** Description changed:
Binary package hint: cups
I've had this problem for three Ubuntu releases. When I try to print
using Ubuntu 8.04 and a Brother HL-730 Plus printer the output often
looks like this:
%-123...@pjl
@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE
This kind of stuff gets printed out forever on every page until I cancel
the job and power down the printer. Occasionally, when I restart the
printer it will start to work ok as long as I print the test page first,
but usually when I turn the printer back on it goes back to printing
garbage.
I use a USB cable to connect the printer. I installed the printer with
the default driver using the simple steps in the Ubuntu printing
utility. I've found others with similar problems and have reinstalled
everything as instructed, but the problem persists. It looks to me like
the printer command is being printed instead of the content of what is
supposed to be printed. What is going on? What should I do?
Here's the printingbuginfo output:
ProblemType: printingbuginfo v2.0: printingbug+localusb
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrintingBugInfoScript)
CupsConfiguredDevices:
device for HL-730: usb://Brother/HL-730%20series
device for PDF: cups-pdf:/
CupsConfiguredPPDs:
HL-730: Brother HL-730 Foomatic/hl7x0 (recommended)
PDF: Generic PDF file generator
Date: Thu Dec 25 22:46:34 2008
DesktopEnvironment: none
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
EtcPapersize: letter
InstalledPrintingPackages:
ii cupsys 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.2 Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
ii cupsys-driver-gutenprint 5.0.2-2ubuntu1 printer drivers for CUPS
ii foo2zjs 20071205-0ubuntu3.1 Support for printing to ZjStream-based
printers
ii foomatic-db 20080211-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support - database
ii foomatic-db-engine 3.0.2-20070719-0ubuntu4 OpenPrinting printer support -
programs
ii foomatic-db-hpijs 20070813-0ubuntu2 OpenPrinting printer support -
database for HPIJS driver
ii foomatic-filters 3.0.2-20071204-0ubuntu2. OpenPrinting printer support -
filters
ii ghostscript 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF
interpreter
ii gnome-cups-manager 0.31-3ubuntu5 CUPS printer admin tool for GNOME
ii gs-common 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3 Transitional package
ii gs-esp 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3 Transitional package
ii gs-esp-x 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3 Transitional package
ii hpijs 2.8.2+2.8.2-0ubuntu8.1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging - gs IJS
driver (hpijs)
ii hplip 2.8.2-0ubuntu8.1 HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
ii libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.18.4-1 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture - runtime
files
ii min12xxw 0.0.9-1build1 Printer driver for KonicaMinolta PagePro 1[234]xxW
ii openprinting-ppds 20080211-0ubuntu1 OpenPrinting printer support -
PostScript PPD files
ii pnm2ppa 1.12-16 PPM to PPA converter
ii pxljr 1.1-0ubuntu1 Driver for HP's Color LaserJet 35xx/36xx color laser
printers
ii splix 1.1.1-0ubuntu1 Driver for Samsung's SPL2 (bw) and SPLc (color)
laser printers
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8, LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8
Uname: Linux dell 2.6.24-22-generic #1 SMP Mon Nov 24 18:32:42 UTC 2008 i686
GNU/Linux
UsbPrinterDevices:
UsbPrinterIEEE1284Id:
UsbPrinterKernelModules:
usblp 15872 0
usbcore 146412 9
snd_usb_audio,uvcvideo,snd_usb_lib,usblp,gspca,usbhid,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
lsusb:
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 030: ID 05e3:0301 Genesys Logic, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Here is the output from the Printing troubleshooter:
Page 1 (Choose printer):
{'cups_dest': <cups.Dest object at 0x86ff520>,
'cups_instance': None,
'cups_queue': 'HL-730',
'cups_queue_listed': True}
Page 2 (Check printer sanity):
{'cups_device_uri_scheme': u'usb',
'cups_printer_dict': {'device-uri': u'usb://Brother/HL-730%20series',
'printer-info': u'home printer',
'printer-is-shared': True,
'printer-location': u'home',
'printer-make-and-model': u'Brother HL-730
Foomatic/hl7x0 (recommended)',
'printer-state': 3,
'printer-state-message': u'No %%BoundingBox: comment
in header!',
'printer-state-reasons': [u'none'],
'printer-type': 12308,
'printer-uri-supported':
u'ipp://localhost:631/printers/HL-730'},
'is_cups_class': False}
Page 3 (Printer state reasons):
{'printer-state-message': 'No %%BoundingBox: comment in header!',
'printer-state-reasons': 'none'}
Page 4 (Print test page):
{'test_page_job_status': [], 'test_page_successful': False}
Page 5 (Printer state reasons):
{'printer-state-message': 'No %%BoundingBox: comment in header!',
'printer-state-reasons': 'none'}
I opened this bug as a responder to question #55476 suggested.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.2
Release: 8.04
$ apt-cache policy cupsys
cupsys:
Installed: 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.3
Candidate: 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.3
Version table:
*** 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.3 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.3.7-1ubuntu3 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
+
+ This bug is not a duplicate of #287240. I made the changes recommended there
and the problem continued. When I tried printing out the page for #287240 in
Firefox I got junk that looked like the following:
+ -123...@pjl
+ @PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = HBP
+ @l...@e@g...@ge `xy2pXy
+
+ This was followed by a line and a half of weird characters I can't type.
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 287240
printer prints "garbage" like: %!PS-Adobe-3.0, %%Creator: (Openoffice.org
2.4) for pages...instead of printing the actual page
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Brother HL-730 prints infinite junk
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325616
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