Printer not printing

[Ed_P]

I get msgs saying job sent to printer and printing done. I see in http://localhost:631/printers/? the name of the printer and under Jobs > Show Completed Jobs it shows the size and date&time the job completed. On the printer, I see nothing. No paper, no error msgs.

The printer works in Windows 11.

I believe this problem started when I installed the latest Porteus modules the end of last month.

My system:

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~#  uname -a
Linux porteus.example.net 6.8.10-porteus #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri May 17 18:09:34 MSK 2024 x86_64 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

~#  cat /etc/porteus/*
001-core.xzm:20240924
002-xorg.xzm:20240924
002-xtra.xzm:20240924
003-cinnamon.xzm:20240924
initrd.xz:20230923

~#  ls -l /mnt/live/memory/images
000-kernel.xzm : May 17 2024
001-core.xzm : Sep 24 01:30
002-xorg.xzm : Sep 24 01:34
002-xtra.xzm : Sep 24 01:35
003-cinnamon.xzm : Dec 29 2023
07-printing-x86_64-2023-02-04.xzm : Feb 4 2023
Dell6.4.10-wifi.xzm : Aug 18 2023
Dellautonet.xzm : Aug 26 17:14
Dellsound.xzm : May 14 2022
brother-mfcj4335dwpdrv-3.5.0-1.i386.xzm : Jul 11 18:28
firefox-132.0-x86_64-en-US.xzm : Nov 4 01:15
mychanges.xzm : Nov 20 15:25
mymods.xzm : Aug 12 16:31
wmctrl-1.07-x86_64-2salix15.0.xzm : Feb 6 2024

~#  cat /proc/cmdline
quiet BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/ISOs/Porteus/Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.01-x86_64-240923.iso volume=33 reboot=cold extramod=/porteus5.0/Modules noload=kde;jinn;lxqt;xfce;lxde;mate;open;dat.xzm;menu2

ISO: /ISOs/Porteus/Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.01-x86_64-240923.iso

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Same situation with this 07- module.

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07-printing-x86_64-2023-09-23.xzm : Sep 23 2023

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Nothing working with:

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07-printing-x86_64-2024-08-05.xzm : Aug 5 10:36

And no Cinnamon mods in 07-printing-x86_64-2024-08-05.tar.

[Blaze]

Ed_P, did you tested printing with 07-printing-x86_64-2023-09-23.xzm and brother-mfcj4335dwpdrv-3.5.0-1.i386.xzm in AF mode?

[Ed_P]

Not recently. I thought it worked months ago when I got the new printer but a good idea to try. Thanks Blaze.

Added in 15 hours 4 minutes 53 seconds:
In AF mode I have to add the printer and set a driver for it. The printer is a Brother MFC-J4335DW and the driver that was working is MFC-J4333DW - IPP Everywhere (color, 2-sided printing). In AF mode with the 2023-09-23 07-printing module I do not see that driver option. 2023-09-23 has:

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Brother MFC-6550MC - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.4 (en)
Brother MFC-8300 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.4 (en)
Brother MFC-9500 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.4 (en)
Brother MFC-9600 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.3.4 (en)

[Ed_P]

Problem has gotten worst with the 241211 updates.

Unable to connect

Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at localhost:631.

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Linux porteus.example.net 6.8.10-porteus #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri May 17 18:09:34 MSK 2024 x86_64 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

~#  cat /etc/porteus/*
001-core.xzm:20241212
002-xorg.xzm:20241212
002-xtra.xzm:20240924
003-cinnamon.xzm:20240924
initrd.xz:20230923

~#  ls -l /mnt/live/memory/images
000-kernel.xzm : May 17 2024
001-core.xzm : Dec 12 07:10
002-xorg.xzm : Dec 12 07:15
002-xtra.xzm : Sep 24 01:35
003-cinnamon.xzm : Dec 29 2023
07-printing-x86_64-2024-08-05.xzm : Aug 5 10:36

Dell6.4.10-wifi.xzm : Aug 18 2023
Dellautonet.xzm : Aug 26 17:14
Dellsound.xzm : May 14 2022
firefox-132.0-x86_64-en-US.xzm : Nov 4 01:15
mychanges.xzm : Dec 19 02:39
mymods.xzm : Nov 25 18:27
wmctrl-1.07-x86_64-2salix15.0.xzm : Feb 6 2024

~#  cat /proc/cmdline
quiet BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/ISOs/Porteus/Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.01-x86_64-241211.iso volume=33 reboot=cold extramod=/porteus5.0/Modules noload=kde;jinn;lxqt;xfce;lxde;mate;open;dat.xzm;menu2

I will try AF tomorrow.

I can access the printer's status with http://192.168.200.190/home/status.html.

Added in 7 hours 42 minutes 36 seconds:
Same problem in AF mode.

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~#  uname -a
Linux porteus.example.net 6.8.10-porteus #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri May 17 18:09:34 MSK 2024 x86_64 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

~#  cat /etc/porteus/*
001-core.xzm:20241212
002-xorg.xzm:20241212
002-xtra.xzm:20240924
003-cinnamon.xzm:20240924
initrd.xz:20230923

~#  ls -l /mnt/live/memory/images
000-kernel.xzm : May 17 2024
001-core.xzm : Dec 12 12:10
002-xorg.xzm : Dec 12 12:15
002-xtra.xzm : Sep 24 05:35
003-cinnamon.xzm : Dec 29 2023
07-printing-x86_64-2024-08-05.xzm : Aug 5 14:36
firefox-132.0-x86_64-en-US.xzm : Nov 4 06:15

~#  cat /proc/cmdline
quiet BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/boot/syslinux/vmlinuz from=/ISOs/Porteus/Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.01-x86_64-241211.iso volume=33 reboot=cold noload=mychanges;menu4

ISO: /ISOs/Porteus/Porteus-CINNAMON-v5.01-x86_64-241211.iso

Grub2 Menu:  Porteus5.0 menu4

[Ed_P]

Sure wish I could get this system to work.



Added in 24 minutes :
Even without mychanges module

[beny]

hi Ed_P your brother model can show you the wifi connection to the net, try to check from printer to system and not from system to printer maybe you have trouble with your ip adress,and brother can report this, ok try

[Ed_P]

your brother model can show you the wifi connection to the net,

Thanks beny. The printer is wired in to my network. The IP address is valid.

[Ed_P]

And the CUPS printer is accessible on this system:


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Unfortunately it doesn't print a test page.

[Ed_P]

Brother printer still not printing. Even used the brother cupswrapper ppd file in /opt.



Unable to find any "cups" or "brother" hits in various /var/log/ files.

Fortunately printer works in Windows.

[vinnie]

I once tried it with a brother too however I don't remember if I was able to get it to work (among other things I think I tried it with airprint).
However let me say something stupid (one of many), why don't you try the module in the version that worked? the nice thing about porteus is that somehow you can experiment by inserting and removing modules.
If your changes are permanent maybe you could create another modified boot entry

Edit: yes I remembered correctly, once I must have been able to print, precisely I think with airprint, so in theory without any installed driver of brother

[Ed_P]

When I print with my brother printer in Windows I get this msg for 2 - 3 seconds before the printer starts to print.



I think CUPS needs to handle it for Porteus.