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Ok, well that output confirms that it is the incorrect .ppd for the printer. It is NOT what is supplied by the Brother package. Somehow the wrong driver was selected during configuration.
You could try using the CUPS web interface via a browser
Code:
localhost:631/printers
Select the printer and 'Administration' > 'Modify Printer'. Follow the prompts given. When you get to the model election, scroll down to find the appropriate model and select it.
root @ mx: / home / mx # sudo rm -f / var / log / cups / error_log
root @ mx: / home / mx # cancel -a
root @ mx: / home / mx # tail -f / var / log / cups / error_log
tail: can not open '/ var / log / cups / error_log' for reading: The file or directory does not exist
tail: no file is left
root @ mx: / home / mx # tail -f / var / log / cups / error_log
tail: can not open '/ var / log / cups / error_log' for reading: The file or directory does not exist
tail: no file is left
root @ mx: / home / mx #
1. Send a print job eg PDF document to print via your favourite application, or you can also do it via a terminal. For example...
Code:
lp -d MFC-L2700DW-series /path/to/your/file.pdf
2. Examine the CUPS error_log (It's root owned, but you should be able to open it read-only as user for viewing) eg using nano, or vi...
Code:
nano /var/log/cups/error_log
or via a graphical editor such as kate (KDE) or gedit (Gnome)
Code:
gedit /var/log/cups/error_log
You could also view the last 200 lines in a terminal using
Code:
tail -n 200 /var/log/cups/error_log
but it can be lengthy, and logging more than one print job, so some times hard to identify a particular print job unless one pays attention to the time stamps as well).
Anyway, we're looking for errors that might help us identify what is wrong. The important thing is to post (using pastebin) the entire log, so that I or others can assist further.
So, when I tiped that in the terminal:
[QUOTE
2. Examine the CUPS error_log (It's root owned, but you should be able to open it read-only as user for viewing) eg using nano, or vi...
Code:
nano /var/log/cups/error_log
[/QUOTE]
That is what I got:
Quote:
GNU nano 2.7.4 File: / var / log / cups / error_log
[line 1/1 (100%), col 1/1 (100%), car 0/0 (0%)]
^ G See help ^ O Save ^ W Search ^ K Cut txt ^ J Justify ^ C Position
^ X Exit ^ R Read file ^ \ Replace ^ U Paste txt ^ T Spelling ^ _ Go to line
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