From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Jul 15 15:11:41 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90B76AFC362 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:11:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.10.freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@email-od.com) Received: from bca5.email-od.com (bca5.email-od.com [207.246.239.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5DFCA733D1 for ; Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:11:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.10.freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@email-od.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=email-od.com;i=@email-od.com;s=dkim; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; t=1500131496; x=1502723496; h=x-thread-info:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=tZrQUrE9ha6tdIXqGsIbMmlh0o++VubYkxrw0Ovd2p4=; b=Tj9SItkXUxGhTBz7f9lhbdaYe3GLOlZLL/KVVys+5oPRVnxstLH9t5+dhvPqmNgjmUX85kL9KAGhYqEikaN8NPMdBJ4pt7HlP63wCAzaN7352XROl75TwokYVrZb0rb3wHsbckx30z5hdOyZSMgUPv+67rDjetD09Q2fKSgd7G4= X-Thread-Info: NDI1MC4xMi5kOTAwMDAwMDEyNDAwOC5mcmVlYnNkLXF1ZXN0aW9ucz1mcmVlYnNkLm9yZw== Received: from r3.h.in.socketlabs.com (r3.h.in.socketlabs.com [142.0.180.13]) by bca2.email-od.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Sat, 15 Jul 2017 11:11:24 -0400 Received: from smtp.lan.sohara.org (EMTPY [89.127.62.20]) by r3.h.in.socketlabs.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Sat, 15 Jul 2017 11:11:28 -0400 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.lan.sohara.org) by smtp.lan.sohara.org with smtp (Exim 4.89 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1dWOk6-000Agv-3A for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:12:26 +0000 Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 16:11:14 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.5.1 (GTK+ 2.24.31; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.3) X-Clacks-Overhead: "GNU Terry Pratchett" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:11:41 -0000 On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 14:49:01 +0200 Tijl Coosemans wrote: > On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 18:38:05 -0700 "Russell L. Carter" > 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