Re: CUPS and Brother HL-5340D dual whammy (SOLVED!)

On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:31:36 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2012 02 Mar 12:40 -0600, Camaleón wrote: >> You can also consider contacting the manufacturer (Brother in your >> case), AFAIK it used to be a linux-friendly partner. And true is that >> their printers PPD files are quite old (2005).

Re: CUPS and Brother HL-5340D dual whammy (SOLVED!)

* On 2012 02 Mar 12:40 -0600, Camaleón wrote: > You can also consider contacting the manufacturer (Brother in your case), > AFAIK it used to be a linux-friendly partner. And true is that their > printers PPD files are quite old (2005). I could just yell out of my car window while driving down th

Re: CUPS and Brother HL-5340D dual whammy (SOLVED!)

On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:11:59 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2012 02 Mar 12:00 -0600, Camaleón wrote: > >> Ah! Yes, I remember... Could you finally discover the origin of the >> bug? > > Yes, the "upgrade from 1.5.0 to 1.5.2! ;-) He.. sure, but that's too wide to be conclusive. The updated

Re: CUPS and Brother HL-5340D dual whammy (SOLVED!)

* On 2012 02 Mar 12:00 -0600, Camaleón wrote: > Ah! Yes, I remember... Could you finally discover the origin of the bug? Yes, the "upgrade from 1.5.0 to 1.5.2! ;-) > Are just the Brother PPD files that fail with the new CUPS package? No. There is a report of a Kyoceria failing as well. > >

Re: CUPS and Brother HL-5340D dual whammy (SOLVED!)

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 (r

Re: CUPS and Brother HL-5340D dual whammy (SOLVED!)

* 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 Po

Re: CUPS and Brother HL-5340D dual whammy (SOLVED!)

On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:54:55 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 05:11:28PM +, Camale??n wrote: (...) >> > I've succeeded using the Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer - >> > CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.7 (grayscale, 2-sided printing) >> >> Good to know, but if your only problem was in sele

Re: CUPS and Brother HL-5340D dual whammy (SOLVED!)

On Thu 01 Mar 2012 at 18:54:55 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 05:11:28PM +, Camale??n wrote: > > > > Good to know, but if your only problem was in selecting the PPD file from > > CUPS wizard, just copy the PPD manually as instructed and go on :-) > > That is easier now th

Re: CUPS and Brother HL-5340D dual whammy (SOLVED!)

On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 05:11:28PM +, Camale??n wrote: > On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:17:10 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 03:01:53AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 02:21:03PM +, Camale??n wrote: > (...) > >> > If the printer also supports PCL5/6, you

Re: CUPS and Brother HL-5340D dual whammy (SOLVED!)

On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:17:10 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 03:01:53AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 02:21:03PM +, Camale??n wrote: (...) >> > If the printer also supports PCL5/6, you can also try with the >> > generic driver. >> >> Yes, I see that it s

Re: CUPS and Brother HL-5340D dual whammy (SOLVED!)

On Thu, Mar 01, 2012 at 03:01:53AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 02:21:03PM +, Camale??n wrote: > > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:05:08 -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > > > > > After a recent sid dist-upgrade, I'm having problems printing. > > > > > > The CUPS test page prints a border