[Discuss] [SPAM] Re: Distribution that tests printing

[lconrad at laymusic.org (Laura Conrad)]

>>>>> "Dan" == Dan Ritter <dsr at tao.merseine.nu> writes:
    >> It's a Brother 5250DN, and ever since I've gotten it I marvel at how
    >> well the duplexing works, and how easy connecting all the computers in
    >> the house is.

    Dan> I have that printer, and it works very well with stable Debian.
    Dan> No issues except on a machine that intermittently drops WiFi,
    Dan> where re-establishing the connection and restarting cupsd solves
    Dan> it.

That sounded like a plausible solution, so I downloaded a Debian Stable
live CD and tried printing my book.  From the command line (lpr
filename.pdf), it causes the printer light to blink yellow for a while
and then gives up without printing anything.  

There's hand-waving in that last paragraph -- it was by no means simple
to configure the printer and get the file, because the cursor was
invisible.  

So I think I may just bring the laptop with 10.04 installed upstairs
next to the printer and do my printing from there.  Either that or
investigate different ghostscript versions on the desktop.

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