Public bug reported: I cannot print to my networked Brother HL-3170CDW from my wife's newly- installed 16.04 laptop. My other laptop running 14.04 prints flawlessly to the same printer. They are similar ASUS models. I did print from the new machine once, right after installing the drivers, but eventually I get a 'printer may not be connected' message, even if I delete and recreate the printer. The jobs just queue up, and the printer never leaves deep sleep mode. I don't think a signal is getting the the printer to wake it up.
Of course, the CUPS version is different. The 14.04 machine (the one that is working) is running 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.7 and the 16.04 box is running 2.1.3. Sorry, but it's not with me, so I can't get much more specific that that. All updates have been applied, though, and I even tried the version in the experimental (proposed) repo. I've done my best to eliminate all other possible causes of the problem, such as... I'm using Brother print drivers downloaded from their site using the installer script (2.0.0-1). It currently pulls down version 1.1.2-1.i386 of the CUPS wrapper and lpr files automatically. I've also tried version 1.1.4-0.i386 of the CUPS wrapper that I kept from a previous download. The 1.1.4-0 driver is what works on the 14.04 machine. To eliminate potential network problems, I've changed many network settings. The printer is connected with a wire, not wifi. I have a static IP address on it, but I tried using DHCP just to see if that was an issue. Brother's best suggestion was to turn on IPv6, but that didn't solve the problem. I even changed the physical port on the switch, just to cover all the bases. I don't think it is a network problem at all, although I cannot always ping the printer from the new machine, whereas I can always reach it from the old machine. Thanks for the help! -Brandon ** Affects: cups (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to cups in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1658822 Title: Printer not connected Status in cups package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I cannot print to my networked Brother HL-3170CDW from my wife's newly-installed 16.04 laptop. My other laptop running 14.04 prints flawlessly to the same printer. They are similar ASUS models. I did print from the new machine once, right after installing the drivers, but eventually I get a 'printer may not be connected' message, even if I delete and recreate the printer. The jobs just queue up, and the printer never leaves deep sleep mode. I don't think a signal is getting the the printer to wake it up. Of course, the CUPS version is different. The 14.04 machine (the one that is working) is running 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.7 and the 16.04 box is running 2.1.3. Sorry, but it's not with me, so I can't get much more specific that that. All updates have been applied, though, and I even tried the version in the experimental (proposed) repo. I've done my best to eliminate all other possible causes of the problem, such as... I'm using Brother print drivers downloaded from their site using the installer script (2.0.0-1). It currently pulls down version 1.1.2-1.i386 of the CUPS wrapper and lpr files automatically. I've also tried version 1.1.4-0.i386 of the CUPS wrapper that I kept from a previous download. The 1.1.4-0 driver is what works on the 14.04 machine. To eliminate potential network problems, I've changed many network settings. The printer is connected with a wire, not wifi. I have a static IP address on it, but I tried using DHCP just to see if that was an issue. Brother's best suggestion was to turn on IPv6, but that didn't solve the problem. I even changed the physical port on the switch, just to cover all the bases. I don't think it is a network problem at all, although I cannot always ping the printer from the new machine, whereas I can always reach it from the old machine. Thanks for the help! -Brandon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1658822/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp