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foomatic-db package

SHARP AR-M165: Uses postscript when printer does not support it

Bug #253905 reported by Murray Cumming
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foomatic-db (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
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Bug Description

I am trying to use a (networked) SHARP AR-M165 printer. Using the default (recommended) driver, the printed test page says "Error: Postscript printing not licensed for this printer."

I think it uses PCL instead, but there's no detection of that from Ubuntu and no way to choose that, so no way to make the printer work.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/lucid/foomatic-db
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Murray Cumming (murrayc) wrote :

By the way, this works with the Generic recommended PL6 driver, though that shouldn't be interpreted as a reason to close this bug.

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Murray Cumming (murrayc) wrote :

This is still a problem with Ubuntu Jaunty, in a fresh install.

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Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) wrote :

This is not a problem of system-config-printer but of foomatic-db. We got only PostScript PPDs from Sharp and not the information that PostScript is only an add-on for some of these printers. I will add "pxlmono" as a supported (and the recommended) driver, then the printer should work out of the box.

affects: system-config-printer (Ubuntu) → foomatic-db (Ubuntu)
Changed in foomatic-db (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) wrote :

Fixed in foomatic-db upstream.

Changed in foomatic-db (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package foomatic-db - 20090825-0ubuntu1

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foomatic-db (20090825-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
     - Added entries for non-PostScript versions of the Sharp printers
       (LP: #253905).
  * debian/rules: Remove documentation files from PPD repositories.

 -- Till Kamppeter <email address hidden> Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:35:23 +0200

Changed in foomatic-db (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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linuxcentre (linuxcentre) wrote :

This still doesn't work for me. I've tried on all today's latest pkgs from karmic beta on i386. I have a networked Sharp MX2300N (with no postscript module). I tried just about every combination of driver available under Sharp for this model and Generic PCL5c, Generic PCL6 / XL. Whatever I try results in cups logging that the print job succeeded. In every case the printer makes start-up noises, data light flashes for a few seconds and then no printing appears... Tried all the different comms protocols also.

BTW: Works fine from a simple unauthenticated jetdirect port 9100 PCL print from WinXP on the very same local subnet.

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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote :

linuxcentre,
It is better to open a new bug report for your issue since the original bug reporter had no problem with the PCL6 driver.
Please file the bug by running "ubuntu-bug cups" on a terminal so we get the apport information, can you also attach your cups error_log with debugging enabled after trying to print something as described here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems#CUPS%20error_log

Thanks!

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Murray Cumming (murrayc) wrote :

Thanks. I just started using the specific non-PS driver for Sharp ARM-M165 in Karmic, after getting error pages recently from the printer with the generic PLC6 driver. It works perfectly and fixed these new errors. Thanks, again.

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