[ale] Brother printer woes

[Jim Lynch]

I downloaded the Brother .deb file.  I installed it but I'm not sure it 
ended up in the CUPS list.  There is a driver there that I used.  So 
just to be sure I've reconfigured using the .ppd file that came in the 
.deb package.  I'll see what that does for me.

I don't see any way to configure it, though, other than the limited 
config options available to all CUPS printers.

Thanks,

Jim.


On 08/01/2017 10:14 PM, Solomon Peachy wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 10:03:23PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:
>> I called it exactly what it is.  There is a driver for it, but just in case,
>> I also installed a Linux driver via a link on the Brother site and tried it
>> too.  In looking at the printer via the web page, it support postscript,
>> pcl, some proprietary protocol and text.
>   http://www.brother-usa.com/MultiFunction/ModelDetail/4/MFCL2700DW/spec
>
> Under 'Emulations' it lists only 'GDI'
>
> That printer is unusable under Linux without the Brother driver properly
> installed and configured.
>
>   - Solomon