As Feature Freeze of Bionic has passed I want to get this update done as
a Feature Freeze Exception, as described on
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess.
Rationale for the update:
Support for additional Brother printers, duplex support for the Brother
DCP-7065DN.
Old upstream version is version 3, new version is version 4.
The package I want to have in 18.04 LTS is the current Debian package,
brlaser 4-1, to be obtained via
pull-debian-source brlaser
The package should get synced into Ubuntu.
Here is the needed information:
- diff of the Upstream ChangeLog:
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brlaser v4 (2018-02-25)
Added several printers.
Merged duplex printing support from @xc-racer99. Enabled for DCP-7065DN.
Switched to a CMake build system.
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- Install log:
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till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ sudo dpkg -i
~/pbuilder/bionic_result/*.deb
[sudo] password for till:
(Reading database ... 263558 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../printer-driver-brlaser_4-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking printer-driver-brlaser (4-1) over (3-6) ...
Setting up printer-driver-brlaser (4-1) ...
Processing triggers for cups (2.2.7-1ubuntu1) ...
Updating PPD files for brlaser ...
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$
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- Testing:
I do not have any Brother printer and therefore I could not do actual
printing, but at least I could check correct behavior of the driver with
CUPS:
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till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ lpinfo -m | grep brlaser
drv:///brlaser.drv/br1510.ppd Brother DCP-1510 series, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/br7030.ppd Brother DCP-7030, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/br7040.ppd Brother DCP-7040, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/br7055.ppd Brother DCP-7055, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/br7055w.ppd Brother DCP-7055W, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/br7065dn.ppd Brother DCP-7065DN, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/brl2300d.ppd Brother HL-L2300D, using brlaser v4
drv:///brlaser.drv/br7360n.ppd Brother MFC-7360N, using brlaser v4
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ lpadmin -p brlasertest -E -v
socket://10.0.0.4:9100 -m drv:///brlaser.drv/br7065dn.ppd -o PageSize=A4
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ sudo cupstestppd
/etc/cups/ppd/brlasertest.ppd
/etc/cups/ppd/brlasertest.ppd: PASS
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ lp -d brlasertest
~/ghostscript/testfiles/CityMap.pdf
request id is brlasertest-72 (1 file(s))
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ lpstat -o
brlasertest-72 till 326656 Mi 04 Apr 2018 14:57:22 CEST
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$ lpstat -o
till@till-x1yoga:~/ubuntu/brlaser/debian$
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The printout did not show the correct image as I have only an HP printer
and not a Brother, but the driver did not cause any errors or crashes.
All behaves as expected. Also the job is removed from the queue after
printing, meaning that there were no errors.
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