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Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW

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On 08/04/2017 08:25 AM, Curt wrote:
> On 2017-08-04, Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> wrote:
>> A few weeks ago a CUPS upgrade to our Debian testing systems
>> started showing a new driver for our Brother MFC-9340CDW in print
>> dialogs and in the CUPS printer list and in the
>> system-config-printer utility.
>> 
>> You'd think that was good news, but we've been unable to find any
>> way to make the queue for this "driverless" instance of the printer
>> function properly.
>> 
> 
> Just very quickly found this bug that seems to be relevant to your
> case, Jape. As you didn't describe the "garbled" condition of your
> printouts with the "driverless" driver I can't be sure but it seems a
> fair guess.

I should have been more careful in describing the output. Eyes are old, 
and thought the was garbling, but closer exam with magnifying glass 
reveals that it's all just distorted -- as in compressed vertically.
> 
> Apparently a resolution dpi error (reported as 600x2dpi--firmware 
> bug?--and set that way by cups in the PPD.  Workaroundable by
> modifying the PPD manually as explained in the thread).
> 
> BTW at the Brother site I think they're recommending updating the 
> firmware for this printer (maybe not for the reasons explicited
> here).
> 
> HTH. >
> 
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=868360
> 

Mercy! Why didn't I look in bug reports? Sheesh! The brain is really 
just kind of occupying space between the ears these days!

I'll check the firmware. I already updated it once on this printer, and 
it was a pain. (Required buying a Windows computer.)

I'll also go through the thread to see what I can learn.

Many thanks to you, Curt!

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pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-04 04:00 +0200
  Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-04 12:40 +0200
    Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-04 20:20 +0200
      Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-05 00:50 +0200
        Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-05 02:30 +0200
          Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-05 15:00 +0200
            Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-05 17:50 +0200
            Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-08-05 18:50 +0200
              Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-05 19:20 +0200
                Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-05 20:30 +0200
                Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-05 20:50 +0200
                Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-05 21:20 +0200
                Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-06 00:50 +0200
  Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-08-04 14:30 +0200
    Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-04 15:00 +0200
      Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-04 20:30 +0200
      Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-04 22:20 +0200
        Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-05 01:10 +0200
          Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-05 02:40 +0200
    Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-04 20:20 +0200
      Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-05 01:10 +0200
        Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-05 02:50 +0200
    Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-04 22:10 +0200
      Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2017-08-06 01:40 +0200
        Re: pesky and persistent "driverless" Brother MFC-9340CDW Jape Person <japers@comcast.net> - 2017-08-06 02:10 +0200

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