Cant add Brother printer with cups/kdeprint

[vorgas]

Just moved from Gentoo to Kubuntu 7.10, so I know the hardware, etc works as I was using it just yesterday. However, I am new to this whole apt-get/dpkg/synaptic/Adept thing.

I can't seem to install my local usb printer either through the cups web interface or the kdeprint interface. The web interface can't see my printer with the 'Add New Printer' methods. On gentoo, the printer was just right there and I select it. Going through the manual option fails on the 'Device' step as usb isn't an option. Just several HP options, LPD/LPR, Windows Samba etc.

In the kdeprint interface, the option for the local printer (usb, parallel) is grayed out.

My system does see the printer as evidenced by:

# lsusb

Bus 001 Device 006: ID 04f9:0029 Brother Industries, Ltd

# dmesg

[ 1711.832000] usb 1-2.1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
[ 1712.004000] usb 1-2.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 1712.012000] /build/buildd/linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22/drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 6 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04F9 pid 0x0029

I checked other forum posts and found certain packages that people recommended. Specifically cupsys-client, cupsys-driver-gutenprint, and openprinting-ppds. I have reinstalled both kdeprint and cups. The related packages I have are:

# dpkg -l *cups*

||/ Name         Version       Description
+++-=====================-=====================-==========================================================
ii bluez-cups      3.19-0ubuntu3    Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS
un cups         <none>        (no description available)
ii cups-pdf       2.4.6-3ubuntu10   PDF printer for CUPS
un cupsomatic-ppd    <none>        (no description available)
ii cupsys        1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5   Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
ii cupsys-bsd      1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5   Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands
ii cupsys-client    1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5   Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV)
ii cupsys-common    1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5   Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common files
un cupsys-driver-gimppri <none>        (no description available)
un cupsys-driver-gimppri <none>        (no description available)
ii cupsys-driver-gutenpr 5.0.1-0ubuntu8    printer drivers for CUPS
un cupsys-pstoraster  <none>        (no description available)
un cupsys-pt      <none>        (no description available)
ii libcupsimage2    1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5   Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - image libs
ii libcupsys2      1.3.2-1ubuntu7.5   Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - libs

# dpkg -l *foomatic*

||/ Name         Version       Description
+++-=====================-=====================-==========================================================
un foomatic-bin     <none>        (no description available)
ii foomatic-db     20070919-0ubuntu3  OpenPrinting printer support - database
ii foomatic-db-engine  3.0.2-20070719-0ubunt OpenPrinting printer support - programs
ii foomatic-db-gutenprin 5.0.1-0ubuntu8    OpenPrinting printer support - database for Gutenprint pri
ii foomatic-db-hpijs  20070813-0ubuntu1  OpenPrinting printer support - database for HPIJS driver
ii foomatic-filters   3.0.2-20070719-0ubunt OpenPrinting printer support - filters
un foomatic-filters-ppds <none>        (no description available)
un foomatic-gui     <none>        (no description available)

# dpkg -l *ppd*

||/ Name         Version       Description
+++-=====================-=====================-==========================================================
un cupsomatic-ppd    <none>        (no description available)
un foo2zjs-ppds     <none>        (no description available)
un foomatic-filters-ppds <none>        (no description available)
un hp-ppd        <none>        (no description available)
un hpijs-ppds      <none>        (no description available)
un hplip-ppds      <none>        (no description available)
ii libppd0       2:0.10-6       postscript PPD file library
un linuxprinting.org-ppd <none>        (no description available)
un linuxprinting.org-ppd <none>        (no description available)
ii openprinting-ppds  20070919-0ubuntu3  OpenPrinting printer support - PostScript PPD files
ii openprinting-ppds-ext 20070919-0ubuntu3  OpenPrinting printer support - PostScript PPD files
un pppdcapiplugin    <none>        (no description available)

I've never really gotten in and hacked around with cups itself, so I'm not sure what I'm looking for, and the cupsd.conf file is quite long. Because it exceeds the maximum character length, I'll add it to the next post.

I would appreciate any help, insights, or relevant links. Thank you.

[vorgas]

Re: Cant add Brother printer with cups/kdeprint

I removed the comments, because I figured if this is truly the problem, anybody able to help me won't need the comments. If I should add them in, let me know and I will.

# grep -v "#" /etc/cups/cupsd.conf

Classification none
DefaultCharset UTF-8
DefaultLanguage en
Printcap /etc/printcap
PrintcapFormat BSD
RemoteRoot remroot
SystemGroup lpadmin
ServerCertificate /etc/cups/ssl/server.crt
ServerKey /etc/cups/ssl/server.key

<Location />
Encryption IfRequested
Satisfy All
Order allow,deny
Allow localhost
Allow @LOCAL
</Location>

<Location /admin>
Encryption IfRequested
Satisfy All
Order allow,deny
Allow localhost
</Location>

<Location /admin/conf>
Require user @SYSTEM
Encryption IfRequested
Satisfy All
Order allow,deny
Allow localhost
</Location>

HostnameLookups Off
KeepAlive On
KeepAliveTimeout 60
MaxClients 100
MaxRequestSize 0m
Timeout 300
Listen localhost:631
Listen /var/run/cups/cups.sock
AccessLog /var/log/cups/access_log
ErrorLog /var/log/cups/error_log
PageLog /var/log/cups/page_log
MaxLogSize 1m
LogLevel info
PreserveJobHistory On
PreserveJobFiles Off
AutoPurgeJobs No
MaxJobs 0
MaxJobsPerPrinter 0
MaxJobsPerUser 0
User lp
Group lpadmin
RIPCache 8m
FilterLimit 0
DataDir /usr/share/cups
DocumentRoot /usr/share/cups/doc-root
RequestRoot /var/spool/cups
ServerBin /usr/lib/cups
ServerRoot /etc/cups
TempDir /var/spool/cups/tmp
Browsing Off
defaultauthtype Basic

<policy default>
<limit Send-Document Send-URI Hold-Job Release-Job Restart-Job Purge-Jobs Set-Job-Attributes Create-Job-Subscription Renew-Subscription Cancel-Subscription Get-Notifications Reprocess-Job Cancel-Current-Job Suspend-Current-Job Resume-Job CUPS-Move-Job>
require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
order deny,allow
</limit>

<limit CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer CUPS-Delete-Printer CUPS-Add-Modify-Class CUPS-Delete-Class CUPS-Set-Default>
authtype Default
require user @SYSTEM
order deny,allow
</limit>

<limit Pause-Printer Resume-Printer Enable-Printer Disable-Printer Pause-Printer-After-Current-Job Hold-New-Jobs Release-Held-New-Jobs Deactivate-Printer Activate-Printer Restart-Printer Shutdown-Printer Startup-Printer Promote-Job Schedule-Job-After CUPS-Accept-Jobs CUPS-Reject-Jobs>
authtype Default
require user @SYSTEM
order deny,allow
</limit>

<limit Cancel-Job CUPS-Authenticate-Job>
require user @OWNER @SYSTEM
order deny,allow
</limit>

<limit All>
order deny,allow
</limit>

</policy>

[vorgas]

Re: Cant add Brother printer with cups/kdeprint

Sorry, I forgot the cups error log.

# cat /var/log/cups/error_log

I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Loaded configuration file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"
N [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Group and SystemGroup cannot use the same groups!
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Resetting Group to "root"...
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Configured for up to 100 clients.
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Allowing up to 100 client connections per host.
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Using policy "default" as the default!
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Full reload is required.
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Loaded MIME database from '/usr/share/cups/mime:/etc/cups': 36 types, 40 filters...
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Loading job cache file "/var/cache/cups/job.cache"...
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Full reload complete.
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Cleaning out old temporary files in "/var/spool/cups/tmp"...
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Listening to 127.0.0.1:631 on fd 3...
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Listening to /var/run/cups/cups.sock on fd 4...
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:04 -0500] Resuming new connection processing...
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:25 -0500] Started "/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-deviced" (pid=7415)
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:26 -0500] Started "/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-deviced" (pid=7433)
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:37 -0500] Started "/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-deviced" (pid=7467)
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:39 -0500] Started "/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-deviced" (pid=7485)
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:52 -0500] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/admin.cgi" (pid=7504)
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:53 -0500] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/admin.cgi" (pid=7505)
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:53 -0500] Started "/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-deviced" (pid=7506)
I [30/Mar/2008:15:11:59 -0500] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/admin.cgi" (pid=7524)
I [30/Mar/2008:15:12:09 -0500] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/admin.cgi" (pid=7525)
I [30/Mar/2008:15:12:09 -0500] Started "/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-deviced" (pid=7526)

[vorgas]

Re: Cant add Brother printer with cups/kdeprint

Ok, I went to the Cups site and was directed to Brothers website, where I downloaded an LPR driver and a cups wrapper. I installed them as directed, and HOORAY the printer was recognized.

Unfortunately, whenever I try to print something it says the printer isn't connected.

I have rebooted the computer, turned the printer off/on, reinstalled the drivers. Same thing.

Any ideas?