Installing Printer Brother MFC665CW

I am having problems getting the printing function of the Brother MFC665CW
working. I installed the linux drivers for suse/fedora and configured it
with CUPS as network printer. the command lpc status results with:MFC665CW:
printer is on device 'lpd' speed -1
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
2 entries
daemon present
I can ping the printer, I can see on the lightening up of the LCD screen
that the printer receives the request but nothing gets printed. So I set
the log level of
var/log/cups/error_log to debug.The result:
1 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] %%DocumentData: Clean7Bit
2 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137]
%%DocumentSuppliedResources: procset testprint/1.2
3 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137]
%%DocumentNeededResources: font Helvetica Helvetica-Bold Times-Roman
4 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] %%Creator: Michael Sweet,
Easy
Software Products
5 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] %%CreationDate:
D:20060114093000+0500
6 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] %%Title: Test Page
7 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] %%EndComments
8 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] Before copy_prolog -
%%BeginProlog
9 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] Before copy_setup -
%%Page: 1 1
10 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] Before page loop -
%%Page: 1 1
11 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] Copying page 1...
12 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] pagew = 577.0, pagel =
824.0
13 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] bboxw = 595, bboxl = 842
14 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] PageLeft = 9.0, PageRight
= 586.0
15 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] PageTop = 833.0,
PageBottom = 9.0
16 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] PageWidth = 595.0,
PageLength = 842.0
17 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] Wrote 1 pages...
18 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] PID 6141
(/usr/lib64/cups/filter/pstops)
exited with no errors.
19 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] Discarding unused
printer-state-changed event...
20 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] PID 6143
(/usr/lib64/cups/backend/lpd) exited with no errors.
21 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] [Job 137] File 0 is complete.
22 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] Discarding unused
printer-state-changed event...
23 D [08/Oct/2007:04:37:04 +1300] Discarding unused job-stopped
event...
24 D [08/Oct/2007:04:38:04 +1300] Unloading job 138...
25 D [08/Oct/2007:04:38:04 +1300] cupsdNetIFUpdate: "lo" =
localhost...
26 D [08/Oct/2007:04:38:04 +1300] cupsdNetIFUpdate: "eth0" =
10.1.1.3...
27 D [08/Oct/2007:04:38:04 +1300] cupsdNetIFUpdate: "lo" =
localhost...
28 D [08/Oct/2007:04:38:04 +1300] cupsdNetIFUpdate: "eth0" =
fe80::212:3fff:fe73:d0f7%eth0...

Now th lines 25 to 28 repeat until line 50 (I used the tail -50 ....
command). 10.1.1.3 is the computer's IP address and fe80::... my IPv6
address. Why they are there I don't know. Printer is 10.1.1.4.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Uli

On 2007-11-08, uli <uli.fuerst@xnet.co.nz> wrote:
> I am having problems getting the printing function of the Brother MFC665CW
> working. I installed the linux drivers for suse/fedora and configured it
> with CUPS as network printer. the command lpc status results with:MFC665CW:
> printer is on device 'lpd' speed -1
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> 2 entries
> daemon present
> I can ping the printer, I can see on the lightening up of the LCD screen
> that the printer receives the request but nothing gets printed. So I set

Just to figure out if there is a driver problem, did you try to use another
one? Was the driver you used included in the distro, or did it come with the
printer?

If the printer's Postscript, just install an HP laserjet 6 driver, or a
4000. Or maybe there's a brother model close enough ?


If it prints, you'll know it's driver related. If not, look at to
communication. Connect it to your computer directly, using USB.


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Thanks Rikishi,
I thought about connecting the printer with USB if I cannot sort it out in
any other way. The driver is the linux driver from Brother. Scanning works
without problem through the network. That's why I tried to find out
through the log file what is wrong.
Uli

On 2007-11-11, uli <uli.fuerst@xnet.co.nz> wrote:
> I thought about connecting the printer with USB if I cannot sort it out in
> any other way. The driver is the linux driver from Brother. Scanning works
> without problem through the network. That's why I tried to find out
> through the log file what is wrong.

Scanning is independant of printing; the one may work while the other fails.

Connecting the device in another way, using the same driver will allow you
to determin wheter you have a driver problem or a comm problem, at least.


--
There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying.
The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Douglas Adams

Thanks Rikishi
Problem now solved. The linux support from Brother is very helpful. I had
the directory /usr/lib/cups/filter missing. Creating this directory and
reinstalling the driver solved the problem.
Uli