We've had this multifunction device as the family printer for about a year. I'm pleased with everything about it ... except the ability to use it from OpenBSD. I've tried plain text, Postscript, and even GDI via foomatic's hl7x0 driver (via a similar printer's PPD). None of these services print anything, ever. All I ever see is communication with the printer on port 515. The printer lists these LPD queues:
Code:
Local> show service
* 1 Service Name : BRN001BA967B8D7 Port Name : P1
Filter=0 BOT=1 EOT=1 Option : BQ
Protocol : IP TCP Port : 9100
2 Service Name : BINARY_P1 Port Name : P1
Filter=0 BOT=1 EOT=1 Option : BQ
Protocol : IP TCP Port : 9100
3 Service Name : TEXT_P1 Port Name : P1
Filter=1 BOT=1 EOT=11 Option : BQ
Protocol : IP TCP Port : 9100
4 Service Name : POSTSCRIPT_P1 Port Name : P1
Filter=0 BOT=10 EOT=4 Option : BQ
Protocol : IP TCP Port : 9100
5 Service Name : PCL_P1 Port Name : P1
Filter=0 BOT=9 EOT=4 Option : BQ
Protocol : IP TCP Port : 9100
6 Service Name : BRN001BA967B8D7_AT Port Name : P1
Filter=4 BOT=1 EOT=1 Option : BQ
Protocol : IP TCP Port : 9100
All these test printcap entries have failed to produce any printed output:
Code:
foo|test of MFC8600 hl7x0 driver:\
:lp=:rm=192.168.2.56:rp=BRN001BA967B8D7:\
:sd=/var/spool/output/lp:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:af=/etc/foomatic/Brother-MFC-8600.ppd:if=/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\
:sh:
ps|test of PS:\
:lp=:rm=192.168.2.56:rp=POSTSCRIPT_P1:sd=/var/spool/output/lp:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:
text|test of text:\
:lp=:rm=192.168.2.56:rp=TEXT_P1:sd=/var/spool/output/lp:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:
bin|test of MFC8600 hl7x0 driver via another service:\
:lp=:rm=192.168.2.56:rp=BINARY_P1:\
:sd=/var/spool/output/lp:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:af=/etc/foomatic/Brother-MFC-8600.ppd:if=/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\
:sh:
All that /var/log/lpd-errs ever shows is that lpd is restarted. Logging of packets with tcpdump(8) shows that there is a conversation, the right queue is requested, the data is sent ... and nothing ever prints.
Every couple of months, I Google this printer to see if anyone has ever had success with the printer without Brother's proprietary software. Nothing, to date.
Any suggestions?