$ 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. >
