On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 10:50:53AM +0000, Anthony Campbell wrote: [cut]
> > > Well, I finally "solved" the problem by the simple expedient of just > deleting the printer in Cups and reinstalling it from scratch. It > then worked perfectly without doing anything else. Here is the > resulting /etc/cups/printers.conf: > > # Printer configuration file for CUPS v2.3.1 > # Written by cupsd on 2020-03-02 09:54 > # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE WHEN CUPSD IS RUNNING > NextPrinterId 3 > <DefaultPrinter Brother_HL-5350DN_series> > PrinterId 2 > UUID urn:uuid:795e4424-0458-3f6d-413a-1669af7e997e > Info Brother HL-5350DN series > Location > MakeModel Brother HL-5350DN BR-Script3 > DeviceURI lpd://brother/BINARY_P1 It was not just about "turn it off and on again" :) In your previous configuration file you had the printer on "socket://" without a port specified. Now it's configured as an lpd spooler. So there is an important difference there ;) (just to reaffirm that re-staring, re-booting, re-configuring, re-whatevering do no magic on their own :P). HTH