[Bug 883169] Re: Brother MFC-8840D usb printer not detected

2011-11-16 Thread Scott Redmon
Till, thank you! I downloaded 12.04 iso yesterday, but it was not completely updated. Usb printer now detected and I was able to set it up. Also downloaded/installed Brother scanner driver and that was detected. You have solved my problems. -- You received this bug notification because you ar

[Bug 883169] Re: Brother MFC-8840D usb printer not detected

2011-11-16 Thread Scott Redmon
Till, tried 12.04 live CD, but usb printer still not detected. As mentioned previously, Xubuntu 11.10 automatically detected and setup my usb printer. I did not need to add it - it was simply there when I opened the "Printing" (system-config-printer 1.3.6) GUI. -- You received this bug notifica

[Bug 883169] Re: Brother MFC-8840D usb printer not detected

2011-11-14 Thread Scott Redmon
Till, I have moved on to Xubuntu 11.10 which immediately detected and setup my usb Brother MFC-8840D printer and allowed me to install the Brother scanner driver, neither of which would work with Ubuntu 11.10. Unfortunately, I could not wait for this bug to play out as I needed use of the prin

[Bug 883169] Re: Brother MFC-8840D usb printer not detected

2011-11-13 Thread Scott Redmon
Till, does your new CUPS package require 3.0.0-13 kernel? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883169 Title: Brother MFC-8840D usb printer not detected To manage notifications about this b

[Bug 883169] Re: Brother MFC-8840D usb printer not detected

2011-11-01 Thread Scott Redmon
Chris, thanks for your suggestion - the usb printer is detected and works properly! However, it is an MFC with a scanner. The scanner seems to be detected now, but I get an error message "Failed to open device 'brother:bus4;dev1':Invalid argument." Any suggestions? Also does not explain why usb

[Bug 872711] Re: Kernel does not report some USB printers correctly, making them not being detected by CUPS

2011-10-28 Thread Scott Redmon
I decided to create a new bug 883169, since solution to this bug did not work for my Brother MFC-8840D usb printer. And I also made an interesting discovery. I created an Xubuntu 11.10 liveCD, loaded without installing, opened Settings:Printing, and there was my usb Brother printer automatically

[Bug 883169] Re: Brother MFC-8840D usb printer not detected

2011-10-28 Thread Scott Redmon
Interesting discovery. I created Xubuntu 11.10 liveCD, loaded without installing, checked Settings:Printing, and there was my usb Brother MFC- 8840D printer automatically detected and setup! Device URI: usb://Brother/MFC-8840D?serial=000M4j407389. What is difference between Xubuntu and Ubuntu th

[Bug 883169] Re: Brother MFC-8840D usb printer not detected

2011-10-28 Thread Scott Redmon
** Attachment added: "Results from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems"; https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883169/+attachment/2576758/+files/USB%20printer%20detection%20bug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubunt

[Bug 883169] [NEW] Brother MFC-8840D usb printer not detected

2011-10-28 Thread Scott Redmon
Public bug reported: This seems similar to 872711, but installing 3.0.0-13 has not solved problem. Both usb printer and scanner were detected and ran properly in Ubuntu 11.04. Printer with parallel connection works properly in 11.10, but usb connection is not detected when I try to add usb print

[Bug 872711] Re: Kernel does not report some USB printers correctly, making them not being detected by CUPS

2011-10-25 Thread Scott Redmon
I have Brother MFC-8840D printer/scanner. Printer is detected if parallel, but neither printer or scanner detected if usb. Upgraded to 3.0.0-13, but does not help. Both printer and scanner worked fine with 10.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh