** Summary changed: - Generic Text-Only driver misnamed or wrong + Generic Text-Only driver does nothing
** Description changed: - I believe that the Generic Text-Only printer driver is either - misnamed, or is not functioning correctly. + I believe that the Generic Text-Only printer driver is not functioning + correctly. - The Generic Text-Only driver seems to be sending a PDF file to the - printer. This is not what I expected. A driver that sends a PDF file - to the printer should have a name like "Generic PDF Printer". A driver - named "Generic Text-Only" should be sending text to the printer. We can - quibble about how many control codes are included in "text". + The Generic Text-Only driver does not seem to send anything to the + printer. A driver named "Generic Text-Only" should be sending text to + the printer. We can quibble about how many control codes are included + in "text". - I think the goal for a "Text-Only" printer should be that printing + I think the goal for a "Text-Only" printer should be that printing a file from a text editor should send the same data to the printer as copying the text file directly to the printer device (cat f.txt > /dev/usb/lp2). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: cups 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2 Architecture: amd64 CupsErrorLog: - + CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Jul 14 23:12:33 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-05 (313 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2) Lpstat: - device for Brother-MFC-7820N: usb://Brother/MFC-7820N?serial=000C5J505362 - device for file-P1092i-on-usb: /tmp/file-P1092i-on-usb.prn - device for P1092i-on-usb: parallel:/dev/usb/lp2 - device for Parallel-Brother: usb://Brother/MFC-7820N?serial=000C5J505362 + device for Brother-MFC-7820N: usb://Brother/MFC-7820N?serial=000C5J505362 + device for file-P1092i-on-usb: /tmp/file-P1092i-on-usb.prn + device for P1092i-on-usb: parallel:/dev/usb/lp2 + device for Parallel-Brother: usb://Brother/MFC-7820N?serial=000C5J505362 MachineType: Dell Inc. Inspiron One 2330 Papersize: letter PpdFiles: - P1092i-on-usb: IBM ProPrinterII Foomatic/ibmpro (recommended) - Brother-MFC-7820N: Brother MFC-7820N Foomatic/Postscript - Parallel-Brother: Brother MFC-7820N Foomatic/Postscript - file-P1092i-on-usb: IBM ProPrinterII Foomatic/ibmpro (recommended) + P1092i-on-usb: IBM ProPrinterII Foomatic/ibmpro (recommended) + Brother-MFC-7820N: Brother MFC-7820N Foomatic/Postscript + Parallel-Brother: Brother MFC-7820N Foomatic/Postscript + file-P1092i-on-usb: IBM ProPrinterII Foomatic/ibmpro (recommended) ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-35-generic.efi.signed root=UUID=de488065-a683-4d49-89e1-8e33cac31e4b ro quiet splash SourcePackage: cups UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/02/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A14 dmi.board.name: 0HJH5X dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 13 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: 20485408280_1 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA14:bd09/02/2013:svnDellInc.:pnInspironOne2330:pvr00:rvnDellInc.:rn0HJH5X:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct13:cvr20485408280_1: dmi.product.name: Inspiron One 2330 dmi.product.version: 00 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1474633 Title: Generic Text-Only driver does nothing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1474633/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
