In yet another attempt to find and use a printer without needing proprietary
software drivers (as well as being able to save paper by being able to print
on both sides of it), I recently purchased the Brother HL-L 2320D printer, as
I was under the impression that using the package, printer-driver-brlaser,
would allow me to use this printer on Trisquel GNU/Linux 8.0.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to use the printer, even after installing
the package, printer-driver-brlaser, something that is contrary to what is
reportedly described in the description of that particular driver, where the
Brother HL-L 2320D was found to "work" with it.
My technical expertise in solving this issue is low, and I am uncertain where
to begin troubleshooting to solve this problem. When reading information in
the forum, or elsewhere, I frequently encounter package names such as "Cups",
"Ghostscript", "Foomatic", and I lack a systematic approach to know where to
actually begin to solve this, as I don't believe that randomly installing or
uninstalling the aforementioned packages, in a wild attempt to make my
printer work will build my understanding, let alone solve this problem.
Any suggestions would most certainly be welcome.
The description of the Brother driver may be found at
https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser
