Bug#859621: printer-driver-gutenprint: Regression in 5.2.11 for Brother printer
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Hello Olivier. Thank you for your report.
On Wed 05 Apr 2017 at 12:13:56 +0200, Olivier Aubert wrote:
> I own a Brother MFC7420 printer (which requires proprietary drivers that use gutenprint).
> It has been working correctly with printer-driver-gutenprint 5.2.10. Since the upgrade to
> 5.2.11-1+b1 (and idem with 5.2.11-1+b2), the printer stopped working, with the following
> message in /var/log/cups/error.log:
>
> [cups-deviced] PID 27449 (gutenprint52+usb) stopped with status 1!
>
> Similar issues can be found in Ubuntu [1] and ArchLinux [2].
>
> I solved it for the moment by downgrading printer-driver-gutenprint to 5.2.10
>
> [1] https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/printer-pauses-randomly-after-upgrade-to-16-04/5653
> [2] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=208475
Intriguing. The MFC7420 is not supported by Gutenprint! Where do the
Brother drivers enter the picture?
Regards,
Brian.
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