On Tue, 2016-03-08 at 00:14 +0200, Jarle Aase wrote: > Hi all, > > I read some good reviews about this network printer/scanner, and > noticed > that it can scan to email or FTP. So I made the flawed(?) assumption > that the printer would work independently without a software suite / > drivers from Brother. > > I tried to install it with the kde "Print Settings" front-end to > cups. > "Print Settings" finds the printer and lists several interfaces - > however, I am unable to print anything no matter what configuration > (combination of network protocol / printer driver) I use. > > I know that I can download a bash script from Brother.com and run it > as > root - and then the printer is supposed to work with Debian. > However, > I'm not comfortable doing that. Actually, I'll rather scrap the > printer > and get another one that support lpd/ps natively than risk > compromising > / messing up my system. > > So my question is really if anyone have experience with recent > Brother > network printers and know a cups configuration that works with one > of > the standard Debian/Linux drivers. > > I'm using both Debian Testing and Debian Stable on different > machines > right now.
I think you can safely extract the mfcj5720dwcupswrapper-3.0.1- 1.i386.deb file and extract the PPD and install it manually. There's also a bash script in there (looks like it just installs the ppd and restart cups) and a binary, not sure what that does. You might have better luck installing and configuring the printer from the web GUI. -- Cheers, Sven Arvidsson http://www.whiz.se PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5
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