----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@MSGID: 1@dont-email.me> 3f715bee
@REPLY: 1@reader2.panix.com> aab217d6
@REPLYADDR Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid>
@REPLYTO 2:5075/128 Jerry Peters
@CHRS: CP866 2
@RFC: 1 0
@RFC-Message-ID: 1@dont-email.me>
@RFC-References: 1@dont-email.me>
1@reader2.panix.com>
@TZUTC: -0000
@PID: tin/2.4.5-20201224 ("Glen Albyn") (Linux/6.1.51
(x86_64))
@TID: FIDOGATE-5.12-ge4e8b94
John Forkosh <
forkosh@panix.com> wrote:
> The Real Bev <
bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I won`t go into any great detail unless somebody here knows A LOT about
>> this POS.
>>
>> The problem is probably with CUPS -- it simply doesn`t see the printer,
>> which we have set to a static IP address. Works fine with windows.
>>
>> Brother updates only .deb and .rpm files, and the conversions are
>> frequently FUBAR. Nothing useful on the CD.
>>
>> Thanks for listening.
>
> I`ve got one running fine with cups. Download the "Driver Install
> Tool" (you just need that tool, which will download the other
> drivers, etc, when you run it) from...
>
https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2395dw_us
_as&os=127
>
> ...and run it (as root). First make sure cups is running and the printer
> is on, and that you`ve already got the printer connected to your wireless
> router or wap (the blue light on the printer should be steady), and that`s
> all turned on.
>
> It`ll first ask you which printer model, so type exactly HL-L2395DW,
> and then all goes smoothly. When it asks "Will you specify the DeviceURI?",
> answer Y and give it that static IP address. And that should do it.
> When it asks to print a test page, that should work fine. Did for me.
> The scanner stuff is mostly in /opt/brother/ and you should notice
> various stuff in /etc/cups/ and various other stuff under /usr/.../
>
> I don`t use its scanner, so can`t speak to that from first-hand experience,
> but the printer works fine. If I`m printing from firefox and the printer
> is off, it suggests "Save to pdf". If the printer`s on, it automatically
> suggests "HLL2395DW", and it indeed prints there.
I have a HL220DW, brscan works fine for scanning.
For printing I use brlaser 6.2 from
https://github.com/QORTEC/brlaser
This is a fork of brlaser6 from
https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser
with additional printer entries including yours, it`s listed as
Brother HL-L2350DW series
You need to build either one from source, but it`s a painless process,
and unlike the the Brother drivers (at least for the HL2280) it`s 64
bit, so multilib is not needed.
--- tin/2.4.5-20201224 ("Glen Albyn") (Linux/6.1.51 (x86_64))
* Origin: A noiseless patient Spider (2:5075/128)
SEEN-BY: 5001/100 5005/49 5015/255 5019/40 5020/715
848 1042 4441 12000
SEEN-BY: 5030/49 1081 5058/104 5075/128
@PATH: 5075/128 5020/1042 4441