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Old 09-02-2006, 11:00 AM   #1
zootmo
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Linux printer, no output in MEPIS 6.0?


My first post on LQ's although I've alway been an avid reader! So first off I'd better say hello to everybody, so hello all!

I am running Mepis 6.0, which I installed recently, it's a great distro, I have everything working as it should, except for one thing. I have a Brother 2070N laser B & W printer connected via USB2 which I can't get to print.

I know this printer works on Linux because it was my main printer when running Suse linux. The printer has an entry in the Linux Printing database, and Brother supply linux drivers with CUPS wrappers.

I have downloaded and installed brhl2070Nlpr driver and the CUPS wrapper from the Brother site, when I open 'http://localhost:631' the printer is shown there, but any attempt to print results in this error message: HL2070N "Printer not connected; will retry in 30 seconds..."

I'm guessing now that this might be either a configuration error or maybe permissions, but since this is my first time with a non-RPM distro, I'm at a bit of a loss of how to proceed.

In an effort to troubleshoot the problem, I have done.

As root Konsole:

root@1[root]#lsusb
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 04f9:0029 Brother Industries, Ltd
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000

And

As root Konsole:

root@2[root]# cat /proc/bus/usb/devices

T: Bus=05 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2
B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.15-26-386 uhci_hcd
S: Product=UHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.3
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms

T: Bus=05 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=01 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=04f9 ProdID=0029 Rev= 1.00
S: Manufacturer=Brother
S: Product=HL-2070N series
S: SerialNumber=D5J774976
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 2mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usblp
E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms
E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 16 Ivl=0ms


T: Bus=04 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2
B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.15-26-386 uhci_hcd
S: Product=UHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.2
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms

T: Bus=03 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2
B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.15-26-386 uhci_hcd
S: Product=UHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.1
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms

T: Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=12 MxCh= 2
B: Alloc= 0/900 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.15-26-386 uhci_hcd
S: Product=UHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.0
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=255ms

T: Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#= 1 Spd=480 MxCh= 8
B: Alloc= 0/800 us ( 0%), #Int= 0, #Iso= 0
D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
P: Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.06
S: Manufacturer=Linux 2.6.15-26-386 ehci_hcd
S: Product=EHCI Host Controller
S: SerialNumber=0000:00:1d.7
C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 0mA
I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub
E: Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS= 2 Ivl=256ms

I also followed advice to try the utility "printconf" which I installed, but (dry run)Konsole output :

root@2[~]$ printconf -n
Printer on usb:/dev/usblp0 was not automatically configurable by Debian.
Please submit the following information to foomatic-db@packages.debian.org:
<autodetect>
<usb>
<commandset>PJL,PCL,PCLXL</commandset>
<manufacturer>Brother</manufacturer>
<model>HL-2070N series</model>
</usb>
</autodetect>



I am sure this printer should work as Brother support Linux, and I've had the device as my main printer with SuSE but I'm not sure what I should do next, can anyone help please?
 
Old 09-03-2006, 09:28 AM   #2
zootmo
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This printer problem is now solved. The printer has been connected via the parallel port instead of the USB2 connection and now prints perfectly.
 
  


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