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Hi all,
I am aware of the fact that there is a similar thread, but the issue isn't really solved there.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=109570
I've got a shiny new DCP-7065DN, which works ok in Ubuntu as a network printer and scanner.
I was forced to use Brother's official rpm's, since foomatic doesn't support this model yet.
Now with my Arch 64, I've managed to get the scanner running (after a lot of playing).
But unfortunately, I only manage to print a testpage from CUPS, and that was it.
Other than that, the file is getting sent and Brother's LCD says: "receiving data", but nothing happens.
$ tail -n 100 -f /var/log/cups/error_log
E [29/Jul/2011:21:39:45 +0200] [CGI] Unable to create avahi client: Resource temporarily unavailable
E [29/Jul/2011:21:39:45 +0200] [cups-deviced] PID 12846 (dnssd) stopped with status 1!$ lpstat -t
scheduler is running
no system default destination
device for Brother_DCP-7065DN: lpd://BRN001BA97640CF/BINARY_P1
Brother_DCP-7065DN accepting requests since Fri 29 Jul 2011 23:12:34 CEST
printer Brother_DCP-7065DN is idle. enabled since Fri 29 Jul 2011 23:12:34 CEST
Data file sent successfullyWhat I tried to solve the problem
After reading through *many* forums (not only Arch) I tried the following.
Install a2ps
Result: It is printing! It prints all documents as postscript, but in text-mode. Shouldn't the official driver be able to interpret a postscript file as something else than plain text? Am I missing something? This could be the key, since it is printing at least. Uninstalled.
Uninstall cups and reinstall.
According to some threads, starting avahi-deamon resolves the problem. It doesn't so with me.
What I didn't try (yet)
udev rule. However, in my case it seems not likely to be the way to go, since I do not print via USB
Sometimes I am able to print from Firefox, sometimes not.
The same goes for Pdf's printed from Evince....
Has anyone had similar issues? How was it resolved?
Last edited by fubar0 (2011-08-01 11:48:28)
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Dear Fellows,
Downgrading the package "file" to Version 5.04 did the trick for me immediately.
The printer has been working for a while now consistently, and I am confident to say that this really solved the problem and wasn't just luck.
However, you need to make sure that "file" doesn't get updated when doing your regular system update.
If you are interested in the full story: I posted a Guide how to install the DCP-7065DN (and probably other new brother devices) here.
Regards
Last edited by fubar0 (2011-08-01 17:35:05)
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Update: the problems seem to have been fixed with file 5.08-1
My Brother printer works now after a system update without downgrading to file 5.04-3
Regards
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