New printer prints blank pages

[scooter6 at gmail.com]

I answered my own question - the MFC-L2740DW shows emulation as PCL6/BR3 -
which is same emulation as the Brother printer it's replacing (MFC-7840W)
Also found a few threads via google outlining this exact issue - there are
some 'cumbersome' workarounds using GhostPCL and Perl etc but not a can of
worms I have time for...

thanks for catching the emulation issue - I guess I ASSUMED when it had
Linux support that PCL would work
Shame on me!

Scott

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 9:39 AM, scooter6 at gmail.com <scooter6 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, guess I should have done my homework more initially - wouldn't have
> even thought this of a Brother all in one.....
> They have a 'sister' printer to this one  MFC-L2740DW that claims PCL6
> (does this 'automatically' assume it will then also support PCL5?)
> If not - does anyone have a suggestion on a similar type new printer -
> this isn't a super high traffic printer but obviously needs to be able to
> print from filePro.....having scan/fax feature is a bonus but not a true
> necessity
>
> thanks for the help
> Scott
>
>
> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Jim Asman via Filepro-list <
> filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> --------------- 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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