Strange Printer Problem
Steve Holmes
steve at holmesgrown.com
Tue Feb 15 20:51:39 MST 2011
Well in a way, I'm glad you had problems too because I wouldn't wanna be
thew only one who had trouble with it. You know, misery makes company.
<smile>
However, though we both seem to be having problems printing from GNOME,
it makes me wonder what the deal is. Works great for text. But I was
unable to print from gedit the time I triewd. I will try this from my
laptop some time tomorrow to see what kind of results I get on my 64 bit
system. I'm really curious why this isn't working though.
On 02/14/2011 03:21 PM, Dazed_75 wrote:
> Verified the printer I have is a Brother HL-2270DW. It is connected via
> USB to the club computer (homebrew) which triple boots Windows XP,
> Vista, and Ubuntu 10.04.1. Printing is fine in both versions of
> windows, but in Ubuntu it is odd. Text only files print fine from
> either the command line using lpr or from Gnome using gedit.
>
> Unfortunately, using Firefox was not so good. It prints but takes
> forever and some graphics seem to cause an error. On
> http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/instruction_prn1a.html
> it took a very long time to print the first three pages and then coughed
> up an error on the printer on a new sheet. It said:
>
> PCL XL Error
> Subsystem: kernel
> Error: IllegalTag
> Operator: 0xe1
> Position: 4043712
>
> So it seems the driver is suspect. I got the driver from
> http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#HL-2270DW
>
> So it seems we have the same or similar problems. Wish I could say better!
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com
> <mailto:lthielster at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> No problem. In fact, I had the system on for our meeting Friday and
> forgot to check this out as my mother was being released from the
> hospital so I had other things on my mind. I'll try to get back up
> there today or tomorrow. Sorry!
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Steve Holmes <steve at holmesgrown.com
> <mailto:steve at holmesgrown.com>> wrote:
>
> Did you ever get a chance to check out your Brother printer? I
> recall
> you had to visit a computer at a user group or something. I haven't
> been able to figure out anything newer than what I already reported.
>
> Thanks and sorry if I bugged you.
>
> On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 07:21:21PM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote:
> > Before I go try it, are yoou trying to print the same thing
> from both
> > places? IOW, could the difference be the material to print
> rather than the
> > environment from which you print? Does it include graphics?
> I should be
> > able to get to the club computer in the next day or two.
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Steve Holmes
> <steve at holmesgrown.com <mailto:steve at holmesgrown.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > That sounds close. The 2270DW is a duplex laser printer
> with wireless
> > > capability which Office Max had on sale a few weeks ago for
> $99.95.
> > > That $80 price sounds like the wired-only version (model 2240)
> > > perhaps. I wish they had sold that one on sale too because
> I don't
> > > plan to use the wireless part. At the time I baught mine,
> the wired
> > > version was not on sale thus costing more than theone I got.
> > >
> > > In any case, I downloaded the firmware for supporting
> Brother 2270DW
> > > on linux and built and installed an Arch Linux package for
> it. It
> > > works fine from the console as I said before; I just can't
> print from
> > > gnome. Not sure how or what Ubuntu will do with it. Try
> from both
> > > the console and gnome.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 08:26:47AM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote:
> > > > That model sounds familiar, Is it the Brother Laser with
> duplex that
> > > Fry's
> > > > advertised one week for $80? If so, I bought one for my
> computer club
> > > and
> > > > can go check it out there. I recall having a problem
> installing it for
> > > > ubuntu but think I got it working.
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Steve Holmes
> <steve at holmesgrown.com <mailto:steve at holmesgrown.com>>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I wonder if anyone can help me out here. I have a
> Brother 2270DW
> > > > > connected to my local area network and have the IP
> address locked in
> > > > > with the static DHCP leases. From the text console,
> printing works
> > > > > fine when I use the lp or lpr commands through CUPS.
> However, when I
> > > > > try to print anything from any program in GNOME such as
> gedit or
> > > > > firefox, I get no print. From what I see in the CUPS
> access_log, the
> > > > > job scheduled OK and no errors show up. When I hit the
> print button
> > > > > from the standard print dialog in GNOME, I can hear a
> faint thump or
> > > > > click from the printer but then nothing else happens.
> It's like the
> > > > > print job simply disappears. Yet this all works fine
> from the
> > > > > console.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is there anything I can look for to track this down?
> > > > >
> > > > > BTW, this is on an Arch Linux system but recall that
> CUPS is working
> > > > > correctly as far as I can tell.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for any ideas.
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> > > >
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