>
>>> So CUPS sees the printer, but I guess is not configured properly.
>>>
>>> In /etc/cups/printer.conf, the brother printer shows up with the 
>>> following section:
>>>
>>> 20<Printer MFC7460DN>
>>> 21 Info MFC7460DN
>>> 22 MakeModel Brother MFC7460DN for CUPS
>>> 23 DeviceURI dnssd://Brother%20MFC-7460DN._ipp._tcp.local/
>>> 24 State Stopped
>>> 25 StateMessage Destination printer does not exist!
>>> 26 StateTime 1414526145
>>> 27 Reason paused
>>> 28 Type 8392724
>>> 29 Filter application/vnd.cups-raw 0 -
>>> 30 Filter application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 brlpdwrapperMFC7460DN
>>> 31 Filter application/vnd.cups-command 0 commandtops
>>> 32 Accepting Yes
>>> 33 Shared Yes
>>> 34 JobSheets none none
>>> 35 QuotaPeriod 0
>>> 36 PageLimit 0
>>> 37 KLimit 0
>>> 38 OpPolicy default
>>> 39 ErrorPolicy stop-printer
>>> 40 Attribute marker-colors \#000000,#000000
>>> 41 Attribute marker-levels -1,99
>>> 42 Attribute marker-names Black Toner Cartridge,Drum Unit
>>> 43 Attribute marker-types toner,opc
>>> 44 Attribute marker-change-time 1414526145
>>> 45</Printer>
>>>
>>> so it looks like it should be able to find the printer.
>>>
>>> I have downloaded the following drivers from Brother-USA.com:
>>>
>>> brfaxmodem-1.1.3-1.i386.deb
>>> brother-udev-rule-type1-1.0.0-1.all.deb
>>> brscan-skey-0.2.4-1.amd64.deb
>>> mfc7460dnlpr-2.1.0-1.i386.deb
>>> brmfcfaxcups-1.0.0-1.i386.deb
>>> brscan4-0.4.2-3.amd64.deb
>>> brscan-skey-0.2.4-1.i386.deb
>>> brmfcfaxlpd-1.0.0-1.i386.deb
>>> brscan4-0.4.2-3.i386.deb
>>>
>>> and ran the install script:
>>>
>>>       linux-brprinter-installer-2.0.0-1
>>>
>>> that was provided by Brother-USA.
>>>
>>> The script seemed to run ok.
>>>
>>> When I run:
>>>
>>> lp -dMFC7460DN  testfile
>>>
>>> the file gets spooled, but it does not print. The job status in CUPS 
>>> is:
>>>
>>>
>>> MFC7460DN<http://localhost:631/printers/MFC7460DN>-30     outputfile 
>>> jja     1k     Unknown     pending since
>>> Tue 28 Oct 2014 03:55:44 PM EDT
>>> /"Destination printer does not exist!"/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Can anyone help with getting jobs to print?
>>>
>>> Jim Anderson
>>>
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