That would be yes, sorry for the late response. Distro-based dpkg. It could be something that their 32bit drivers aren't finding the 64bit counterparts - I've run into that a lot unfortunately with games and such not native to a dist, but I've not seen log or any stdout that complains. If I can figure out the flow of executables I'll ldd some of their bins to see what shows incomplete. I hate foreign proprietary blobs of crap like this from vendors for a reason. -mb On 03/08/2012 11:08 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > Sorry for top post but do you have 64 bit ghostscript? > > On 8 Mar 2012 10:40, "Michael Butash" > wrote: > > Thanks everyone. > > Using 12.04 64bit > Found/installed the .deb drivers already, no joy > Brother cupswrapper drivers are installed prior to anything added, > dpkg shows them as happy with ii > Removed/deleted/tried numerous different things, no joy > Found some issues with 32b libs in 11.10, did the same "fix" here > (copy /usr/lib/* brother libs to lib32) > Doesn't show any errors or anything and works normally other than > the blanks > > I've checked cups access/error, syslog, etc with no errors to be had > - it thinks everything is dandy. Only thing I see is periodic > discovery errors once a day. > > Odd part was when adding the printer in cups, it found it with mdns, > but there were 4 instances of it "found". I've tried each, thinking > maybe it's some iteration of port/driver/etc, but they've all worked > the same, thinking it's a disconnect from cups to the apps. > > I've never NOT been able to print by default without any drivers > when I've tried, it's the first time I've had to deal with vendor > drivers so no idea what to expect with cups. With no logs or > anything showing anything wrong, I'm a bit up a creek as I'm not > familiar enough with cups to start systracing it or the apps printer > functions. I need to find some docs how exactly cups works - it's > never been a very interesting point of research for me before. :) > > -mb > > > > On 03/08/2012 05:52 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > > Hi Michael, > > Which Ubuntu distro do you have? > > 0) Kernel: It seems that Ubuntu 11.10 has multiple printing > issues - > compared to 11.04 (a serious loss of QA from Canonical folks). > When > did you last update? > http://ubuntuforums.org/__showthread.php?t=1862413&page=__2 > > > > > Go to Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal > sudo dpkg --configure -a > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get upgrade > > TEST your driver now! If works - Dance! > > 1) Are you using 64 bit? Printer drivers for Ubuntu from > Brother are > 32bit only. > > sudo uname -a > > 2) Verify your driver: > > sudo dpkg -l | grep Brother > > Note that if one or both lines start with “iF” instead of “ii” > then this > appears to signify the installation failed to complete correctly. > Remove the installation completely by editing (AFTER BACKING UP ALL > FILES to be able to roll back after): > > 1. In System, Administration, Printers, delete the printer in > question. > You might also need to browse to http://localhost:631 and delete > it in > the CUPS printer list if it shows up there. > > 2. Go into a terminal, then gksudo nautilus > which will open Nautilus with root permissions. > > 3. Use nautilus to go to folder /var/lib/dpkg/info > > Find all of the files that are named with your printer > concatenated with > "cupswrapper" "${printername}cupswrapper..." and delete them. > > sudo grep $printername * > del $filename > > 4. Go back a level to folder /var/lib/dpkg and open the file called > "status" in gEdit. Do a File Save As and called it > status.backup. Close, > and re-open the file "status" (not the backup copy). Search for > "$printername". You should find a paragraph starting with the words > "Package: $printernamecupswrapper" Delete that section and save > the file. > > 5. Now repeat the process outlined in step 4, but with the file > called > "available". > > You should now be able to go to a terminal and run sudo dpkg > --configure > -a without any errors. > > Go to Brother and get the correct printer driver: > http://welcome.solutions.__brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/__linux/en/index.html > > Reference: > http://ubuntuforums.org/__archive/index.php/t-1653917.__html > > > Remember to restart cups after adding back following their > instructions. > > Does it work? No---> send us some logs? > > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Michael Butash > > >> wrote: > > Since there are printer users here it seems, I was wondering if > anyone else has run into this... > > I recently acquired a Brother color laser (mfc-9440cn), and > cannot > get it to print from my ubuntu box. I've been doing > everything via > cups local web interface for setup/add and everything tests > and test > prints ok, but any image comes out blank white. Local tests and > prints all work fine, but nothing aside from the ubuntu test > page > has printed successfully via an actual "print". > > I've ensured ghostscript is there, everything looks ok in status > before/after, i just get nothing printed. Scanning to it > via the > network works dandy with the drivers, just something isn't right > with something with how apps are sending to the printer > drivers. I > hardly ever print anything anymore, and simply haven't used > printing > features enough to have run into it, so I'm hoping one of > you might > have seen this. > > > Googling various iterations of 'brother white blank pages' > hasn't > resulted in much after hours. > > Thanks in advance! > > -mb > ------------------------------____--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.__phoe__nix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.____us/mailman/listinfo/plug-____discuss > > > > > > > -- > (503) 754-4452 Android > (623) 239-3392 Skype > (623) 688-3392 Google Voice > ** > it-clowns.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.__phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.__us/mailman/listinfo/plug-__discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss