Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-24 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 25 Nov 2017, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: Not under "Generic"? I see my driver mentions "foomatic". I have installed: foomatic-db-compressed-ppds thank you for this information, but this thread is now obsolete for me, as I returned the Brother to the seller, and can't then do any

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-24 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 24/11/17 21:20, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: On Fri, 24 Nov 2017, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: I use . I see an "Add Printer" and a "Manage Printers" button. I can click "Manage Printers" and select the printer. I can select "Administration" / "Modify Printer" in the

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-24 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Fri, 24 Nov 2017, Gene Heskett wrote: Did you even try brothers own drivers for that printer? I am sitting here looking at two brother printers, one a $110 b laser, the other a color inkjet/scanner MFJ-6920 that can do 11x17 both print and autofeed scan. Using brothers own drivers, they Just

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 24 November 2017 03:00:59 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Fri, 24 Nov 2017, arne wrote: > > Did you try: > > http://your-printers-ip-number/general/status.html > >yes, it's one of the different methods I tried to get rid of >this manual feed, but without success. >Anyway, thank

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-24 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Fri, 24 Nov 2017, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: I use . I see an "Add Printer" and a "Manage Printers" button. I can click "Manage Printers" and select the printer. I can select "Administration" / "Modify Printer" in the dropdown menu As I said, I used either

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-24 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Fri, 24 Nov 2017, arne wrote: Did you try: http://your-printers-ip-number/general/status.html yes, it's one of the different methods I tried to get rid of this manual feed, but without success. Anyway, thank you for your help. After fighting a whole day with that damned Brother, I

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Fri, 24 Nov 2017, arne wrote: https://extensions.libreoffice.org/templates/1cm-squared-paper hi Arne, thank you. I made the almost same grid with latex, but this one is also interesting best regards, -- Pierre Frenkiel

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread arne
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:56:37 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Jape Person wrote: > > > Which GNU/Linux? Debian? If so, you should specify whether > > you're using a release or testing or unstable. It could make a > > difference, particularly

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 23/11/17 22:37, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: On Thu, 23 Nov 2017, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: 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)

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread arne
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:56:37 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Jape Person wrote: > > > Which GNU/Linux? Debian? If so, you should specify whether > > you're using a release or testing or unstable. It could make a > > difference, particularly

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread arne
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017 10:56:37 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Jape Person wrote: > > > Which GNU/Linux? Debian? If so, you should specify whether > > you're using a release or testing or unstable. It could make a > > difference, particularly

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, Jape Person wrote: Which GNU/Linux? Debian? If so, you should specify whether you're using a release or testing or unstable. It could make a difference, particularly with respect to the drivers available in CUPS. I was not aware that it was so important. My release is

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-23 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Thu, 23 Nov 2017, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: 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:

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-22 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 23/11/17 12:17, arne wrote: On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:27:30 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, arne wrote: Did yo install the file brother-HLL2340D-cups-en.ppd? I would be glad to use it, but it is not listed in the download page (the is no

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-22 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
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

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-22 Thread arne
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:27:30 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, arne wrote: > > > Did yo install the file brother-HLL2340D-cups-en.ppd? > > > > I would be glad to use it, but it is not listed in the download > page (the is no HL-Lxxx or

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-22 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017, arne wrote: Did yo install the file brother-HLL2340D-cups-en.ppd? I would be glad to use it, but it is not listed in the download page (the is no HL-Lxxx or HLLxx ppd). Where did you find it? best regards, -- Pierre Frenkiel

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-22 Thread Ric Moore
On 11/22/2017 02:26 PM, Siard wrote: Pierre Frenkiel: [...] but no way with CUPS. Did you try the CUPSwrapper driver for your model supplied by Brother itself? http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=gb=en=hll2340dw_us_eu_as=128 I have a similar driver for another Brother model,

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-22 Thread arne
On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:52:59 +0100 (CET) Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > 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

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-22 Thread Jape Person
On 11/22/2017 01:52 PM, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > For the first time in my life, I was unable to configure a printer for > Linux, Which GNU/Linux? Debian? If so, you should specify whether you're using a release or testing or unstable. It could make a difference, particularly with respect to

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-22 Thread Siard
Pierre Frenkiel: > [...] but no way with CUPS. Did you try the CUPSwrapper driver for your model supplied by Brother itself? http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=gb=en=hll2340dw_us_eu_as=128 I have a similar driver for another Brother model, and it works fine with it.

Re: cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-22 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 22-11-2017 16:52, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > 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

cups config for Brother HL-L2340DW

2017-11-22 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
hi, 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