New printer prints blank pages

[Jim Asman]

--------------- Original Message ---------------
At 08:53A Wed May 17 2017, scooter6--- via Filepro-list wrote:

> 
> CentOS 5.10 w/fp 5.6.10R4
> 
> Replaced an older Brother printer with new Brother MFC2700
> 
> Cups can print a test page fine - I loaded drivers to Windows PC and can
> print to it fine
> 
> But everything I print from filepro is just blank pages.....so I'm
> scratching my head here
> 
> Didn't change IP address, just changed the ppd file that Cups uses and as I
> said, CUPS can print a test page just fine....
> 
> Any thoughts on why this would be?
> 
> Printer is configured in fp using standard hplaser in printer
> configuration, just like the older brother printer I had and was no
> issues....
> 

I would guess that the new printer is not PCL5 compatible, or it defaults
to something else and requires a PJL preamble to specify PCL5. 


Jim 
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