From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2024-05-15, philo wrote:   
   > On 5/15/24 6:01 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >> On 2024-05-15, philo wrote:   
   >>> On 5/3/24 10:08 AM, philo wrote:   
   >>>> I posted last years about trying to get my Brother HL-L2370 working with   
   >>>> Ubuntu 22.04   
   >>>>   
   >>> [...]   
   >>>   
   >>> Any suggestions of a printer that is easy to setup from Linux ?   
   >>   
   >> Brother. Do make sure you've followed their instructions to the letter   
   >> (especially with regards to the print queue you need to use -- IIRC,   
   >> mine all want "BINARY_P1"); and also look out for "Special   
   >> Instructions" for that model -- 2 of the 3 Brother printers I've had   
   >> over the last 20-odd years have needed i386 / multiarch enabled.   
   >>   
   >> DO NOT try using the mDNS / Zeroconf one that CUPS may auto-detect /   
   >> auto-add.  In all three printers I've had, the zeroconf print queue is   
   >> wrong -- IIRC, it defines "DEFAULT" or something to that effect, which   
   >> seems to not play nice with the data format linux is sending out)   
   >>   
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   >   
   > Finally got everything working.   
   > I feel sorry for a non-tech trying to go through this.   
   >   
   > Here is how I got the printer to work in Linux using the actual Brother   
   > driver.   
   >   
   > When I initialed "add printer" here is how I entered the URI :   
   >   
   > socket://192.168.2.103:9100   
   >   
   > I would not have been able to have figured that out except I used the   
   > setting that my old Samsung printer software detected automatically.   
      
   I looked up brother's instructions, for your model, which suggested   
   "lpd://ip-of-printer/binary_p1"   
      
   Granted, I'm sure other options would also work (like your jet-direct   
   port, or even ipp).   
      
      
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