I finally found some time to look into this more deeply. Turns out it was never a printer or driver problem at all. The problem was that my cupsd.conf was set so restrictively that not even root could print! I reconfigured so that root and I can print, and everything is now fixed.
Duh. Well, this is how Linux newbies learn, I suppose, and I'm having fun in the process. -PT On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Peter Tenenbaum <quar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Additional information: looking in the error log, I see that I did in fact > get this error the last time I tried to print: > > E [14/Jun/2010:22:35:43 -0700] Returning IPP client-error-not-authorized for > Print-Job (ipp://localhost:631/printers/Mrs.Cat) from localhost > > This looks like a configuration error (in cupsd.conf?), but for the life of > me I don't know how to fix it. > > -PT > > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Peter Tenenbaum <quar...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I've been migrating my computer resources over from a 6 year old WXP >> computer to a brand-new Debian Linux one. Most recently I tried to migrate >> our old printer, a Brother MFC-420 CN printer / scanner / fax with USB >> connection. Brother has CUPS and LPD drivers for it, and they have 2 sets >> of instructions for installing the drivers (one pretty much automatic, one >> more manual). >> >> I've tried both sets of instructions, and it almost works. The printer is >> detected by the computer when it is first connected; the install appears to >> go correctly, and the printer appears correctly in the CUPS browser >> interface. When I send print jobs, no errors appear, and the print jobs are >> shown as "completed" in the CUPS browser interface. However, no printed >> pages ever appear. Printing from the command line, applications, test >> prints -- none of them result in printed output. >> >> Has anyone else had problems like this? Any suggestions for how to >> resolve? >> >> I realize that this is something of a long shot, but I have to say that >> the responses I've gotten to questions and problems on this list have been >> borderline-miraculous in fixing my problems, so I figured I'd give it a >> shot! I've also asked the Linux support people at Brother for assistance. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> -PT >> > >
