Comment 18 for bug 57050

I believe I may have found a solution to this problem.

I Tried to add Brothers own lpr and cups driver as per
http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/cups_drivers.html#de
Needed to issue "sudo mkdir /var/spool/lpd" as the first dpkg aborted with

mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/spool/lpd/HL1430': No such file or directory

I ran the install again and it was ok. I then installed the cupswrapper but got

lpadmin: Unable to copy PPD file!

Printer still worked after this but still has same printing only once problem. So I decided to ignore the PPD file error.

I then deleted the existing printer definition "System>Administration>Printers" right click on printer "remove". Created a new printer by clicking on "New Printer". Then for the driver part of the definition I set the Manufacture to Brother and selected "HL-1430 for Cups" in the Model section. The Driver was set to Standard - there were no others available.

Since then the printer appears to operate correctly, BUT, I have had to reset the printer by unplugging the USB cable at least one since doing the above.

I have a feeling that the problem may be linked to printing from different programs one after the other, but have been unable to recreate the problem.

Would all of you people suffering from the problem, like to give my solution a try and report back.