Change driver/PPD used for Brother printers #62
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I think the brother printer story is not going to be easy. My DCP-7065DN
throws ERROR_PRINTER_NOT_FOUND error with this PR and also master. If i click on the widget to
connect the printer to the sd-devices, then our securedrop-client shows the next window after
"connect a printer"
Also, my printer is anyway getting detected by the printer dialog (it showing as the first printer).
I am also attaching the photo of the print from the master branch (pic with a yellow pen)
This is the print via my standard printer (using this Branch)
If I use the printer mentioned in this PR, my printer is showing "Receiving Data" and then nothing. No print at all.
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Also experiencing some issues with the changes introduced here. I built the securedrop-export package and installed it in sd-devices. When sending a device to the printer,
The ready light flashes for ~10 seconds and then becomes solid again for pdf, jpg and pdf, and stuck at 'processing' for docx.
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Moving this back to backlog for now. We'll revisit printer issues after the first release. |
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(Adding to "Discussion Points" to check in on status of this PR.) |
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Given the inconsistent reports above, we've agreed to close out this change for now; we may revisit in future in context of larger improvements to printer handling. |
Fixes freedomofpress/securedrop-workstation#506, or at least makes it possible to print the image that prompted the issue, and continues to print other file types as well.