Additional information: looking in the error log, I see that I did in fact get this error the last time I tried to print:
E [14/Jun/2010:22:35:43 -0700] Returning IPP client-error-not-authorized for Print-Job (ipp://localhost:631/printers/Mrs.Cat) from localhost This looks like a configuration error (in cupsd.conf?), but for the life of me I don't know how to fix it. -PT On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Peter Tenenbaum <quar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been migrating my computer resources over from a 6 year old WXP > computer to a brand-new Debian Linux one. Most recently I tried to migrate > our old printer, a Brother MFC-420 CN printer / scanner / fax with USB > connection. Brother has CUPS and LPD drivers for it, and they have 2 sets > of instructions for installing the drivers (one pretty much automatic, one > more manual). > > I've tried both sets of instructions, and it almost works. The printer is > detected by the computer when it is first connected; the install appears to > go correctly, and the printer appears correctly in the CUPS browser > interface. When I send print jobs, no errors appear, and the print jobs are > shown as "completed" in the CUPS browser interface. However, no printed > pages ever appear. Printing from the command line, applications, test > prints -- none of them result in printed output. > > Has anyone else had problems like this? Any suggestions for how to > resolve? > > I realize that this is something of a long shot, but I have to say that the > responses I've gotten to questions and problems on this list have been > borderline-miraculous in fixing my problems, so I figured I'd give it a > shot! I've also asked the Linux support people at Brother for assistance. > > Thanks in advance, > -PT >
