amenditman Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I just replaced my old HP All-In-One which has been giving me fits for about 3 years. It finally died and let me off the merry-go-round. I got a Brother (they have a huge library of Linux drivers) DCP-7065DN monochrome laser with scan and copy. It sets up easy under Mepis because Brother provides rpm and deb packages with instructions and the Mepis wiki entry is easy to follow. I am now up to installing it on my Arch pure systemd desktop, and even though there is a great ArchWiki entry for this printer, it does not yet apply to systemd. Editing files to make it work with Arch Arch Linux uses its own file system organization, so you have to edit some files. Use your text editor (i.e. vi) to open the file named cupswrapperDCP7065DN-2.0.4 If you created the temporary directory "tmp" in your home, this file will be in /home/(your user)/tmp/usr/local/Brother/Printer/DCP7065DN/cupswrapper/cupswrapperDCP7065DN-2.0.4 In this file, you must replace all the /etc/init.d/ occurrences by /etc/rc.d/ and /etc/init.d/cups by /etc/rc.d/cupsd. I need to replace all the /etc/init.d/ and /etc/init.d/cups instances in the file with something designed for the Arch filesystem and systemd, not the /etc/rc.d and /etc/rc.d/cupsd in the instructions. Any suggestions about what to use or where to find instructions? I've looked at the systemd homepage and links, the ArchWiki pages associated with systemd and cups, and the mandatory internet search without finding anything really helpful. My best guess, and it is huge guess, in to use /etc/systemd to replace /etc/init.d and /etc/systemd/cups.service to replace /etc/init.d/cups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 If you're running pure systemd, you can ignore init.d and rc.d. Instead: # systemctl enable cups.service After enabling, either reboot or start the service manually: # systemctl start cups.service If you're running a sysvinits/systemd hybrid, then just add cups to your old style daemons list in /etc/rc.conf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 If you're running pure systemd, you can ignore init.d and rc.d. Instead: # systemctl enable cups.service After enabling, either reboot or start the service manually: # systemctl start cups.service If you're running a sysvinits/systemd hybrid, then just add cups to your old style daemons list in /etc/rc.conf. I am at work right now but I believe Eric is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 I am running pure systemd and the cups.service is loaded and running. Still, no printing without configuring the driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Then it's not an Arch/cups issue. It's a driver issue. Have you tried the pre-installed cups support for that printer (if there is any)? Rebooting into Arch. I'll be back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 (edited) It is definitely a printer driver issue. Brother provides Linux drivers in rpm, deb, and probably source. Problem is, the instructions for making them work are for the deb and rpm. The ArchWiki article I listed in my first post is a way to make the rpm work in Arch, but is written for systems using rc.d. Here's the text of the file in question. Pretty typical printer driver file. #! /bin/sh# # Brother Print filter # Copyright © 2005 Brother. Industries, Ltd. # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free # Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) # any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT # ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for # more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with # this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple # Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA # if [ "$1" = '-e' ]; then lpadmin -x DCP7065DN rm -f /usr/share/cups/model/DCP7065DN.ppd rm -f /usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7065DN rm -f /usr/lib64/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7065DN rm -f /usr/local/Brother/Printer/DCP7065DN/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig4 if [ -f /usr/share/ppd/DCP7065DN.ppd ];then rm -f /usr/share/ppd/DCP7065DN.ppd fi if [ -e /etc/init.d/cups ]; then /etc/init.d/cups restart fi if [ -e /etc/init.d/cupsys ]; then /etc/init.d/cupsys restart fi exit 0 fi if [ "$1" = "-r" ]; then lpadmin -x DCP7065DN if [ -e /etc/init.d/cups ]; then /etc/init.d/cups restart fi if [ -e /etc/init.d/cupsys ]; then /etc/init.d/cupsys restart fi exit 0 fi if [ "$1" = "help" ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ]; then echo 'option -h : help' echo ' -i : install' echo ' -e : uninstall' echo ' -r : remove printer' exit 0 fi mkdir -p /usr/lib/cups/filter if [ -e "/usr/local/Brother/Printer/DCP7065DN/lpd/filterDCP7065DN" ]; then : else echo "ERROR : Brother LPD filter is not installed." fi rm -f /usr/share/cups/model/DCP7065DN.ppd ppd_file_name=/usr/share/cups/model/DCP7065DN.ppd if [ ! -e /usr/share/cups/model ]; then ppd_file_name=/usr/share/ppd/DCP7065DN.ppd fi cat <<ENDOFPPDFILE >$ppd_file_name Bunch of boring stuff removed to save space (PPD File) ENDOFPPDFILE chmod 755 $ppd_file_name if [ -e '/usr/share/ppd' ];then if [ -e '/usr/share/cups/model' ];then cp $ppd_file_name /usr/share/ppd fi fi brotherlpdwrapper=/usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7065DN brotherlpdwrapper64=/usr/lib64/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7065DN rm -f $brotherlpdwrapper if [ ! -e /usr/lib/cups/filter ];then if [ -e /usr/lib64/cups/filter ];then brotherlpdwrapper=/usr/lib64/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7065DN fi fi cat <<!ENDOFWFILTER! >$brotherlpdwrapper #! /bin/sh # # Brother Print filter >> $brotherlpdwrapper # Copyright © 2005 Brother. Industries, Ltd. # Ver1.00 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free # Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) # any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT # ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for # more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with # this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple # Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA # LOGFILE="/dev/null" LOGCLEVEL="7" DEBUG=0 NUPENABLE=1 ENABLECOPY=0 LOG_LATESTONLY=1 errorcode=0 set +o noclobber if [ "\`echo \$5 | grep 'debug-noprint=1'\`" != '' ]; then DEBUG=1 fi if [ "\`echo \$5 | grep 'debug-noprint=2'\`" != '' ]; then DEBUG=2 fi if [ "\`echo \$5 | grep 'debug-noprint=3'\`" != '' ]; then DEBUG=3 fi if [ \$DEBUG != 0 ]; then LOGFILE=/tmp/br_cupsfilter_debug_log fi PRINTER=DCP7065DN if [ "\$PPD" = "" ]; then PPD="/usr/share/cups/model/DCP7065DN.ppd" fi if [ \$LOGFILE != "/dev/null" ]; then if [ \$LOG_LATESTONLY == "1" ]; then rm -f \$LOGFILE date >\$LOGFILE else if [ -e \$LOGFILE ]; then date >>\$LOGFILE else date >\$LOGFILE fi fi echo "arg0 = \$0" >>\$LOGFILE echo "arg1 = \$1" >>\$LOGFILE echo "arg2 = \$2" >>\$LOGFILE echo "arg3 = \$3" >>\$LOGFILE echo "arg4 = \$4" >>\$LOGFILE echo "arg5 = \$5" >>\$LOGFILE echo "arg6 = \$6" >>\$LOGFILE echo "PPD = \$PPD" >>\$LOGFILE fi INPUT_TEMP_PS=\`mktemp /tmp/br_input_ps.XXXXXX\` nup="cat" if [ "\`echo \$5 | grep 'Nup='\`" != '' ] && [ \$NUPENABLE != 0 ]; then if [ "\`echo \$5 | grep 'Nup=64'\`" != '' ]; then nup="psnup -64" elif [ "\`echo \$5 | grep 'Nup=32'\`" != '' ]; then nup="psnup -32" elif [ "\`echo \$5 | grep 'Nup=25'\`" != '' ]; then nup="psnup -25" elif [ "\`echo \$5 | grep 'Nup=16'\`" != '' ]; then nup="psnup -16" elif [ "\`echo \$5 | grep 'Nup=8'\`" != '' ]; then nup="psnup -8" elif [ "\`echo \$5 | grep 'Nup=6'\`" != '' ]; then nup="psnup -6" elif [ "\`echo \$5 | grep 'Nup=4'\`" != '' ]; then nup="psnup -4" elif [ "\`echo \$5 | grep 'Nup=2'\`" != '' ]; then nup="psnup -2" elif [ "\`echo \$5 | grep 'Nup=1'\`" != '' ]; then nup="cat" fi echo "NUP=\$nup" >>\$LOGFILE if [ -e /usr/bin/psnup ]; then if [ \$# -ge 7 ]; then cat \$6 | \$nup > \$INPUT_TEMP_PS else cat | \$nup > \$INPUT_TEMP_PS fi else if [ \$# -ge 7 ]; then cp \$6 \$INPUT_TEMP_PS else cat > \$INPUT_TEMP_PS fi fi else if [ \$# -ge 7 ]; then cp \$6 \$INPUT_TEMP_PS else cat > \$INPUT_TEMP_PS fi fi if [ "\$ENABLECOPY" != 0 ];then if [ "\$4" -ge 2 ];then options="\$5"" ""Copies=\$4" else options="\$5" fi else options="\$5" fi if [ -e "/usr/local/Brother/Printer/\$PRINTER/lpd/filter\$PRINTER" ]; then : else echo "ERROR: /usr/local/Brother/Printer/\$PRINTER/lpd/filter\$PRINTER does not exist" >>\$LOGFILE errorcode=30 exit $errorcode fi if [ -e "/usr/local/Brother/Printer/DCP7065DN/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig4" ]; then if [ \$DEBUG = 0 ]; then /usr/local/Brother/Printer/DCP7065DN/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig4 \$PRINTER \$PPD 0 "\$options" >> /dev/null else /usr/local/Brother/Printer/DCP7065DN/cupswrapper/brcupsconfig4 \$PRINTER \$PPD \$LOGCLEVEL "\$options" >>\$LOGFILE fi fi if [ \$DEBUG -le 2 ]; then cat \$INPUT_TEMP_PS | /usr/local/Brother/Printer/\$PRINTER/lpd/filter\$PRINTER fi if [ \$DEBUG -ge 2 ]; then if [ \$LOGFILE != "/dev/null" ]; then echo "" >>\$LOGFILE echo " ------PostScript Data-------" >>\$LOGFILE cat \$INPUT_TEMP_PS >>\$LOGFILE fi fi rm -f \$INPUT_TEMP_PS exit \$errorcode !ENDOFWFILTER! chmod 755 $brotherlpdwrapper if [ -e /usr/lib/cups/filter ]; then if [ -e /usr/lib64/cups/filter ]; then cp $brotherlpdwrapper $brotherlpdwrapper64 fi fi chmod a+w /usr/local/Brother/Printer/DCP7065DN/inf/brDCP7065DNrc chmod a+w /usr/local/Brother/Printer/DCP7065DN/inf if [ -e /etc/init.d/lpd ]; then /etc/init.d/lpd stop fi if [ -e /etc/init.d/lprng ]; then /etc/init.d/lprng stop fi if [ -e /etc/init.d/cups ]; then /etc/init.d/cups restart fi if [ -e /etc/init.d/cupsys ]; then /etc/init.d/cupsys restart fi sleep 2s port2=`lpinfo -v | grep -i 'usb://Brother/DCP7065DN' | head -1` if [ "$port2" = '' ];then port2=`lpinfo -v | grep -i 'usb://Brother/' | head -1` if [ "$port2" = '' ];then port2=`lpinfo -v | grep 'usb://' | head -1` fi fi port=`echo $port2| sed s/direct//g` if [ "$port" = '' ];then port=usb:/dev/usb/lp0 fi lpadmin -p DCP7065DN -E -v $port -P $ppd_file_name exit 0 Edited September 12, 2012 by amenditman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Have you tried to add the printer in cups manually and then point it to the proper ppd file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 Yes, Cups acts like it is all set up but the printer does not respond to jobs sent. I have tried from scratch, fully removing everything cups related from the system, and rebuilt it step by step. Tested at each step. Have tried cups web interface, kde system settings printer setup, and now am at the point of trying the ArchWiki setup article. Have not tried my best guess yet, hoping for some inspiration (here, Arch forums, systemd IRC, and Brother support). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 What do the cups logs say? You can see them in the Admin section of the browser interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Anyway, Josh will have to take over here. I'm off to bed. Luck, buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 Anyway, Josh will have to take over here. I'm off to bed. Luck, buddy! Checking out the logs.Thanks! Goodnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 The logs show DCP-7065DN: File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7065DN" not available: No such file or directory E [11/Sep/2012:22:29:56 +0000] DCP-7065DN: File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7065DN" not available: No such file or directory E [11/Sep/2012:22:34:22 +0000] [Job 10] Stopping unresponsive job. E [11/Sep/2012:23:10:50 +0000] [cups-deviced] PID 2707 (dnssd) stopped with status 1! E [11/Sep/2012:23:12:06 +0000] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file "/usr/share/cups/drv/cupsfilters.drv"! E [11/Sep/2012:23:12:15 +0000] Returning IPP client-error-not-possible for CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer (ipp://localhost/printers/DCP-7065DN) from localhost E [11/Sep/2012:23:14:13 +0000] [cups-driverd] Bad driver information file "/usr/share/cups/drv/cupsfilters.drv"! E [11/Sep/2012:23:14:19 +0000] DCP-7065DN: File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7065DN" not available: No such file or directory E [11/Sep/2012:23:14:34 +0000] DCP-7065DN: File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7065DN" not available: No such file or directory E [11/Sep/2012:23:14:34 +0000] [Job 10] Unable to start filter "brlpdwrapperDCP7065DN" - Is a directory. E [11/Sep/2012:23:14:34 +0000] [Job 10] Stopping job because the scheduler could not execute a filter. E [12/Sep/2012:02:36:39 +0000] [Job 10] Stopping unresponsive job. E [12/Sep/2012:02:37:24 +0000] Returning IPP client-error-not-possible for Cancel-Job (ipp://localhost/jobs/10) from localhost It's looking for the printer filter file (cups idea of what to call a driver file) which I am trying to edit. See post #1 this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Why not just install the driver from AUR? ╔═ comhack@Cerberus 09:59 PM╚═══ ~-> yaourt -Ss brother-dcp7065 aur/brother-dcp7065dn-cupswrapper 2.0.4_2-1 (3) CUPS driver for Brother laser printer DCP-7065DN aur/brother-dcp7065dn-lpr 2.1.0_1-1 (3) LPR driver for Brother laser printer DCP-7065DN http://aur.archlinux...65&do_Search=Go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 12, 2012 Author Share Posted September 12, 2012 Sorry, forgot to mention that I had already tried that. Same result, no communication. But it might have been after other things were tried and not cleaned out. I will try removing everything and installing those on a fresh cups with no other stuff and let you know. Tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Sorry, forgot to mention that I had already tried that. Same result, no communication. But it might have been after other things were tried and not cleaned out. I will try removing everything and installing those on a fresh cups with no other stuff and let you know. Tomorrow. Sounds good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 So, what's the update, Bob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 School and work interference. Let you know tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 Why not just install the driver from AUR? http://aur.archlinux...65&do_Search=Go Alrighty, here's what I think is going on. I have done a clean install after doing a wipe of everything remotely related to cups, sane, printer drivers, kde integration, and all their associated config files. I installed only the cups package, the two packages from the aur you mention and whatever dependencies were required. Everything installs just fine. Used the Cups web interface to set up the printer. The printer was auto-detected and The Brother Printer drivers were right there at the top of the list as the recommended driver. I set it up using the settings recommended by both the ArchWiki article and the Brother Printer Driver installation page. The test page does not print. No print job prints. Here is what I think is happening. The two aur packages are just the files downloaded from the Brother site with all reference to init.d removed and replaced by rc.d. Looking in the files produced by the install confirms this. If I was running a init based install it would work. More research into systemd settings and configs required to get it working. At least I have it all set up on my wife and son's Mepis computers. Easy peasy using dpkg and the .debs provided by the manufacturer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Is cups running: # systemctl status cups.service At least I have it all set up on my wife and son's Mepis computers. Easy peasy using dpkg and the .debs provided by the manufacturer. Well it would of been just as easy to install/setup on Arch if you were still using rc.d instead of systemd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 I bet you could change the aur PKGBUILDs to reflect systemd instead but I am not for sure how. I am trying look around and see if I could find anything for you. Maybe something here: https://bbs.archlinu...c.php?id=146154 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 This may help but you would need to change the folder location as they are using a different version of Brother driver but this what they did on systemd Problem solved, after the installation i have to go to the "/usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc295cn/cupswrapper/" dir and run a "sudo ./cupswrappermfc295cn". Looks like only this makes available the driver to cups, but installs the printer over usb (not my case, i'm using ethernet).After that, i changed the printer uri to "lpd://printer_ip/BINARY_P1"... https://bbs.archlinu...c.php?id=148409 And of course, su to root and then run the command instead of sudo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 Is cups running: # systemctl status cups.service Well it would of been just as easy to install/setup on Arch if you were still using rc.d instead of systemd. True, the price I pay for trying to be modern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) I bet you could change the aur PKGBUILDs to reflect systemd instead but I am not for sure how. I am trying look around and see if I could find anything for you. Maybe something here: https://bbs.archlinu...c.php?id=146154 Looked thru that, no help. systemctl .... cups.service loaded active running CUPS Printing Service .... Definitely not a problem with systemd or the cups.service. Definitely is a problem with how to modify the script, which is what those aur files you mention are, to remove rc.d references and make it work with systemd. It might not be possible to do without a major rewrite, which I am not qualified to do. Those scripts setup the filters and ppd files for cups to use to properly access the printer. The cupswrapper one has 4 or 5 if loops which ask about init.d and init.d/cups status. The aur packages have already been modified to work on Arch by changing those references from init.d/cups to rc.d/cupsd. I am having trouble finding out how to change them from rc.d/cupsd to something which will work in systemd. Have a post over at the Arch Forums, asked Brother tech support (for Linux users believe it or not, they have native rpm's and .debs), and have been on IRC with systemd developers (no help there since it really isn't a problem in systemd). Edited September 13, 2012 by amenditman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 This may help but you would need to change the folder location as they are using a different version of Brother driver but this what they did on systemd https://bbs.archlinu...c.php?id=148409 And of course, su to root and then run the command instead of sudo. That looks semi-promising.Will try it out. What's the worst thing that could happen? My printer stops working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) Not good! [root@arch-amend cupswrapper]#pwd /home/amenditman/Downloads/usr/local/Brother/Printer/DCP7065DN/cupswrapper [root@arch-amend cupswrapper]#cp -r /home/amenditman/Downloads/usr/* /usr [root@arch-amend cupswrapper]#cp -r /home/amenditman/Downloads/var/* /var [root@arch-amend cupswrapper]#cd /usr/local/Brother/Printer/DCP7065DN/cupswrapper/ [root@arch-amend cupswrapper]#pwd /usr/local/Brother/Printer/DCP7065DN/cupswrapper [root@arch-amend cupswrapper]#ls -al total 68 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Sep 13 18:03 . drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Sep 13 18:03 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 19144 Sep 13 18:03 brcupsconfig4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18847 Sep 13 18:03 cupswrapperDCP7065DN-2.0.4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 18873 Sep 13 18:03 cupswrapperDCP7065DN-2.0.4~ [root@arch-amend cupswrapper]#./cupswrapperDCP7065DN-2.0.4 /etc/rc.d/cupsd: line 5: /etc/rc.conf: No such file or directory /etc/rc.d/cupsd: line 6: /etc/rc.d/functions: No such file or directory /etc/rc.d/cupsd: line 5: /etc/rc.conf: No such file or directory /etc/rc.d/cupsd: line 6: /etc/rc.d/functions: No such file or directory /etc/rc.d/cupsd: line 38: stat_busy: command not found /etc/rc.d/cupsd: line 48: rm_daemon: command not found /etc/rc.d/cupsd: line 49: stat_done: command not found /etc/rc.d/cupsd: line 5: /etc/rc.conf: No such file or directory /etc/rc.d/cupsd: line 6: /etc/rc.d/functions: No such file or directory /etc/rc.d/cupsd: line 15: stat_busy: command not found /etc/rc.d/cupsd: line 28: add_daemon: command not found /etc/rc.d/cupsd: line 29: stat_done: command not found That's a lot of errors and possible script file edits. Testing printer now anyway. Printer filter failed error. Edited September 13, 2012 by amenditman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 (edited) The network connection is good. When I ping it I get responses. Weird, when I try to print the Test Page nothing happens but when I try to print the Self-Test Page the panel on the printer lights up but does nothing. Communicating with the printer works, it just doesn't know what I'm saying. Edited September 13, 2012 by amenditman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Well, I only have one thing to say about all this... Hewlett-Packard. Sorry. Couldn't resist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 What finally happened with this, Bob? You've kept us in suspense long enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amenditman Posted September 23, 2012 Author Share Posted September 23, 2012 Well, I only have one thing to say about all this... Hewlett-Packard. Sorry. Couldn't resist. Hoolit-Pakurd What finally happened with this, Bob? You've kept us in suspense long enough. I have not solved the problem of editing the necessary filter file for Cups (not for lack of trying). Answers to my post at ArchLinux forums = zero Answers to my questions at systemd IRC = zero I am currently running Mepis on my desktop system for general usefulness and printing specifically and Arch on the laptop for systemd, GRUB2, and UEFI experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Ah... the old Mepis solution, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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