Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:55:56 -0500 From: Chris Slothouber <chris@hier7.com> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Using MFC-3820CN network printing Message-ID: <45F2FF3C.2070209@hier7.com> In-Reply-To: <1173550179.792.23.camel@creto.quietwind.net> References: <1173550179.792.23.camel@creto.quietwind.net>
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I think you may need to change your printer's emulation. There is a step-by-step process at the following URL, it deals with another network-enabled Brother printer, perhaps it will be of assistance: http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006-03-17-brother-hl-2070n.html Chris Kottaridis wrote: > I am trying to get access to a MFC-3820CN multifunction > scanner/fax/printer. I have a FreeBSD 5.3 system with cups setup. When I > try and send to the device , cups claimed it printed out fine, but > nothing ever actually comes out. It works fine from a Linux box where I > copied down the drivers from Brother's web site. > > But, I'd like to get access from my FreeBSD machines, got more of those. > Apparently Brother doesn't support FreeBSD. So, there are no FreeBSD > specific drivers. I only found executable Linux RPM's on their site. If > I can use those executables that'd be great, but I am not sure where the > files would be put to recognize them and such. > > Any pointers on how to access the Brother MFC-3820CN network printing > facility from a FreeBSD 5.3 machine would be helpful. > > Thanks > Chris Kottaridis (chriskot@quietwind.net) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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