Call for testing : Driverless printing on Zesty

Wed Dec 28 17:00:00 UTC 2016

Yes, after turning off/on the printer, the lpstat -v returns this:
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bt at ungava:~$ lpstat -v
device for Brother-MFC-J650DW: ipp://BRW3C77E657AB52.local:631/ipp/print
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I have checked and I have only one print queue.

I did not install any proprietary Brother drivers. I will install the
scanner driver asap and tell you what happens.

Thanks again,

           Bernard

2016-12-28 9:00 GMT-05:00 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter at gmail.com>:

> On 12/28/2016 02:37 AM, Bernard Tremblay wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the quick reply.
>>
>> I had to install cups-ipp-util first, then avahi-discover.
>>
>
> avahi-discover is only for debugging, therefore it is not installed by
> default. For actual printer setup and printing it is not needed. But keep
> it installed, perhaps we need it again.
>
> cups-ipp-utils is actually needed by the driverless utility, we will add
> an appropriate dependency to the package containing driverless.
>
>
>> Here are the output of the commands:
>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>> bt at ungava:~$ driverless list
>> DEBUG: Started ippfind (PID 1317)
>> DEBUG: Started post-processing (PID 1318)
>> "driverless:ipp://BRW3C77E657AB52.local:631/ipp/print" en "Brother"
>> "Brother MFC-J650DW, driverless, cups-filters 1.13.1"
>> "MFG:Brother;MDL:MFC-J650DW;CMD:PWG,URF,JPEG;"
>> DEBUG: PID 1317 (ippfind) exited with no errors.
>> DEBUG: PID 1318 (Post-processing) exited with no errors.
>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>
>
> Your printer is actually an AirPrint printer and therefore the
> "driverless" utility is listing it.
>
> avahi-discover
>>
>> I selected entry Brother MFC-J650DW from the Internet Printer list:
>>
>> Type de service : _ipp._tcp
>> Nom du service : Brother MFC-J650DW
>> Nom de domaine : local
>> Interface : enp1s0 IPv4
>> Adresse : BRW3C77E657AB52.local/192.168.179.107:631
>> <http://192.168.179.107:631>
>>
>> TXT Binary = T
>> TXT Duplex = T
>> TXT Copies = F
>> TXT product = (Brother MFC-J650DW)
>> TXT priority = 25
>> TXT Fax = T
>> TXT rp = ipp/print
>> TXT ty = Brother MFC-J650DW
>> TXT PaperCustom = T
>> TXT note = Bureau
>> TXT adminurl = http://BRW3C77E657AB52.local./net/net/airprint.html
>> TXT print_wfds = T
>> TXT txtvers = 1
>> TXT Transparent = T
>> TXT usb_CMD = HBP,BRPJL,URF
>> TXT URF = SRGB24,W8,CP1,IS1,MT1-8-11,OB9,PQ4-5,RS300,OFU0,V1.2,DM3
>> TXT usb_MDL = MFC-J650DW
>> TXT qtotal = 1
>> TXT usb_MFG = Brother
>> TXT UUID = e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-3c77e657ab52
>> TXT Scan = T
>> TXT Color = T
>> TXT pdl =
>> application/octet-stream,application/vnd.brother-hbp,image/
>> pwg-raster,image/urf,image/jpeg
>> TXT TBCP = F
>>
>>
> This is the information which the printer broadcasts into the network. The
> "image/urf" in the "TXT pdl = ..." line is the MIME type of Apple Raster,
> the print data format of Apple AirPrint. The other lines tell about the
> capabilities of the printer, like whether it has duplex, is a color
> printer, ... and the URL of the administration web interface.
>
> The driverless utility and cups-browsed read this information to decide
> whether the printer supports driverless printing.
>
> This especially means that cups-browsed will automatically set up a print
> queue if it is appropriately configured.
>
> As you already told that you have set the needed configuration bits for
> cups-browsed, I want to ask you to have the printer turned on, let it
> complete start up, and now run the command
>
> lpstat -v
>
> Does your printer appear in the list, with a URI which starts with ipp: or
> ipps:?
>
> If so, please attach its PPD file (in /etc/cups/ppd/, file name is the
> same as the queue name, with ".ppd" extension) to your reply.
>
> Also try to print on the queue with different option settings.
>
> Note that this print queue only exists as long as the printer is turned on.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I checked my printer setup with a browser and AirPrint is active.
>>
>> I tried to setup the printer with /usr/bin/system-config-printer and  I
>> had the choice between 3 protocols for the same printer :
>>
>>   * ipp://BRW3C77E657AB52.local:631/ipp/print
>>   * lpd printer BRW3C77E657AB52
>>   * Network printer via DNS-SD for ipp://BRW3C77E657AB52.local:63
>> 1/ipp/print
>>
>> I choosed the first one, and this time I had a message saying "Searching
>> for driver" and it did not prompt me with the usual list of all printers
>> that it knows,
>>
>
> This is because it found the correct PPD, which is auto-generated based on
> a query for capabilities to the printer, automatically.
> system-config-printer only asks for make/model/driver if there is no exact
> match.
>
> but it ask me for the name of the printer and a name for
>> the place it is.
>>
>
> This system-config-printer always asks for, as it does not know how you
> want to organize your print queues.
>
>   I printed the "Printer test page" and everything
>> works OK now.
>>
>>
> So you are successfully doing driverless printing with your Brother
> printer and for the first time it works solely with free software, without
> the awkwardnesses of Brother's proprietary driver.
>
> Next steps to be sure whether everything works as intended:
>
> Attach the PPD file (in /etc/cups/ppd/, file name is the same as the queue
> name, with ".ppd" extension) to the answer of this e-mail. I asked you for
> a PPD file earlier, but you have probably two print queues now, one created
> by cups-browsed and one created by system-config-printer. I want to know
> via the PPD files whether they are both created correctly.
>
> Print some jobs with different settings (duplex, quality, input tray, ...)
> and from different applications. Does this work? If not, which settings or
> applications cause problems?
>
> Thanks a lot for the help.  I don't know exactly why CUPS was asking for
>> information to select the driver from its list and now it doesn't anymore
>> ?
>>
>>
> See above, the driverless printing support generates an exactly matching
> PPD file for your printer.
>
> Note also that system-config-printer skips asking if there is an exactly
> matching PPD but the web interface of CUPS always asks (but selects the
> exactly matching PPD as default).
>
> Another question:
>
> Do you have Brother's proprietary drivers installed? If yes, can you
> uninstall them and check whether your printer still works with the newly
> created queues?
>
> If your printer has a scanner and you have uninstalled Brother's drivers
> and this leads to the scanner not working any more, please install ONLY the
> scanner driver from Brother now, the printer drivers are not needed any
> more.
>
>    Till
>

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