[aur-requests] [PRQ#5367] Deletion Request for brother-dcp7060d

Doug Newgard scimmia at archlinux.info
Wed May 4 00:49:00 UTC 2016


On Tue,  3 May 2016 19:17:26 +0000 (UTC)
notify at aur.archlinux.org wrote:

> snowdust [1] filed a deletion request for brother-dcp7060d [2]:
> 
> @ewolnux
> 
> I am running Arch-based ApricityOs (www.apricity.com) and I have a
> Brother multifunctional usb DCP-7060D printer/scanner.  In a terminal
> window I installed the above package (yaourt brother-dcp7060d).
> Unfortunately, this is not a happy story.
> 
> a) In Settings/Printers/, Print Test Page does not work and when
> clicking the 'Show Jobs' button a window pops up showing a 'No Active
> Printer Jobs' message.
> 
> b) Launched LibreOffice Writer, opened a document, in the 'Print
> Preview' window clicking the Print icon made the 'Print Options'
> window pop up.  In the 'Print Options' window, under the General Tab,
> I clicked the 'Properties' button which made the Properties window to
> display.
> In the 'Properties' window, under the Paper tab, are listed the
> following items: Paper size, Orientation, Duplex, Paper tray.
> Paper size and Orientation have default values that cannot be changed;
> Duplex and Paper tray have no default values at all (empty).
> These 4 items also have an unresponsive arrowhead pointing downward
> making it impossible to select other values than the default ones.
> 
> c) In /usr/share/brother/Printer/DCP7060D/ folder... I see only the
> lpd and cupswarpper drivers.  There are not scanner drivers.
> 
> d) In /usr/shere/brother/Printer/DCP7060D/inf/ folder... again no
> scanner file.
> 
> I have been trying for more than a week to find a solution without
> success.  Thanks for considering the above.
> 
> [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/snowdust/
> [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/brother-dcp7060d/

None of this sounds like a reason to delete this from the AUR, especially when
you're not even running Arch.


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