Thanks. The log file gave me a clue with read failures for:
/usr/local/Brother/Printer/MFC7360N/inf/brMFC7360Nrc
which was set 600 lp lp but needs 660 lp lp. That change enabled ASCII and
Postscript printing.
I'm currently USB connected while I'd prefer to use ethernet. But at least I
can print. The print file name has changed to root@debian-13+<job #> which
makes sense for a directly connected printer.
This is where an O'Reilly book on CUPS would be helpful. I'm trying to setup a
spare machine to give to a friend as I shrink my network of test machines in
favor of VMs.
I have a python script on the system I upgraded from 10 to 12 for configuring
the printer under "Administration" but can find no similar tool on 13. How do
I install it? The machine that it's on was a throw away test system that got
pressed into use full time for a while.
Thanks again,Reg
On Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 08:51:21 PM CST, David Wright
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Thu 05 Feb 2026 at 21:57:09 (+0000), Reginald Beardsley wrote:
> I did the install. Here's what I find:
>
> root@debian-13:/var/spool/lpd# lpstat
> MFC7360N-5 root 1024 Thu 05 Feb 2026 09:07:40 AM
> CST
> MFC7360N-7 root 2048 Thu 05 Feb 2026 03:35:23 PM
> CST
> root@debian-13:/var/spool/lpd# find / -name 'MFC7360N*'
> /usr/local/Brother/Printer/MFC7360N
> /usr/share/cups/model/MFC7360N.ppd
> /usr/share/ppd/MFC7360N.ppd
> find: ‘/run/user/1000/doc’: Permission denied
> find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied
> /var/spool/lpd/MFC7360N
> /var/cache/cups/MFC7360N.strings
> /var/cache/cups/MFC7360N.data
> /etc/cups/ppd/MFC7360N.ppd
> root@debian-13:/var/spool/lpd#
> where are the queued files?
Mine have always been in /var/spool/cups/, but I use driverless
printing. As I see /var/spool/lpd/MFC7360N in your list, they might
be there too. Your search string is not very good: c for Control,
d for Data, I assume. You likely won't need the grep.
~# find /var/spool/ -name [cd]0\* | grep '[cd]0051'
/var/spool/cups/c00518
/var/spool/cups/c00517
/var/spool/cups/c00514
/var/spool/cups/c00511
/var/spool/cups/d00515-001
/var/spool/cups/d00511-001
/var/spool/cups/c00512
/var/spool/cups/c00510
/var/spool/cups/d00517-001
/var/spool/cups/c00515
/var/spool/cups/d00518-001
/var/spool/cups/d00513-001
/var/spool/cups/d00510-001
/var/spool/cups/d00512-001
/var/spool/cups/d00516-001
/var/spool/cups/d00514-001
/var/spool/cups/c00516
/var/spool/cups/c00513
~#
Cheers,
David.
