[OpenIndiana-discuss] Printing issues

[Predrag Zečević]

Hi all,

Recently, I got new printer (model "Brother MFC-L3740CDW") and I cannot 
make OI to use it...

What I did:

A) CUPS enabled
:; pfexec svcadm enable svc:/application/cups/scheduler:default
:; pfexec svcadm enable svc:/application/cups/in-lpd:default
:; print-service -s cups

B) Installed packages:
:; pfexec pkg install -v cups cups-filters system-config-printer 
print-manager foomatic-rip pycairo

Executing *system-config-printer* utility (as regular user, opens GUI) 
finds printer, but no option to pick that model up from Brother printers 
list (outdated DB?)...

a) Utility *system-config-printer* might need update, as throws lot of 
Gtk-WARNING errors:
:; pkg search -l /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
INDEX      ACTION VALUE 
   PACKAGE
path       file 
usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py 
pkg:/print/cups/system-config-printer at 2.30.0-2023.0.0.7

b) Finally, have found and extracted *ppd* file from rpm found on 
Brother site, but still nothing (configuration is done -- no errors 
reported, but still nothing is sent to the printer).
:; rpm -qlp mfcl3740cdwpdrv-3.5.1-1.i386.rpm
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/LICENSE_ENG.txt
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/LICENSE_JPN.txt
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/cupswrapper/brother_lpdwrapper_mfcl3740cdw
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/cupswrapper/brother_mfcl3740cdw_printer_en.ppd
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfcl3740cdw
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/ImagingArea
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/PaperDimension
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/brmfcl3740cdwfunc
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/brmfcl3740cdwrc
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/paperinfij2
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/setupPrintcapij
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/filter_mfcl3740cdw
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/i686/brmfcl3740cdwfilter
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/i686/brprintconf_mfcl3740cdw
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/x86_64/brmfcl3740cdwfilter
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/x86_64/brprintconf_mfcl3740cdw

So, any idea/suggestion/etc ?

-- 
Predrag Zečević