Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:54:17 -0500 From: Timothy Luoma <lists@tntluoma.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: can't figure out Brother 1240 + CUPS Message-ID: <4ef3af6ba84c2bfe50ea7b0518824648@tntluoma.com>
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Trying to setup Brother 1240 to be able to be printed to from across LAN (Mac OS X/WinXP), preferably using smb. The Brother 1240 hooked to the FreeBSD 5.3 machine via USB: dmesg shows: ulpt0: Brother Industries product 0x0006, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 2, iclass 7/1 ulpt0: using bi-directional mode I have cups-samba installed (and was able to install my HP 5150 which is also on USB on the same machine). When I goto 'add printer' in CUPS, I give it a name and say 'USB Printer #1' and then I am only offered these choices: Raw DYMO EPSON HP OKIDATA Zebra (I was hoping for 'Brother') I've also installed foomatic-db and hpijs (and restarted CUPS) but it didn't change that list at all. It appears that some folks are using an HP driver, so I clicked on HP and then I am only give these options: HP Color LaserJet series PCL 6 CUPS HP DeskJet Series CUPS HP LaserJet Series CUPS HP LaserJet Series PCL 6 CUPS HP New DeskJet Series CUPS I tried both the non-color LaserJets and neither one of them would print (it would trigger the printer to turn on, but nothing ever printed, just every 30 seconds it would restart the printer. Since no one else reports this issue, I'm assuming that I am overlooking something too simple for others to suggest. TjL
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