From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 28 20:10:04 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9755716A4CE for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:10:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91.asp.att.net [63.240.76.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F37DA43D49 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:10:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from FreeBSD@insightbb.com) Received: from [192.168.1.239] (12-202-28-183.client.insightbb.com[12.202.28.183]) by sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91) with ESMTP id <20050128201003i91001nr9ke>; Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:10:03 +0000 From: Steven Friedrich To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 15:10:01 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <4ef3af6ba84c2bfe50ea7b0518824648@tntluoma.com> In-Reply-To: <4ef3af6ba84c2bfe50ea7b0518824648@tntluoma.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200501281510.01757.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> cc: Timothy Luoma Subject: Re: can't figure out Brother 1240 + CUPS X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:10:04 -0000 The "known" printers have .ppd files in /usr/local/share/cups/model. Did you get a CD with the Brother? I recently bought a Brother HL-6050DN mono laser, and it's CD had a PPD in various directories. I copied the ppd to the model directory and viola... You might try the Brother web site... http://www.brother.com/ and since you didn't mention it, you might look at http://www.linuxprinting.org/ On Friday 28 January 2005 02:54 pm, Timothy Luoma wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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"