Re[2]: Brother or Canon; not both
-----Original Message-----
> From: Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: 08/09/18 11:25
> Subject: Re: Brother or Canon; not both
>
> On Thu 09 Aug 2018 at 11:10:44 +0100, Brian wrote:
>
> > On Wed 08 Aug 2018 at 19:12:09 -0500, Allen Hoover wrote:
> >
> > > Ever since upgrading some customized Debian 64bit systems to Debian 8, I've
> > > had trouble with the Canon UFRII printer drivers. I've now been
> > > testing this issue on a vanilla Debian 8, and Debian 9 system with the
> > > same issues on both.
> > >
> > > I use official Brother printer drivers which are i386 only, so have
> > > multi-arch installed, and the libc6-i386 package. The Canon UFRII
> > > package installs fine, but when printing with any of those drivers the
> > > following error shows in the status: "Idle - src =
> > > libcanon_pdlwrapper.c, line = 514, err = 0nError Response:ReqNo=2,
> > > SeqNo=3,opvpErrorNo=-2". If I uninstall the libc6-i386 package, the
> > > Canon drivers dont't throw an error, but the official Brother drivers
> > > quit working. The Brother doesn't indicate any error, but it simply
> > > prints nothing.
> > >
> > > This was very repeatable on the 3 different systems( 2 systems were
> > > fresh installs) I've tried. Its like an On/Off switch, install
> > > libc6-i386 and only one brand works, un-install and the only the other
> > > brand works
> >
> > Printer models, please.
>
> Allen - you responded in another thread. I have moved your response to
> here, the thread you started.
Sorry, not sure how that happened...
>
> > The Canon issue first appeared with a Canon MF414, though the status error
> > message appears when using any of the UFRII drivers. I've been mainly testing
> > on a Brother MFC 9560, though at least one other official Brother driver has
> > same issue. I'm using very latest UFRII package.
>
> The MF414 is an AirPrint printer and has PDF as a language emulation.
> That means it will do driverless printing on unstable, testing and
> stretch, disposing of any need for a Canon UFRII printer driver.
>
> For stretch:
>
> 1. Get the device on the network with a wireless connection.
>
> 2. Check that AirPrint is enabled (it probably is) by connecting to
> the IP address of the device with a web browser (see the manual).
>
> 3. Check that the Bonjour broadcasts from the device are detected with
> avahi-daemon by looking at the output of 'avahi-browse -art'.
>
> 4. In /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf have CreateIPPPrinterQueues Yes and
> restart cups-browsed.
>
> 5. 'lpstat -a' and print dialogs of applications should list the printer.
>
> See the wiki for further details.
>
> Wih the MFC 9560 you are stuck with what Brother provides.
>
> I would be interested in how you go on printing driverless.
>
> --
> Brian.
>
The systems I'm most concerned with are Jessie, I was only testing on Stretch
to see if I get the same results.
I don't have the MF414 myself, a user of my custom Jessie system does, and I
can't easily access that system for testing.
I'm not so much concerned with these 2 specific models, as I'm concerned about
getting the official Brother drivers, and the Canon UFRII drivers working on the
same system.
Thanks for your input,
Allen
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