Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 16:11:14 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cups and a Brother HL-L2340DW Message-ID: <20170715161114.0bf74135943cb34981bafd7e@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20170715144901.1a53e2bc@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org> References: <9d8aae34-8d78-5a9d-1f0d-adae7d5e7c27@pinyon.org> <20170715144901.1a53e2bc@kalimero.tijl.coosemans.org>
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On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 14:49:01 +0200
Tijl Coosemans <tijl@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:38:05 -0700 "Russell L. Carter"
> <rcarter@pinyon.org> wrote:
> > So this printer is the current wirecutter.com recommendation
> > for best cheap laser printer. After introducing it to dhcpd
> > so that the IP address is fixed, I was ready to introduce it
> > to cups.
> >
> > Add Printer -> Discovered Network Printers
> > -> select Brother HL-L2340D series...
> >
> > (next screen) Connection: lpd://BRWD80F9967A5AB/BINARY_P1
> >
> > (hit Continue)
> >
> > Or Provide a PPD file: Browse... brother-HLL2340D-cups-en.ppd
> > -> Add Printer
> >
> > -> Set Default Options
> >
> > Which gives me, after some screen changes:
> >
> > Brother_HL-L2340D_series (Idle, Accepting Jobs, Not Shared)
> > Description: Brother HL-L2340D series
> > Location:
> > Driver: Brother HL-L2340D for CUPS (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
> > Connection: lpd://BRWD80F9967A5AB/BINARY_P1
> > Defaults: job-sheets={job_sheets_default} media=iso_a4_210x297mm
> > sides=one-sided
> >
> > I hit ^P, the print dialog comes up, I select this printer, and all
> > looks good, except if I go look at jobs, I see:
> >
> > ID Name User Size Pages State
> > Control Brother_HL-L2340D_series-124 Unknown
> > Withheld 1k Unknown canceled at
> > Fri Jul 14 18:08:00 2017
> >
> > What gives?
> >
> > I am on the verge of installing linux on a box to deal with this.
>
> I suspect you need to use the official Linux driver from Brother. It
> should be possible to get this working on FreeBSD using Linux emulation
> but it'll require some tinkering.
The easiest way to do it is to set up a Centos 6 userland in a jail
(the linux emulation is good enough for that) - use a prebuilt image the
install is possible but fiddly. Then just install CUPs and the Brother
drivers and away you go. I have my Brother DCP6690CW A3 inkjet running this
way.
--
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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