Problem with Brother DCP7040 printer

Question

I'm having trouble printing out a test page to a remote Brother DCP 7040 printer, whose driver isn't readily available in the repositories or AUR. Whenever I try to print the test page (from the system-config-printer tool), cups gives me the error:
/usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7040 failed
Here is the diagnostic output
Page 1 (Scheduler not running?):
{'cups_connection_failure': False}
Page 2 (Is local server publishing?):
{'local_server_exporting_printers': False}
Page 3 (Choose printer):
{'cups_dest': <cups.Dest DCP7040 (default)>,
'cups_instance': None,
'cups_queue': 'DCP7040',
'cups_queue_listed': True}
Page 4 (Check printer sanity):
{'cups_device_uri_scheme': u'smb',
'cups_printer_dict': {'device-uri': u'smb://WORKGROUP/CYNTHIA-PC/Brother%20DCP-7040%20Printer',
'printer-info': u'DCP7040',
'printer-is-shared': True,
'printer-location': u'',
'printer-make-and-model': u'Brother DCP7040 for CUPS',
'printer-state': 3,
'printer-state-message': u'/usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7040 failed',
'printer-state-reasons': [u'none'],
'printer-type': 8523780,
'printer-uri-supported': u'ipp://localhost:631/printers/DCP7040'},
'cups_printer_remote': False,
'is_cups_class': False,
'local_cups_queue_attributes': {'auth-info-required': u'none',
'charset-configured': u'utf-8',
'charset-supported': [u'us-ascii', u'utf-8'],
'color-supported': False,
'compression-supported': [u'none', u'gzip'],
'copies-default': 1,
'copies-supported': (1, 9999),
'cups-version': u'1.5.2',
'device-uri': u'smb://WORKGROUP/CYNTHIA-PC/Brother%20DCP-7040%20Printer',
'document-format-default': u'application/octet-stream',
'document-format-supported': [u'application/octet-stream',
u'application/pdf',
u'application/postscript',
u'application/vnd.cups-banner',
u'application/vnd.cups-command',
u'application/vnd.cups-postscript',
u'application/vnd.cups-raw',
u'application/x-cshell',
u'application/x-csource',
u'application/x-perl',
u'application/x-shell',
u'image/gif',
u'image/jpeg',
u'image/png',
u'image/tiff',
u'image/x-bitmap',
u'image/x-photocd',
u'image/x-portable-anymap',
u'image/x-portable-bitmap',
u'image/x-portable-graymap',
u'image/x-portable-pixmap',
u'image/x-sgi-rgb',
u'image/x-sun-raster',
u'image/x-xbitmap',
u'image/x-xpixmap',
u'text/css',
u'text/html',
u'text/plain'],
'finishings-default': 3,
'finishings-supported': [3],
'generated-natural-language-supported': [u'en'],
'ipp-versions-supported': [u'1.0',
u'1.1',
u'2.0',
u'2.1'],
'ippget-event-life': 15,
'job-creation-attributes-supported': [u'copies',
u'finishings',
u'ipp-attribute-fidelity',
u'job-hold-until',
u'job-name',
u'job-priority',
u'job-sheets',
u'media',
u'media-col',
u'multiple-document-handling',
u'number-up',
u'output-bin',
u'output-mode',
u'orientation-requested',
u'page-ranges',
u'print-quality',
u'printer-resolution',
u'sides'],
'job-hold-until-default': u'no-hold',
'job-hold-until-supported': [u'no-hold',
u'indefinite',
u'day-time',
u'evening',
u'night',
u'second-shift',
u'third-shift',
u'weekend'],
'job-ids-supported': True,
'job-k-limit': 0,
'job-k-octets-supported': (0, 268464580),
'job-page-limit': 0,
'job-priority-default': 50,
'job-priority-supported': [100],
'job-quota-period': 0,
'job-settable-attributes-supported': [u'copies',
u'finishings',
u'job-hold-until',
u'job-name',
u'job-priority',
u'media',
u'media-col',
u'multiple-document-handling',
u'number-up',
u'output-bin',
u'output-mode',
u'orientation-requested',
u'page-ranges',
u'print-quality',
u'printer-resolution',
u'sides'],
'job-sheets-default': (u'none', u'none'),
'job-sheets-supported': [u'none',
u'classified',
u'confidential',
u'secret',
u'standard',
u'topsecret',
u'unclassified'],
'jpeg-k-octets-supported': (0, 268464580),
'jpeg-x-dimension-supported': (0, 65535),
'jpeg-y-dimension-supported': (1, 65535),
'marker-change-time': 0,
'media-bottom-margin-supported': [423],
'media-col-supported': [u'media-bottom-margin',
u'media-left-margin',
u'media-right-margin',
u'media-size',
u'media-source',
u'media-top-margin',
u'media-type'],
'media-default': u'na_letter_8.5x11in',
'media-left-margin-supported': [635],
'media-right-margin-supported': [635,
599,
1270],
'media-source-supported': [u'manual',
u'tray1'],
'media-supported': [u'na_letter_8.5x11in',
u'na_legal_8.5x14in',
u'na_executive_7.25x10.5in',
u'iso_a4_210x297mm',
u'iso_a5_148x210mm',
u'iso_a6_105x148mm',
u'na_number-10_4.125x9.5in',
u'na_monarch_3.875x7.5in',
u'iso_dl_110x220mm',
u'iso_c5_162x229mm',
u'om_env-isob5_176.03x250.11mm',
u'om_env-isob6_124.88x176.03mm'],
'media-top-margin-supported': [423],
'multiple-document-handling-supported': [u'separate-documents-uncollated-copies',
u'separate-documents-collated-copies'],
'multiple-document-jobs-supported': True,
'multiple-operation-time-out': 300,
'natural-language-configured': u'en',
'notify-attributes-supported': [u'printer-state-change-time',
u'notify-lease-expiration-time',
u'notify-subscriber-user-name'],
'notify-events-default': [u'job-completed'],
'notify-events-supported': [u'job-completed',
u'job-config-changed',
u'job-created',
u'job-progress',
u'job-state-changed',
u'job-stopped',
u'printer-added',
u'printer-changed',
u'printer-config-changed',
u'printer-deleted',
u'printer-finishings-changed',
u'printer-media-changed',
u'printer-modified',
u'printer-restarted',
u'printer-shutdown',
u'printer-state-changed',
u'printer-stopped',
u'server-audit',
u'server-restarted',
u'server-started',
u'server-stopped'],
'notify-lease-duration-default': 86400,
'notify-lease-duration-supported': (0,
2147483647),
'notify-max-events-supported': [100],
'notify-pull-method-supported': [u'ippget'],
'notify-schemes-supported': [u'dbus',
u'mailto',
u'rss'],
'number-up-default': 1,
'number-up-supported': [1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 16],
'operations-supported': [2,
4,
5,
6,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
16,
17,
18,
19,
20,
21,
22,
23,
24,
25,
26,
27,
28,
34,
35,
37,
38,
56,
57,
59,
16385,
16386,
16387,
16388,
16389,
16390,
16391,
16392,
16393,
16394,
16395,
16396,
16397,
16398,
16399,
16423],
'orientation-requested-default': None,
'orientation-requested-supported': [3,
4,
5,
6],
'output-bin-default': u'face-down',
'output-bin-supported': [u'face-down'],
'output-mode-default': u'monochrome',
'output-mode-supported': [u'monochrome'],
'page-ranges-supported': True,
'pages-per-minute': 18,
'pdf-k-octets-supported': (0, 268464580),
'pdf-versions-supported': [u'adobe-1.2',
u'adobe-1.3',
u'adobe-1.4',
u'adobe-1.5',
u'adobe-1.6',
u'adobe-1.7',
u'iso-19005-1_2005',
u'iso-32000-1_2008',
u'pwg-5102.3'],
'pdl-override-supported': [u'attempted'],
'port-monitor': u'none',
'port-monitor-supported': [u'none'],
'print-color-mode-default': u'monochrome',
'print-color-mode-supported': [u'monochrome'],
'print-quality-default': 4,
'print-quality-supported': [4],
'printer-commands': [u'AutoConfigure',
u'Clean',
u'PrintSelfTestPage'],
'printer-current-time': '(IPP_TAG_DATE)',
'printer-dns-sd-name': None,
'printer-error-policy': u'stop-printer',
'printer-error-policy-supported': [u'abort-job',
u'retry-current-job',
u'retry-job',
u'stop-printer'],
'printer-icons': u'http://localhost:631/icons/DCP7040.png',
'printer-info': u'DCP7040',
'printer-is-accepting-jobs': True,
'printer-is-shared': True,
'printer-location': u'',
'printer-make-and-model': u'Brother DCP7040 for CUPS',
'printer-more-info': u'http://localhost:631/printers/DCP7040',
'printer-name': u'DCP7040',
'printer-op-policy': u'default',
'printer-op-policy-supported': [u'authenticated',
u'default'],
'printer-resolution-default': (600, 600, 3),
'printer-resolution-supported': [(300,
300,
3),
(600,
600,
3),
(1200,
600,
3)],
'printer-settable-attributes-supported': [u'printer-info',
u'printer-location'],
'printer-state': 3,
'printer-state-change-time': 1335134428,
'printer-state-message': u'/usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7040 failed',
'printer-state-reasons': [u'none'],
'printer-type': 8523780,
'printer-up-time': 1335134437,
'printer-uri-supported': [u'ipp://localhost:631/printers/DCP7040'],
'printer-uuid': u'urn:uuid:8df86fec-e796-3a5b-41f6-cf5592eb3e8a',
'queued-job-count': 2,
'server-is-sharing-printers': False,
'sides-default': u'one-sided',
'sides-supported': [u'one-sided'],
'uri-authentication-supported': [u'requesting-user-name'],
'uri-security-supported': [u'none'],
'which-jobs-supported': [u'completed',
u'not-completed',
u'aborted',
u'all',
u'canceled',
u'pending',
u'pending-held',
u'processing',
u'processing-stopped']},
'nmblookup_output': (['querying CYNTHIA-PC on 192.168.1.255',
'192.168.1.5 CYNTHIA-PC<00>',
0),
'remote_server_name': '192.168.1.5'}
Page 5 (Check PPD sanity):
{'cups_printer_ppd_defaults': {u'General': {u'BrMediaType': u'PLAIN',
u'InputSlot': u'TRAY1',
u'PageRegion': u'Letter',
u'PageSize': u'Letter',
u'Resolution': u'600dpi',
u'Sleep': u'PrinterDefault',
u'TonerSaveMode': u'Off'}},
'cups_printer_ppd_valid': True,
'missing_pkgs_and_exes': ([], [])}
Page 6 (Local or remote?):
{'printer_is_remote': False}
Page 7 (Check network server sanity):
{'remote_server_name_resolves': ['192.168.1.5', '192.168.1.5', '192.168.1.5'],
'remote_server_try_connect': '192.168.1.5'}
Page 8 (Printer state reasons):
{'printer-state-message': u'/usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapperDCP7040 failed',
'printer-state-reasons': [u'none']}
Page 9 (Error log checkpoint):
{'cups_server_settings': {'BrowseLocalProtocols': 'CUPS dnssd',
'DefaultAuthType': 'Basic',
'JobPrivateAccess': 'default',
'JobPrivateValues': 'default',
'MaxLogSize': '2000000',
'SubscriptionPrivateAccess': 'default',
'SubscriptionPrivateValues': 'default',
'SystemGroup': 'lp',
'WebInterface': 'Yes',
'_debug_logging': '0',
'_remote_admin': '0',
'_remote_any': '0',
'_remote_printers': '1',
'_share_printers': '0',
'_user_cancel_any': '0'},
'error_log_checkpoint': 61750,
'error_log_debug_logging_set': True}
Page 10 (Error log fetch):
{'error_log': ['D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Dirty files", busy="Active clients and dirty files"',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST / HTTP/1.1',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients and dirty files", busy="Dirty files"',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 12 1.1 Get-Jobs 1',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] Get-Jobs ipp://localhost/printers/',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] [Job 16] Loading attributes...',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] [Job 17] Loading attributes...',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for Get-Jobs (ipp://localhost/printers/) from localhost',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Dirty files", busy="Active clients and dirty files"',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 12 POST / HTTP/1.1',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients and dirty files", busy="Dirty files"',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 12 1.1 Get-Jobs 1',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] Get-Jobs ipp://localhost/printers/',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] Returning IPP successful-ok for Get-Jobs (ipp://localhost/printers/) from localhost',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Dirty files", busy="Active clients and dirty files"',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdAcceptClient: 11 from localhost (Domain)',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 11 PUT /admin/conf/cupsd.conf HTTP/1.1',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients and dirty files", busy="Dirty files"',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: No authentication data provided.',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdIsAuthorized: username=""',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdSendHeader: 11 WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="CUPS", trc="y"',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdCloseClient: 11',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Dirty files", busy="Active clients and dirty files"',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdAcceptClient: 11 from localhost (Domain)',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdReadClient: 11 PUT /admin/conf/cupsd.conf HTTP/1.1',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Active clients and dirty files", busy="Dirty files"',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdAuthorize: Authorized as root using PeerCred',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] cupsdIsAuthorized: username="root"',
'I [22/Apr/2012:18:41:48 -0400] Installing config file "/etc/cups/cupsd.conf"...',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:49 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Dirty files", busy="Active clients and dirty files"',
'I [22/Apr/2012:18:41:49 -0400] Generating printcap /etc/printcap...',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:49 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Not busy", busy="Dirty files"',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:49 -0400] cupsdCloseClient: 12',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:49 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Not busy", busy="Not busy"',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:49 -0400] cupsdCloseClient: 11',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:49 -0400] cupsdSetBusyState: newbusy="Not busy", busy="Not busy"',
'D [22/Apr/2012:18:41:49 -0400] cupsdDeregisterPrinter(p=0x7f542160dd70(DCP7040), removeit=1)'],
'error_log_debug_logging_unset': True}
Page 11 (Locale issues):
{'printer_page_size': u'Letter',
'system_locale_lang': None,
'user_locale_ctype': 'en_US',
'user_locale_messages': 'en_US'}
Here's the PKGBUILD I used, which I copied from this topic, and which is adapted from the PKGBUILD of Brother DCP7030 in the AUR:
pkgname=brother-dcp7040
pkgver=2.0.2
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="brother cupd and lpd driver for DCP-7040"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
url="http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/index.html"
license=('custom')
if [ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ]
then
depends=('lib32-glibc' 'psutils')
else
depends=('psutils')
fi
source=(
http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/cupswrapperDCP7040-$pkgver-$pkgrel.i386.deb
http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/brdcp7040lpr-$pkgver-$pkgrel.i386.deb
brlpdwrapperDCP7040
DCP7040.ppd
md5sums=('b1f58e84be074df2203b7932e5b987d3'
'ed50548260b23d4a61c4341fd72cda9a'
'4d737771e44f599f52a15b0a822a90df'
'5e26f4811bac78169f21516b4b88f415')
build()
mkdir -p $startdir/src/unpack || return 1
for i in $startdir/src/*.deb
do
cd $startdir/src/unpack
ar -x $i || return 1
cd $startdir/pkg
bsdtar xf $startdir/src/unpack/data.tar.gz || return 1
done
cat <<END >>$startdir/pkg/usr/local/Brother/inf/brDCP7040func || return 1
[psconvert2]
pstops=/usr/bin/pstops
END
cd $startdir/src
install -d -m755 $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/cups/filter || return 1
install -d -m755 $startdir/pkg/usr/share/cups/model || return 1
install -D -m755 brlpdwrapperDCP7040 $startdir/pkg/usr/lib/cups/filter || return 1
install -D -m644 DCP7040.ppd $startdir/pkg/usr/share/cups/model || return 1
if [ "$(uname -m)" = "x86_64" ];then
mkdir $pkgdir/usr/lib32
ln -s $pkgdir/usr/lib/libbrcomplpr2.so $pkgdir/usr/lib32/libbrcomplpr2.so
fi
I, like the person in link, also ripped DCP7040.ppd and brlpdwrapperDCP7040 from $pkgdir/usr/local/Brother/cupswrapper/cupswrapperDCP7040-2.0.2, and I followed the advice on that thread, but still get the same error messages.
Since I'm trying to connect to a remote printer on a Windows computer via samba, the problem might also lay within that. I've noticed that whenever I try to add the printer from the system-config-printer dialog  and try the SAMBA option, sometimes my wireless adapter shuts down altogether, forcing me to restart, but that may be irrelevant.
Can anyone help me find out what's wrong? I may be too much of a novice to understand what's going on.

Answer 1

Is it 32 or 64-bit. If it is 64-bit, the print driver for AA7 does not work on that system. You can install AA7 except for the printer for a 64-bit system. In that case, you will have to install another PS printer (like the HP 4500 PS) with the port as File:. I also suggest you change the name to be the Adobe PDF printer that you are substituting for. You then print to file and open the file in Distiller to complete the PDF creation (watched folders are also possible from Distiller to automate the process somewhat). You have to provide a folder as well as the file name when you print, such as "C:\adobeapps\test.ps." Then run test.ps through Distiller. You will have to follow the extra steps to create PDFs with AA7.