I use Ubuntu 13.04 and a printer Brother HL-2135W.
Before in Ubuntu 12.10, it worked fine. In a new computer, I installed the last version of Ubuntu and I tried to install printer again with system-config-printer aplication. It recommend to me to install drivers for printer HL-2140, but when I tried to print one page, it printed a lot of white pages. I tried to change the printer and if I use the drivers for the printer Brother HL-2035, it works.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: system-config-printer-gnome 1.3.12+20130308-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-21.32-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-21-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 16 23:05:42 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-09 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
Lpstat: device for Brother-HL-2130-series: dnssd://Brother%20HL-2130%20series._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/
MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. K53SJ
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
Papersize: a4
PpdFiles: Brother-HL-2130-series: Brother HL-2035 Foomatic/hl1250 (recommended)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-21-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: system-config-printer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 07/14/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: K53SJ.306
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: K53SJ
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 9
dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrK53SJ.306:bd07/14/2011:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnK53SJ:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnK53SJ:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct9:cvr1.0:
dmi.product.name: K53SJ
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Your printer, the HL-2135 is not listed in the printer database and system-
The bug is that your printer is not in the database and so a similar one is selected, which can lead to a bad choice in some cases. The best fix is to add your printer to the database, with the same capabilities as the HL-2035.