* deleted the printer, rebooted and reconnected to get the scanner part of the MFC working, Noticed these entries in the syslog after a screen popup of "No printer driver for Brother MFC-7420"
Jan 12 19:05:41 server1 udev-configure-printer: URI match: usb://Brother/MFC-7420?serial=000H5J520567 Jan 12 19:05:41 server1 udev-configure-printer: About to add queue for usb://Brother/MFC-7420?serial=000H5J520567 Jan 12 19:05:41 server1 udev-add-printer: add_queue: URIs=['usb://Brother/MFC-7420?serial=000H5J520567'] Jan 12 19:05:46 server1 udev-add-printer: PPD: openprinting-ppds:0/ppd/openprinting/Brother/BR7450_2_GPL.ppd; Status: 1 Jan 12 19:05:53 server1 dbus[1092]: [system] Activating service name='com.ubuntu.DeviceDriver' (using servicehelper) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to brother-cups-wrapper-laser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/914150 Title: oneiric CUPS Brother MFC-7420 - doesn't print - "Receiving Data" only To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brother-cups-wrapper-laser/+bug/914150/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs