Bug#859621: printer-driver-gutenprint: Regression in 5.2.11 for Brother printer
$ grep -i Nickname /etc/cups/ppd/Brother.ppd
*NickName: "Brother MFC7420 for CUPS"
*ShortNickName: "Brother MFC7420 for CUPS"
$ grep -i cupsfilter /etc/cups/ppd/Brother.ppd
*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 brlpdwrapperMFC7420"
Best,
Olivier
On Mon, 2017-04-10 at 18:37 +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:
> On Mon 10 Apr 2017 at 19:05:19 +0200, Olivier Aubert wrote:
>
> > Actually, my wording was wrong: the Brother drivers do not use
> > gutenprint and gutenprint does not support the MFC7420, as far as I
> > can
> > read the source/doc.
>
> Indeed. There is no declared support for the MFC7420.
>
> > I just can acknowledge that the printer stopped working after
> > upgrading
> > gutenprint to 5.2.11 (with a gutenprint-related error message), and
> > that downgrading gutenprint solved the issue.
>
> You will have a PPD in /etc/cups/ppd which gives the capabilities
> of your printer. Please post the outputs of
>
> grep -i Nickname /etc/cups/ppd/your_ppd
>
> and
>
> grep -i cupsfilter /etc/cups/ppd/your_ppd
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian.
>
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