I made the /var/spool/lpd directory manually, since a search of Debian packages didn't find any package that includes it as part of its infrastructure. I still think that something's missing, (possibly something that puts files into this spool queue) but now the package hl3170cdwlpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb that I downloaded from Brother's website installs without problem.
I still don't know how to submit any file to be printed. Presumably it has to be a .ps or .pdf, since that's what the printer can handle natively. But man lpr tells me to specify a destination I have no idea what to specify here to identify the printer. From the man page for lpr, I get the impression that lpr is part of CUPS. Is that really correct? Wasn't there an lpr command long ago that wasn't part of CUPS? It seems I remember using something like it in the days of Unix in the 1970's. -- hendrik On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 12:35:25PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 06:02:30PM +0200, Riccardo Boninsegna wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > > > Obtaining a driver from Brother's support site as a .deb file, I tried to > > > install it with dpkg: > > > > > > root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik/Download/BrotherPrinterDriver# dpkg -i > > > hl3170cdwlpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb > > As the name says, that's an LPR driver. > > > > Brother does not make actual drivers for CUPS, only ones for LPR plus > > a hack to make LPR drivers work in CUPS! > > I'd be delighted woth using lpr. But even man lpr tells me about > CUPS. Has man lpr been suborned by CUPS? > > > > > 1: If you're using an i386 system, you're good to go; if you're using > > amd64, enable 32 bit compatibility with (as superuser) `dpkg > > --add-architecture i386 && aptitude update && aptitude install > > libstdc++6:i386`; if you're using any other architecture, give up! > > I have an i386 system. But as I mentioned, using dpkg to > install the lpr driver failed: > > root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik/Download/BrotherPrinterDriver# dpkg -i > hl3170cdwlpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb > Selecting previously unselected package hl3170cdwlpr. > (Reading database ... 118096 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack hl3170cdwlpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb ... > Unpacking hl3170cdwlpr (1.1.2-1) ... > Setting up hl3170cdwlpr (1.1.2-1) ... > mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/var/spool/lpd/hl3170cdw’: No such file or > directory > chown: cannot access ‘/var/spool/lpd/hl3170cdw’: No such file or directory > chgrp: cannot access ‘/var/spool/lpd/hl3170cdw’: No such file or directory > chmod: cannot access ‘/var/spool/lpd/hl3170cdw’: No such file or directory > root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik/Download/BrotherPrinterDriver# > > So until I get the lpr level working, it won't help much to install the > lpr compatiility for UPS. > > Or is the CUPS lpr compatibility etting in my way with installing an lpr > driver? > > > 2: Download both drivers from > > http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hl3170cdw_all&os=128 > > 3: Install "cups-daemon" (the actual print server) and "cups-bsd" > > (backwards compatibility with LPR command line tools) > > These are already installed, presumably with the default iinstall of > devuan alpha 2. > > > 4: Make sure your printer is connected and ready, install the LPR driver > > How to I "connect" a network printer that communicates over wifi? > And this is the step that failed. > > > 5: Install the CUPS driver > > 6: If all went fine, you should have the printer already configured > > (you may want to visit localhost:631 with a browser to set paper size, > > etc)! > > -- hendrik > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
