From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Galeon/1.2.7 (X11; Linux i686; U;) Gecko/20021203 Description of problem: I used to print using my HL-1230 printer successfully in RedHat 8.0. I installed RedHat 8.0.94 last week (but forgot to test my printer, so I noticed this bug pretty late). The printer does act on my print commands but it spits out emtpy pages. Kudzu finds the printer and selects the HL1250 driver for this printer. http://www.brother.co.uk/our_products/html/printer_hl1230.html The printer works perfectly on my dads Windows XP.. Lucky for my we agreed to swap eachothers printer :-) but .. that does not mean that the HL-1230 works of course ;). I've installed the HL-1230 at a friend of mine too. She is using RedHat 8.0 (the release) and the printer works (just like it worked here) perfectly... I I think it's a RedHat 8.0.94 issue.. I have tried setting the mode of my parport to EPC, PPC and NORMAL. All gave the same result. My Mobo is a ASUS CUV4X with two P3 1000Mhz CPU's I have removed all printers from the configuration and rebooted and made kudzu find the printer and remove it and then make it find it again and and and .. I always get the same result: empty pages Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open the printer manager 2. Configure the HL-1230 printer (use the HL-1250 driver) 3. Try printing a test-page of any type Actual Results: The printer spits empty pages` Expected Results: Printed pages Additional info:
What driver did you use with Red Hat Linux 8.0? It's worth trying different drivers for the 1250 model; click on 'edit' in the config tool and go to the 'Printer driver' tab. There is a pull-down option menu on the right hand side.
I used the same driver on rh8.0. I have tried other drivers that are available when the printer-model is selected.. this resulted in : the "data" led on my printer was 'on' but the printer did not print anything nor took paper. The HL-1250 driver does take paper ..
Does this still happen in the release?
Yes, it still happens in the RedHat 9.0 Shrike release. I have tested this on multiple computers.
Red Hat apologizes that these issues have not been resolved yet. We do want to make sure that no important bugs slip through the cracks. Red Hat Linux 7.3 and Red Hat Linux 9 are no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. They are maintained by the Fedora Legacy project (http://www.fedoralegacy.org/) for security updates only. If this is a security issue, please reassign to the 'Fedora Legacy' product in bugzilla. Please note that Legacy security update support for these products will stop on December 31st, 2006. If this is not a security issue, please check if this issue is still present in a current Fedora Core release. If so, please change the product and version to match, and check the box indicating that the requested information has been provided. If you are currently still running Red Hat Linux 7.3 or 9, please note that Fedora Legacy security update support for these products will stop on December 31st, 2006. You are strongly advised to upgrade to a current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable. Some information on which option may be right for you is available at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/. Any bug still open against Red Hat Linux 7.3 or 9 at the end of 2006 will be closed 'CANTFIX'. Again, if this bug still exists in a current release, or is a security issue, please change the product as necessary. We thank you for your help, and apologize again that we haven't handled these issues to this point.
Red Hat Linux 7.3 and Red Hat Linux 9 are no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. f you are currently still running Red Hat Linux 7.3 or 9, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable. Some information on which option may be right for you is available at http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/. Closing as CANTFIX.