testsAndMisc/python_pkg/brother_printer/check_brother_printer.py
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fix(brother-printer): report the truth, not invented status codes
./run.sh failed outright with ModuleNotFoundError, and once running it
reported a sleeping printer as a critical paper jam. Both are fixed, plus
the defects found while verifying them against the real HL-1110.

Entry point: run.sh ran the script by path, so the absolute
python_pkg.* imports could not resolve. Resolve the repo root and pass
PYTHONPATH as a sudo argument, since sudo's env_reset strips an exported
one. __main__.py had the wrong import prefix and ran main() on import.

Status codes: the table claimed provenance from a "Brother PJL Technical
Reference" that does not appear to exist, and 23 of its 25 entries were
wrong. Rebuilt from the HP PJL Technical Reference Manual, Appendix D,
and verified against six states induced on real hardware (10001 READY,
10003 WARMING UP, 10023 PRINTING, 40000 SLEEP, 40021 TOP COVER OPEN,
41213 NO PAPER) - all six matched the reference, none matched the table.
40000 is SLEEP MODE, which the reference explicitly flags "not an error";
the real jam code 40022 was absent entirely. The inverse also bit: 10006
is TONER LOW, previously shown as a benign "Processing". Codes in no
reference are dropped and now report "Unknown status - check printer
display" rather than a confident wrong answer, and states we infer
ourselves no longer borrow PJL numbers to describe themselves.

Page counts: estimates came from the CUPS page log, which only sees jobs
CUPS logged and counts pages the printer never printed (it logged
total=50 for a job that printed 3). Take them from @PJL INFO PAGECOUNT
instead, migrating stored baselines onto the printer's scale once so the
reported percentages do not jump.

Reading status must not cost anything: a blocking open() hung forever
whenever the printer was unwell - precisely when a status report is
wanted - and the port-status probe stopped CUPS and reset the USB device,
destroying the in-flight job and then misreporting the damage as a
printer error. The fd is now non-blocking with deadline-bounded writes,
and the probe reads the same byte via the free usblp ioctl, skips
entirely while a job prints, and re-attaches the kernel driver.

Dropped pages: the HL-1110 silently discards pages whose 600dpi raster
exceeds its ~1MB memory, stays READY, and CUPS still calls the job
successful - so nothing anywhere reports the failure. Compare CUPS's
claim against the printer's counter between jobs and name the workaround
(lp -o Resolution=300dpi).

402 tests, 100% branch coverage.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01RG3eEn8rwZbcXaJrKJxdv8
2026-07-17 14:49:23 +02:00

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"""Check Brother laser printer consumable/maintenance status.
Supports both USB-connected and network printers on Arch Linux.
Requires root (sudo) for USB hardware queries and CUPS management.
USB: Queries via PJL over /dev/usb/lp* (requires usblp module).
Falls back to USB port status query + CUPS IPP when usblp is unavailable.
Network: Queries via SNMP (requires net-snmp).
Usage:
sudo python3 -m brother_printer # auto-detect USB or network
sudo python3 -m brother_printer <printer_ip> # force network/SNMP mode
sudo python3 -m brother_printer --reset-toner # after replacing toner
sudo python3 -m brother_printer --reset-drum # after replacing drum
This module re-exports public symbols from sub-modules for backwards
compatibility. The implementation lives in:
- constants.py - colours, PJL status codes, lookup tables
- data_classes.py - dataclasses (CUPSJob, USBResult, NetworkResult ...)
- usb_query.py - USB discovery and PJL query
- cups_service.py - CUPS service control, consumable state, USB fallback
- network_query.py - SNMP network query
- cups_queue.py - CUPS queue inspection and interactive fixes
- display.py - formatted output for USB / network results
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import logging
import os
import re
import shutil
import sys
from python_pkg.brother_printer._query import run_command_text
from python_pkg.brother_printer.constants import CYAN, RED, RESET, _out
from python_pkg.brother_printer.cups_service import reset_consumable
from python_pkg.brother_printer.display import (
display_network_results,
display_usb_results,
)
from python_pkg.brother_printer.network_query import query_network_snmp
from python_pkg.brother_printer.usb_query import find_brother_usb, query_usb_pjl
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
# ── Main ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
def _discover_network_printer() -> str:
"""Try to discover a network printer IP via CUPS."""
lpstat_path = shutil.which("lpstat")
if not lpstat_path:
return ""
match = re.search(
r"(?:ipp|socket|lpd|http)://(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)",
run_command_text([lpstat_path, "-v"]),
)
if match:
return match.group(1)
return ""
def _reset_consumable_from_printer(name: str) -> None:
"""Reset a consumable baseline against the printer's own page counter.
Baselines are stored on the printer's lifetime-counter scale, so recording
one from any other source (such as the CUPS page log, which undercounts)
would silently skew every later estimate. Refuse rather than guess.
Args:
name: Consumable to reset, "toner" or "drum".
"""
result = query_usb_pjl()
printer_total = int(result.page_count) if result.page_count.isdigit() else 0
if printer_total <= 0:
_out(
f"{RED}Could not read the printer's page counter"
f" (@PJL INFO PAGECOUNT).{RESET}",
)
_out("The printer must be powered on and connected via USB to reset a")
_out("consumable, so the new baseline is recorded on the right scale.")
if result.error:
_out(f" {result.error}")
sys.exit(1)
reset_consumable(name, printer_total)
def _run_network_mode(printer_ip: str) -> None:
"""Handle explicit network/SNMP mode."""
if not shutil.which("snmpwalk"):
_out(f"{RED}snmpwalk not found. Install: sudo pacman -S net-snmp{RESET}")
sys.exit(1)
_out(f"{CYAN}Querying printer at {printer_ip} via SNMP...{RESET}")
display_network_results(query_network_snmp(printer_ip))
def _run_usb_mode(usb_line: str) -> None:
"""Handle USB printer mode."""
_out(f"{CYAN}Found Brother printer on USB: {usb_line}{RESET}")
display_usb_results(query_usb_pjl())
def _no_printer_found() -> None:
"""Print error message when no printer is detected."""
_out(f"{RED}No Brother printer found.{RESET}")
_out()
_out("Ensure the printer is:")
_out(" \u2022 Powered on")
_out(" \u2022 Connected via USB or on the same network")
_out()
_out("Usage: python3 -m brother_printer [printer_ip]")
sys.exit(1)
def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> None:
"""Entry point: auto-detect USB or network Brother printer."""
args = argv if argv is not None else sys.argv[1:]
if args and args[0] == "--reset-toner":
reset_consumable("toner")
return
if args and args[0] == "--reset-drum":
reset_consumable("drum")
return
if os.geteuid() != 0:
_out(
f"{RED}Root access required. Re-run with sudo:{RESET}\n"
f" sudo python3 -m brother_printer {' '.join(args)}".rstrip(),
)
sys.exit(1)
printer_ip = args[0] if args else ""
if printer_ip:
_run_network_mode(printer_ip)
return
usb_line = find_brother_usb()
if usb_line:
_run_usb_mode(usb_line)
return
network_ip = _discover_network_printer()
if network_ip and shutil.which("snmpwalk"):
_out(f"{CYAN}Found network printer at {network_ip}{RESET}")
display_network_results(query_network_snmp(network_ip))
return
_no_printer_found()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()