<html><head></head><body>I'm 95% certain the brother stuff is config files and not closed source binaries. And unpackager should be able the pull out the files that can be used manually. <br><br>And yeah, rpm and deb packages cover a huge, vast majority of linux systems. I'm thinking the tool alien might help for folks with other package formats. Not sure. Been a long time since I closed down my install every release of every distro lab.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On June 20, 2022 6:50:32 PM EDT, Wayne via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail"><br>This page might be of help if you are interested in Brother printers. Some of them are good with Linux. I'm completely pleased with my DCP-L2540DW, but I don't think it's made anymore.<br><br><a href="https://www.openprinting.org/printers/manufacturer/Brother/">https://www.openprinting.org/printers/manufacturer/Brother/</a><br><br>The site covers other manufacturers, as well.<br><br>Wayne<br><br><br>On 6/20/22 1:12 PM, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">Boris Borisov via Ale said on Thu, 16 Jun 2022 07:34:48 -0400<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #ad7fa8; padding-left: 1ex;">HP deskjet printer/scanner combo here. Works for my needs. You have to<br>install ppd file from HP site on some distros.<br></blockquote><br>If you can tell me where to find a PPD for MFC-L5850DW it would solve<br>all my problems. I've searched high and low for such a thing and can't<br>find it.<br><br>SteveT<br><br>Steve Litt<br>March 2022 featured book: Making Mental Models: Advanced Edition<br><a href="http://www.troubleshooters.com/mmm">http://www.troubleshooters.com/mmm</a><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br><br></blockquote><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>