Public bug reported: It's been like this for years. Some initialization problem between driver and printer.
If I print certain types of documents the printer is fine. If I print a pdf, it's fine. If I print a second pdf, reams of paper spit out of the machine each with a few random characters on them. Resetting CUPS or power cycling the printer fixes the issue for one printout. Resetting CPUS ("sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart") fixes the issue for one printout. I use the "Brother MFC-8600 Foomatic/hl7x0 (recommended)" driver. Changing driver does not... at least not for sure... fix the problem. ---------------------- Or maybe it is an end job problem, as the printer often reports a state of "Idle - Sending data to printer." Hours after the last printout. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: cups 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-100.147-generic 3.13.11-ckt39 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-100-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21 Architecture: amd64 CupsErrorLog: E [09/Nov/2016:09:07:28 -0800] Unknown directive BrowseAddress on line 10 of /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. E [10/Nov/2016:09:18:42 -0800] [Job 2767] Unable to send data to printer. E [10/Nov/2016:09:23:43 -0800] [Job 2767] Stopping unresponsive job. E [10/Nov/2016:09:26:06 -0800] Unknown directive BrowseAddress on line 10 of /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Nov 10 11:37:50 2016 Lpstat: device for Brother-MFC-8600: ipps://Bryces-Mac-mini.local:631/printers/Brother_MFC_8600 device for MFC-8600: usb://Brother/MFC-8600 device for MFCJ985DW: dnssd://Brother%20MFC-J985DW._ipp._tcp.local/ MachineType: Supermicro X8SAX Papersize: letter PpdFiles: MFCJ985DW: Brother MFC-J985DW CUPS MFC-8600: Brother MFC-8600 Foomatic/hl7x0 (recommended) ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic root=UUID=8a67d411-9750-46e4-8a53-b2059e5a4eeb ro quiet splash nomdmonddf nomdmonisw nomdmonddf nomdmonisw nomdmonddf nomdmonisw nomdmonddf nomdmonisw SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/17/10 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2.0 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: X8SAX dmi.board.vendor: Supermicro dmi.board.version: 2.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Supermicro dmi.chassis.version: 1234567890 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2.0:bd09/17/10:svnSupermicro:pnX8SAX:pvr1234567890:rvnSupermicro:rnX8SAX:rvr2.0:cvnSupermicro:ct3:cvr1234567890: dmi.product.name: X8SAX dmi.product.version: 1234567890 dmi.sys.vendor: Supermicro mtime.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: 2015-01-21T15:19:58.577664 ** Affects: cups (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty -- 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/1640924 Title: MFC8600 Brother Prints OK first PDF job, second job prints garbage Status in cups package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: It's been like this for years. Some initialization problem between driver and printer. If I print certain types of documents the printer is fine. If I print a pdf, it's fine. If I print a second pdf, reams of paper spit out of the machine each with a few random characters on them. Resetting CUPS or power cycling the printer fixes the issue for one printout. Resetting CPUS ("sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart") fixes the issue for one printout. I use the "Brother MFC-8600 Foomatic/hl7x0 (recommended)" driver. Changing driver does not... at least not for sure... fix the problem. ---------------------- Or maybe it is an end job problem, as the printer often reports a state of "Idle - Sending data to printer." Hours after the last printout. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: cups 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-100.147-generic 3.13.11-ckt39 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-100-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21 Architecture: amd64 CupsErrorLog: E [09/Nov/2016:09:07:28 -0800] Unknown directive BrowseAddress on line 10 of /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. E [10/Nov/2016:09:18:42 -0800] [Job 2767] Unable to send data to printer. E [10/Nov/2016:09:23:43 -0800] [Job 2767] Stopping unresponsive job. E [10/Nov/2016:09:26:06 -0800] Unknown directive BrowseAddress on line 10 of /etc/cups/cupsd.conf. CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Nov 10 11:37:50 2016 Lpstat: device for Brother-MFC-8600: ipps://Bryces-Mac-mini.local:631/printers/Brother_MFC_8600 device for MFC-8600: usb://Brother/MFC-8600 device for MFCJ985DW: dnssd://Brother%20MFC-J985DW._ipp._tcp.local/ MachineType: Supermicro X8SAX Papersize: letter PpdFiles: MFCJ985DW: Brother MFC-J985DW CUPS MFC-8600: Brother MFC-8600 Foomatic/hl7x0 (recommended) ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.13.0-100-generic root=UUID=8a67d411-9750-46e4-8a53-b2059e5a4eeb ro quiet splash nomdmonddf nomdmonisw nomdmonddf nomdmonisw nomdmonddf nomdmonisw nomdmonddf nomdmonisw SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/17/10 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 2.0 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: X8SAX dmi.board.vendor: Supermicro dmi.board.version: 2.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Supermicro dmi.chassis.version: 1234567890 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2.0:bd09/17/10:svnSupermicro:pnX8SAX:pvr1234567890:rvnSupermicro:rnX8SAX:rvr2.0:cvnSupermicro:ct3:cvr1234567890: dmi.product.name: X8SAX dmi.product.version: 1234567890 dmi.sys.vendor: Supermicro mtime.conffile..etc.cups.cupsd.conf: 2015-01-21T15:19:58.577664 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1640924/+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