[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-04-23 Thread Till Kamppeter
irrelative, your QinHeng CH340S USB->Parallel adapter has an actual hardware/firmware bug which is probably the reason why we had to add a quirk rule to the USB backend of CUPS. See also bug 1156210, especially comment #2. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-04-17 Thread irrelative
Thank you for your work! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.l

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-04-15 Thread Till Kamppeter
irrelative, fix for your adapter uploaded for the upcoming cups 1.6.2-1ubuntu5 package in Raring. Thanks for your report. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-04-15 Thread Till Kamppeter
Thank you for the information. With this I can add exception rules to the CUPS USB backend so that your USB->Parallel adapter will work out of the box. Note that HPLIP only fully supports HP printers directly connected to the computer or network, without non-HP adapters. Otherwise you have only li

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-04-15 Thread irrelative
$ lsusb Bus 003 Device 005: ID 093a:2510 Pixart Imaging, Inc. Optical Mouse Bus 004 Device 004: ID 1a86:7584 QinHeng Electronics CH340S Bus 005 Device 002: ID 055f:0210 Mustek Systems, Inc. ScanExpress A3 USB Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-04-11 Thread Till Kamppeter
irrelative, can you turn on your printer and connect it to the computer's USB and while it is turned on and connected, run lsusb and post the result here? It should contain a line with "HP" or "Hewlett Packard". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-04-11 Thread irrelative
No PJL pages for a week. Therefore, it's a solution. usb-unidir-default usb-no-reattach-default=true What does these settings mean? Should they persist after cups update? Should they be included in cups package? Unfortunately, Google shows only related bugs. Thank you! -- You received this bu

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-04-03 Thread irrelative
Understood. Will try this for a few days. Thank you for paying attention to me! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes To ma

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-04-03 Thread Till Kamppeter
It seems that the solution is cancel -a lpadmin -p 'HP-LaserJet-5100-Series' -R usb-unidir-default lpadmin -p 'HP-LaserJet-5100-Series' -o usb-no-reattach-default=true please run more tests in this mode and keep it for the time being. Please tell if it really solves your problem. -- You recei

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-04-03 Thread irrelative
$ modprobe -l | grep usblp kernel/drivers/usb/class/usblp.ko reboot printer $ cancel -a $ lpadmin -p 'HP-LaserJet-5100-Series' -o usb-unidir-default=true -> 5 tests: ok, PJL, ok, PJL, ok $ lpadmin -p 'HP-LaserJet-5100-Series' -R usb-unidir-default $ cancel -a reboot printer $ lpadmin -p 'HP-Laser

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-04-03 Thread Till Kamppeter
Yes, you need to cancel blacklisting "usblp" first and then do these tests. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes To manage

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-04-03 Thread irrelative
$ cancel -a $ lpadmin -p 'HP-LaserJet-5100-Series' -o usb-unidir-default=true (usblp blacklisted!) -> five jobs printed, no PJL codes, succesful $ lpadmin -p 'HP-LaserJet-5100-Series' -R usb-unidir-default $ cancel -a $ lpadmin -p 'HP-LaserJet-5100-Series' -o usb-no-reattach-default=true (usblp bl

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-04-01 Thread Till Kamppeter
irrelative, can you run the follwowing command in a terminal window cancel -a lpadmin -p -o usb-unidir-default=true with being the print queue name of the printer with problems. Does printing work correctly now? Now run lpadmin -p -R usb-unidir-default and cancel -a lpadmin -p -o usb-no-r

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-03-29 Thread irrelative
Similar symptoms as above. Occasionally printing PJL codes at the first page, before queue useful data. After this "garbage" page, the queue printing as expected. Printer: HP-LaserJet-5100 Printer work as local and network shared. Printer connected through LPT-USB "noname" adapter. Sy

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2013-01-22 Thread oddhack
I'm guessing by the lack of response to my comments above that there's little prospect of CUPS printing working for me again anytime in the forseeable future. Right now I can only print by actually attaching the printer to a WinXP instance running in VirtualBox, but this is way too annoying and res

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-11-02 Thread oddhack
And, following up by setting -o usb-unidir-default=true , now the behavior is sporadic - some print jobs give me a cover page with PJL codes and nothing else, some give me the PJL codes followed by blank pages, and some give me my actual print job. The most frustrating aspect is the randomness /

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-11-02 Thread oddhack
I regret to say that the problem did *not* stay away. After rebooting, I get the page with the PJL codes and a bunch of blank pages corresponding to pages of the document that should be printed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-10-21 Thread oddhack
FWIW, I just updated to Ubuntu 12.10 and cups 1.6.1-0ubuntu11, and this problem has once again gone away for me - hopefully it will stay gone this time. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/10

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-10-09 Thread oddhack
Till @#77: Initially I tried just lpadmin -p -o usb-unidir-default=true which did not change anything. Then I applied the full set of commands in comment #59: cancel -a sudo chmod +x /lib/udev/udev-configure-printer lpadmin -p -R usb-no-reattach lpadmin -p -R usb-unidir mv /etc/modprobe.d/bla

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-10-09 Thread Till Kamppeter
Everyone still having this problem, an you run the command lsusb in a terminal window and post the output here. Then do the following: In a terminal window, run the command lpadmin -p -o usb-unidir-default=true with being the name of your printer as displayed by the "lpstat -p" command. No

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-10-09 Thread Till Kamppeter
Oddhack, can you tell the exact steps which you did to solve the problem for you? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes To

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-10-07 Thread Gary Brainin
I re-checked after the last comment, and the problem has not reappeared on my system. I got fully updated before testing, and am also running cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu4. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-10-06 Thread oddhack
I regret to say that after a recent package update, this problem reappeared for me. I have the cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu4 package installed. Applying the patches in comment #59 does work around the problem however. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-08-01 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package cups - 1.5.3-0ubuntu2 --- cups (1.5.3-0ubuntu2) precise-proposed; urgency=low * debian/patches/usb-backend-further-enhancements.patch: Added latest development work on the libusb-based USB backend: - Support for uni-directional devices, bot

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-19 Thread Gary Brainin
You're more than welcome; I'm happy to have been of assistance. And thank you for all your hard work in giving me things to test. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brothe

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-19 Thread Till Kamppeter
Gary, thank you very much for testing. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-19 Thread Gary Brainin
Installed 1.5.3-0ubuntu2 from precise-proposed. Cycled printer off/on & unplugged/replugged USB cable. Confirmed usblp module was not blacklisted and was loaded. Tested printer with files that had previously generated errors in testing. (LibreOffice Writer initially identified the printer as "gener

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-18 Thread Clint Byrum
Hello Gary, or anyone else affected, Accepted cups into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/1.5.3-0ubuntu2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository. Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubun

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-13 Thread Stéphane Graber
Please use "In progress" instead of "Fix commited" as the status for bugs that have a fix in the queue but not yet accepted to -proposed, otherwise it's making our reports quite confusing... The SRU script will automatically changed it to "Fix commited" when it lands in -proposed and then "Fix

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-12 Thread Till Kamppeter
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu Precise) Assignee: (unassigned) => Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page w

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-11 Thread Till Kamppeter
** Description changed: When I send a job to the printer, it often (but not always) has an extra page before my print job with what appears to be PJL codes being printed out as text. It usually looks something like this: JL SET MEDIATYPE-REGULAR   

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-10 Thread Till Kamppeter
Note, the removal of the blacklisting only works if you upgrade from stock Precise or from the first SRU of CUPS. It does not work when upgrading from my PPA. In this case run sudo rm /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-cups-usblp.conf and turn off and turn on the printer. -- You received this bug notifi

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-10 Thread Till Kamppeter
** Description changed: When I send a job to the printer, it often (but not always) has an extra page before my print job with what appears to be PJL codes being printed out as text. It usually looks something like this: JL SET MEDIATYPE-REGULAR -

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-10 Thread Till Kamppeter
Uploaded proposed fix for Precise to the precise-proposed package repository. As soon as it gets approved we will post another comment here with instructions how to install and test it. Please test it that as your feedback here is required for making the package an official update. For the SRU tea

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-10 Thread Gary Brainin
Forgot to add the error_log ** Attachment added: "error_log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1000253/+attachment/3218590/+files/error_log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-10 Thread Gary Brainin
Bug appeared in an unusual situation, as follows: I was printing two jobs, and the printer ran out of paper during the first job. After adding paper and pressing the button to continue, the first job finished without incident. However, the first page of the second job (which was already queued w

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-08 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package cups - 1.5.3-3 --- cups (1.5.3-3) experimental; urgency=low * debian/patches/usb-backend-further-enhancements.patch: Added latest development work on the libusb-based USB backend: - Support for uni-directional devices, both protocol-1 devic

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-02 Thread Till Kamppeter
Gary, please stay tuned as in the next days I will call for testing the poroposewd update for Precise. The test feedback is required for getting the package be an official update. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https:/

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-07-02 Thread Till Kamppeter
Gary, thank you. So the USB backend in current state seems to work for you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes To manage

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-29 Thread Gary Brainin
I'm happy to continue contributing tests to this bugfix. Keeping in mind that I am uncertain whether my test document will always display the bug: Installed ~ppa14 Ran suggested commands Turned printer off/on, and unplugged/replugged USB cable Test documents printed with no error. If the error

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-29 Thread Till Kamppeter
Gary, can you try cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu2~ppa14 from my PPA, without blacklisting the kernel module and turning off all special options. Before starting the test run the commands cancel -a sudo chmod +x /lib/udev/udev-configure-printer lpadmin -p -R usb-no-reattach lpadmin -p -R usb-unidir mv /etc/m

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-29 Thread Till Kamppeter
Gary, so it seems that I have finally reached the state of having all info to fix the problem for your printer model. I will change the exception (quirk) rule for your printer in the USB CUPS backend so that the usblp kernel module does not get re-attached after a print job has finished. After that

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-28 Thread Gary Brainin
Installed ~ppa13. Confirmed usblp not blacklisted and module loaded; uni-directional force off. Test print still showed error. Turned on no-reattach mode. Test printed with no error. Plug'n'Print active; still no error. Plug'n'Print suppressed; still no error. Manually reloaded usblp module; sti

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-28 Thread Till Kamppeter
Gary, can you do the following additional tests: Update to cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu2~ppa13, make sure that the usblp module is not blacklisted and that the module is loaded. Now run lpadmin -p -o usb-no-reattach-default=true to make the USB backend not reattach the usblp kernel module after a print

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-28 Thread Till Kamppeter
Can you run the command sudo chmod -x /lib/udev/udev-configure-printer and after that do the tests again? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extr

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-27 Thread Till Kamppeter
Gary, does this mean that you are back to the initial state of before I touched this, meaning that without blacklisting usblp you get the error of the initial posting solidly, with every document, and with blacklisting usblp all works fine for you? -- You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-27 Thread Gary Brainin
Installed ~ppa12 Tested as follows: no blacklist, no unidirectional = error blacklist, no unidirectional = no error no blacklist, unidirectional = error error_log attached ** Attachment added: "error_log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1000253/+attachment/3206242/+files

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-27 Thread Till Kamppeter
Can you all try cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu2~ppa12 from my PPA? This could solve the problem. Test it, with and without the blacklisting of usblp and with and without forcing uni-directional mode and tell whether it works. Especially I want to know whether it actually works without blacklisting and without

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-26 Thread Gary Brainin
Not sure I understood that, but I'm glad it helped! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes To manage notifications about thi

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-26 Thread Till Kamppeter
Gary, thanks. I think I will overtake the printer quirk rules from the usblp kernel module into the USB CUPS backend. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 pri

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-25 Thread Gary Brainin
Uni-directional seems to work. I can no longer reproduce the error with either test document. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with P

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-25 Thread Till Kamppeter
I have looked into the source code of the usblp module and there is an exception rule exactly for this printer (Brother HL-1440) because it has problems with bi-directional communication. Try forcing uni-directional with lpadmin -p -o usb-unidir-default=true Does this work for you? -- You rece

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-24 Thread Gary Brainin
It is less frequent. Prior to this most recent version of CUPS, I was able to reproduce the error using a particular word processing document. If I printed this letter twice, it would print once, then print the page of PJL codes. That has stopped. A few days later, I tried to print a different l

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-24 Thread Till Kamppeter
Gary, Is the frequency of bad printouts lower than before, higher, or is there no perceivable difference? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-19 Thread Gary Brainin
Well, the error has recurred today. This time, the PJL codes appeared in the middle of the document being printed. Copy of error_log is attached (edited to only include the entries since I rebooted). Then, as I was writing this, the printer suddenly started up again, and reprinted the page (corr

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-16 Thread Till Kamppeter
Gary, thank you very much for testing! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-16 Thread Till Kamppeter
Reopening bug as we will replace the workaround (blacklisting usblp kernel module) by the real fix (current PPA version of CUPS). ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Triaged ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu Precise) Status: Fix Released => Triaged -- You received this

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-16 Thread Gary Brainin
I think this is a successful fix. I have attempted printing several different documents with the blacklist removed, and have not been able to reproduce the error. Thanks again! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-15 Thread Gary Brainin
Yes, it appears to be fixed. The bug was always intermittent--that is, it would appear when printing some things, and not with others, even things that seem quite similar. However, I have been using one particular document as a test which regularly reproduced the error, and it does not reproduce

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-14 Thread Till Kamppeter
Does this mean that this version fixed the bug perfectly for you? Especially that you can print without need of blacklisting the kernel module and without need of forced uni-directional mode? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubu

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-14 Thread Gary Brainin
Loaded ~ppa7 and tested with and without blacklist, and with and without forced uni-directional mode. I was not able to reproduce the error. Therefore, no error file to attach. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://b

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-14 Thread Till Kamppeter
Next testing round: cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu2~ppa7 is uploaded to my PPA now and this respects uni-directional devices and gives some more messages in error_log. Please repeat the tests with it (with and without blacklisting usblp) and attach syslog and error_log of the failing tests. In addition, you

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-14 Thread Gary Brainin
error_log file is attached. It appears to have restarted when I rebooted this morning. So far with all versions (including ~ppa5), printing works correctly with usblp blacklisted, but the error persists when it is active. ** Attachment added: "error_log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+so

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-14 Thread Till Kamppeter
Gary, can you restart CUPS via sudo restart cups to get logging working again and try again? Thanks. Do you get the error output with ~ppa5 only with the usblp module active or always? Can you print with ~ppa5 when the usblp module is blacklisted? -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-13 Thread Gary Brainin
Well, I spaced on ~ppa3 (sorry). Started testing ~ppa4 (failed), when I noticed that ~ppa5 was available. Attached file relates to ~ppa5, which still produces the error output. The attachment is the last part of /var/log/syslog. There was no /var/log/cups/error_log generated (I deleted the old

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-13 Thread Till Kamppeter
New version uploaded which does not do an initial reset on the printer (~ppa5). please do the same tests with this version. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-14

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-13 Thread Till Kamppeter
Next testing round to get the USB backend working: In some hours cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu2~ppa4 will be available on my PPA, update your system to get it, check whether you actually got it, and do the tests of comment #30 again. For each failed test attach the error_log and /var/log/syslog, thanks. --

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-08 Thread Till Kamppeter
My CUPS upload to my PPA (1.5.3-0ubuntu2~ppa2) is broken. In some hours the new version 1.5.3-0ubuntu2~ppa3 will be available. Please wait for this new version, update your system then, check whether you actually have 1.5.3-0ubuntu2~ppa3 and then do the tests of comment #30 again. -- You received

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-06 Thread Gary Brainin
Still does not work without blacklist. Successful download and install of 1.5.3-0ubuntu2~ppa2, which works while the usblp module is blacklisted, but as soon as I turn off the blacklist the old problem recurs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which i

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-06 Thread Till Kamppeter
I want to ask you to do another test, so that we can find out whether we can stop blacklisting the usblp kernel module: I have uploaded a modified CUPS package to my PPA now. Please add my PPA to your system as described on https://launchpad.net/~till-kamppeter/+archive/ppa in the section "Addin

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-01 Thread Gary Brainin
I was just testing, but you're welcome. Glad to hear that the tree I wasted saved someone else's. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page wi

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-01 Thread Cal Skeptic
Special thanks to Till & Gary. Yes, it works. Until you fixed this, I must have almost wasted a tree. :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extr

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-06-01 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package cups - 1.5.3-0ubuntu1 --- cups (1.5.3-0ubuntu1) precise-proposed; urgency=low [ Till Kamppeter ] * New upstream release - Numerous fixes on IPP (LP: #945028, LP: #973270, LP: #990734, LP: #992468, LP: #992982, LP: #1000172, LP: #100075

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-29 Thread oddhack
I also confirm that cups in precise-proposed fixes the similar problem I was having (printing .ps -> PJL headers + blank page) in https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1005857 . -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.la

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-26 Thread Till Kamppeter
Thank you for testing, marking bug as verified. ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 pr

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-25 Thread Gary Brainin
Confirmed. I was able to install the proposed package (using slightly different method than shown in the link), and the printing error is no longer reproduced. Thanks again to everyone working on this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subsc

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-25 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/precise-proposed/cups -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-24 Thread Martin Pitt
Hello Gary, or anyone else affected, Accepted cups into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance! **

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-23 Thread Till Kamppeter
New CUPS package with the following (and some addtional) fixes uploaded to precise-proposed (proposed updates for 12.04 (Precise)): - Crash and busy loop fixes on the USB backend - "usblp" kernel module blacklisted again as it also causes problems with the new USB backend - Lots of fixes on th

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-23 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package cups - 1.5.3-1 --- cups (1.5.3-1) unstable; urgency=low [ Till Kamppeter ] * New upstream release - Numerous fixes on IPP (LP: #945028, LP: #973270, LP: #990734, LP: #992468, LP: #992982, LP: #1000172, LP: #1000758) - USB backend

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-22 Thread Gary Brainin
1.5.2-9ubuntu1.1~ppa3 loaded, but did not solve the problem. Still printing out the extra page. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-22 Thread Till Kamppeter
Please undo the blacklisting by removing /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist- usblp.conf and turning off and turning on your printer again. Then please update from my PPA to get the CUPS packages version 1.5.2-9ubuntu1.1~ppa3. Please cancel all jobs and turn off and turn on your printer again. Then try wheth

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-21 Thread Gary Brainin
Also, sudo apt-get install -f does not appear to have reinstalled any of the removed packages: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. -- You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-21 Thread Gary Brainin
Still unsuccessful. The package was removed, but it still prints the extra page. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes To

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-21 Thread Till Kamppeter
Sorry, the foo2zjs package got renamed. Do sudo dpkg -P --force-depends printer-driver-foo2zjs Remove all jobs, turn off and turn on the printer again and try whether this helps. Restore your system with sudo apt-get install -f -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-18 Thread Gary Brainin
Uninstalling system-config-printer-udev was unsuccessful: still prints the extra page with PJL codes. Uninstalling foo2zjs was unsuccessful: returned the message: dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching foo2zjs -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-18 Thread Till Kamppeter
Please remove the blacklist again and try uninstalling system-config- printer-udev by entering the following command in a terminal window: sudo dpkg -P --force-depends system-config-printer-udev Then remove all jobs with cancel -a and turn off and turn on your printer. Now try to print. Does it

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-17 Thread Gary Brainin
Unsuccessful. I was able to remove the blacklist and to update the CUPS packages to 1.5.2-9ubuntu1.1~ppa2, but under that the printing problem still exists. I am re-blacklisting for now, and will await further instructions. Thanks again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-17 Thread Gary Brainin
Got it. I will test this evening, and let you know the results. And thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes To mana

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-17 Thread Till Kamppeter
We want to avoid generally blacklisting the usblp module as there are some proprietary drivers from printer manufacturers which need it. Therefore we are trying to make CUPS working without blacklisting the module and if we succeed we will issue the resulting change as an update. Therefore I ask yo

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-16 Thread Gary Brainin
Blacklisted usblp as instructed above. This appears to be successful. I can't be 100% certain, as the problem was intermittent, but it has not reappeared after several tests. Should I undo the blacklisting, since it worked? What is the advantage of using the updated CUPS package instead? Or wil

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-16 Thread Till Kamppeter
After having done the blacklisting test and reported here, undo the blacklisting by removing /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-usblp.conf and turning off and turning on your printer again. Then please add my PPA to your system as described on https://launchpad.net/~till-kamppeter/+archive/ppa and update

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-16 Thread Gary Brainin
Scan of error printout attached. ** Attachment added: "print.pdf" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1000253/+attachment/3149497/+files/print.pdf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-16 Thread Gary Brainin
Will try the suggested blacklist this evening (after 6:00 PST) and report back. Thanks. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL cod

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-16 Thread Till Kamppeter
Can you blacklist the usblp kernel module by the following commands in a terminal window: sudo -s echo blacklist usblp > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-usblp.conf rmmod usblp exit Then clean up the queue with the command cancel -a Turn off and turn on your printer again. Then try to print again. Doe

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-16 Thread Gary Brainin
LibreOffice file that was used to generate the error. Printing from other sources (e.g., printing a web page from Firefox) generates the same problem. ** Attachment added: "printtest.odt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1000253/+attachment/3149351/+files/printtest.odt --

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-16 Thread Gary Brainin
Bug report attached. I couldn't figure out how to get it to report to this bug number, so I saved it to a file. ** Attachment added: "bugreport" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1000253/+attachment/3149349/+files/bugreport -- You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-16 Thread Gary Brainin
Error_log attached ** Attachment added: "error_log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1000253/+attachment/3149344/+files/error_log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-16 Thread Till Kamppeter
Can you follow the instructions on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems, especially of the sections "Reporting bugs", "CUPS error_log", and (if it is not already done with your attachment on comment #1) "Capturing print job data"? Thanks. ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: N

[Bug 1000253] Re: Brother HL-1440 printing extra page with PJL codes

2012-05-16 Thread Gary Brainin
** Attachment added: "Captured print job" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253/+attachment/3149203/+files/printout -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1000253 Title: Brother HL-1440

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