On Wed 05 Feb 2020 at 20:05:27 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > On Wed, 2020-02-05 at 17:19 +0000, Brian Potkin wrote: > > > Not really sure, but I don't think so. I mean, I'm using the PPD file > > > from cups Debian packages, not anything from Brother. > > > > As root, what do you get for > > > > grep "*NickName" /etc/cups/ppd/<your_5250_ppd> > > *NickName: "Brother HL-5250DN BR-Script3" > > The ppd is Copyright(C) 2005 Brother Industries, Ltd. so even if I have it > from Debian, it still comes from Brother.
It is basically the same as the one I have from Brother. > > Do you know the package name? > > Not really, but I's the one cups (either the web interface or system-config- > printer) shows me when using make & model. We'll let that go. It is something for me to sort out. > > > > I did test how filtering went with it > > > > and a file or two. I got no errors, but did get the warnings you > > > > got. Then again, I do not have the printer to print the output > > > > file to. > > > > > > Not entirely sure what is your workflow here, but with some details > > > maybe I can try to reproduce what you did and see if something goes out > > > of the printer? > > > > Later, certainly. I'd like to test with your PPD first. > > Attached. Thanks. I used it (as root) with cupsfilter -p /etc/cups/ppd/<my_ppd> -m printer/foo -e /etc/nsswitch > out.ps 2>log There aren't any errors in the log. Regards, Brian.