On Saturday 13 June 2015 15:41:03 Brian wrote: > On Sat 13 Jun 2015 at 11:26:42 -0700, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Jun 2015 10:06:21 +0100 > > > > Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Friday 12 June 2015 05:16:51 bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > > Windows was no problem at all for the printer i have. > > > > > > Which version of Windows? Or are you saying that your printer has > > > drivers for all versions of Windows? In my experience, you have > > > to throw things away when the version of Windows changes and there > > > is no driver for that version. After you have scoured the > > > Internet. > > > > i have both xp and win 7. > > > > printer is a dcp-8110dn. > > > > my problem under linux is NOT the driver. as i said, brother > > actually has a cups/driver package for linux - but i found it to be > > broken and doing weird set-up things. > > What is this "driver" you are talking about? Does it have a location > and a name on your machine? Is it provided in Debian? > > If the Brother "driver" is broken then surely you know who to contact? > I don't think the driver is broken, I am using it to drive 2 brother printers here. But it can be miss-installed. Please re-read the install notes again.
> > so i used the cups driver, i can't remember what driver > > specifically, and all was well after a considerable amount of > > effort. > > cups provides few "drivers". Which one did you use? It should be on > your system if you are using it. > > > it's actually getting CUPS to work that's my problem, not the driver > > under cups. i think people are assuming i'm having a driver problem > > when i'm actually having a getting cups to work problem. > > Ah. It's not the "driver"? It's the scheduler which is misbehaving, In > what way? > > > now, last time i tried to set it up was about 2 years ago. maybe > > things are better now, hence the reason i should try again. but my > > experience last time was so miserable i keep procrastinating. > > What "things" could be better? Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201506132057.50889.ghesk...@wdtv.com