On 23/11/17 07:52, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:
For the first time in my life, I was unable to configure a printer for
Linux,
Before trying to replace it, I'm curious to know whether
somebody could make it(or a similar model) to work.
I had no problem with the wifi config. and no problem also when printing
from Windows, but no way with CUPS. Of course, I looked at Google,
and tried several protocols, but none worked. Has anybody an idea?
I have the MFC-L2740DW. I guess that it is similar, but with scanning
(and fax? Is that still a thing?)?
Mine works fine with these CUPS settings on my WLAN:
http://192.168.1.11/ipp
Name: Brother_MFC-L2740DW
Description: Brother MFC-L2740DW
Driver: Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/pxlcolor (recommended)
After configuration, the CUPS page reads:
Description: Brother MFC-L2740DW
Location:
Driver: Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer Foomatic/pxlcolor (recommended)
(color, 2-sided printing)
Connection: http://192.168.1.11/ipp
Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=iso_a4_210x297mm
sides=two-sided-long-edge
For the record (and I do not think you have scanning capabilities), the
only proprietary driver is the Brother scanner driver (brscan4 0.4.4-2
amd64). With this installed, I ran the following and the scanner then
worked fine in XSane:
brsaneconfig4 -a name=Brother_MFC-L2740DW model=MFC-L2740DW ip=192.168.1.11
Kind regards,
--
Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/>
New Zealand