On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:28:07 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2012 02 Mar 10:04 -0600, Camaleón wrote: >> On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:54:55 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > >> > CUPS offers three Postscript drivers in the Generic menu. >> > >> > Generic PostScript Level 1 Printer Foomatic/Postscript 1 (recommended >> > en) Generic PostScript Printer (en) >> > Generic PostScript Printer Foomatic/Postscript (recommended en) >> > >> > I suppose I can try them out.... >> >> I'm not sure if any of those are going to work. BR-Script is not >> PostScript, you better use the description file provided by the printer >> manufacturer. > > With the current CUPS 1.5.2 package in Sid, he'll likely wind up with a > single blank sheet, if anything at all from the printer. I've had to > revert to the "Generic PostScript Level 1 Printer Foomatic/Postscript 1 > (recommended en)" to get printing working again on my Brother HL-5240 > and the current CUPS. I have tried several Brother supplied PPD files > with same result.
Ah! Yes, I remember... Could you finally discover the origin of the bug? Are just the Brother PPD files that fail with the new CUPS package? > See bug # 660420 and 660348 (it's that bad that I know have them > memorized). Yup, not a nice memory at all ;-( Anyway, a fix is more than desirable. Generic PS files can be a workaround but not a long time solution. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jir1mn$aoa$1...@dough.gmane.org
