Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 292021
Foomatic selects wrong PPD for Brother HL2040
Last modified: 2008-09-04 10:53:33 EDT
Description of problem: Wrong PPD selected by default, had to manually select Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): foomatic-3.0.2-50.fc8 gutenprint-foomatic-5.0.1-4.fc8 How reproducible: Try to add USB-connected Brother HL2040 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Sysem-Administration/Printing 2. Enter root password 3. Select New Printer, and follow the dialogs, accepting HL-2060 Postscript PPD (recommended) Actual results: Selected driver printed 2 empty pages on a 1-page document Expected results: Printing the document normally Additional info: Works if I manually select Brother HL-2060 Foomatic/hpijs instead of the "recommended" one. Marked as Platform all, but only tested on i686.
This should be fixed in foomatic-3.0.2-51.fc8 -- hl1250 driver is recommended for that model now.
I deleted my printer and tried re-adding. The printer installar now suggests: URI usb://Brother/HL-2040%20series and Brother HL-2060 Foomatic/Postscript When I try to print a single sheet as a test page, a blank sheet feeds through, and the printer tries to feed more pages. If I manually set the PPD to Brother HL-2060 Foomatic/hl1250, the test page prints. Also, the word '(recommended)' appears in the basic settings. So installation still isn't just clicking OK as yet.
Please connect the printer and attach the output of this command: /usr/sbin/lpinfo -l -v Thanks.
The relevant portion of the output is: Device: uri = hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4f9_28_C5J556102_if0_printer_noserial class = direct info = Brother HL-2040 series make-and-model = Brother HL-2040 series device-id = MFG:Brother;MDL:HL-2040 series;CLS:PRINTER; Device: uri = usb://Brother/HL-2040%20series class = direct info = Brother HL-2040 series USB #1 make-and-model = Brother HL-2040 series device-id = MFG:Brother;CMD:PJL,HBP;MDL:HL-2040 series;CLS:PRINTER;
I see what the problem is now: the part of system-config-printer that chooses preferred drivers was not able to see which driver foomatic recommends. I've fixed it now in: system-config-printer-0.7.74.2-3.fc8 cups-1.3.2-3.fc8 (both packages are required for the fix to work)
The hl1250 driver doesn't seem to work with my printer. When I use this driver, Ixget 2 similar columns with repeating text. If I manually select Postscript, the 8.next one down, I get several blank pages. hpijs makes the printer work OK.
HPIJS (an HP printer driver) works for a Brother printer? Are you sure? How do you have this printer configured now?
I have system-config-printer-libs-0.7.74.4-3.fc8 cups-1.3.4-4.fc8 installed. I have two instances installed. One is Brother HL-2060 Foomatic/hl1250 (recommended) ; test page prints OK. The other is Brother HL-2060 Foomatic/hpijs ; again the test page prints OK. Both pages say Postscript Level 3, Version 3010 (861), Product GPL: Ghostscript Serial #:42 .
I've asked about this upstream.
Remaining issues are: 1. recommended driver should be hpijs not hl1250 2. IEEE 1284 ID should be recorded in foomatic
I now have foomatic-3.0.2-59.fc9.i386 gutenprint-5.0.2-2.fc9.i386 cups-libs-1.3.7-8.fc9.i386 system-config-printer-libs-0.7.82.5-1.fc9.i386 /usr/sbin/lpinfo -l -v gives: ... Device: uri = hal:///org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_4f9_28_C5J556102_if0_printer_noserial class = direct info = Brother HL-2040 series make-and-model = Brother HL-2040 series device-id = MFG:Brother;MDL:HL-2040 series;CLS:PRINTER; Device: uri = usb://Brother/HL-2040%20series class = direct info = Brother HL-2040 series USB #1 make-and-model = Brother HL-2040 series device-id = MFG:Brother;CMD:PJL,HBP;MDL:HL-2040 series;CLS:PRINTER; ... Tried adding the printer. I was offered and took: Device URI: usb://Brother/HL-2040%20series (no 2060 is offered) Brother HL-2060 Foomatic/hl1250 (recommended) Printing test page with default options works. Printing with 1200x600 dpi simply feeds paper without printing. 600x600 dpi works, giving a finer texture to the printout, as expected.
(In reply to comment #10) > 2. IEEE 1284 ID should be recorded in foomatic Fixed upstream. Just the recommended driver to fix now.
Reported upstream: http://bugs.linux-foundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166