On Fri 04 Aug 2017 at 14:14:42 -0400, Jape Person wrote: > On 08/04/2017 08:25 AM, Curt wrote: > >On 2017-08-04, Jape Person <jap...@comcast.net> wrote: > >>A few weeks ago a CUPS upgrade to our Debian testing systems > >>started showing a new driver for our Brother MFC-9340CDW in print > >>dialogs and in the CUPS printer list and in the > >>system-config-printer utility. > >> > >>You'd think that was good news, but we've been unable to find any > >>way to make the queue for this "driverless" instance of the printer > >>function properly. > >> > > > >Just very quickly found this bug that seems to be relevant to your > >case, Jape. As you didn't describe the "garbled" condition of your > >printouts with the "driverless" driver I can't be sure but it seems a > >fair guess. > > I should have been more careful in describing the output. Eyes are old, and > thought the was garbling, but closer exam with magnifying glass reveals that > it's all just distorted -- as in compressed vertically.
I've met this before in another context with another bug. cups-browsed is doing its best to give you something better than the printer's default two lines of output. It cannot be perfect. The suggested workaround for altering the PPD in #868360 is the way to go. Does it work for you? -- Brian.
