From: jerry@example.invalid   
      
   The Real Bev  wrote:   
   > On 9/24/23 12:50 PM, John Forkosh wrote:   
   >> The Real Bev  wrote:   
   >>> I won't go into any great detail unless somebody here knows A LOT about   
   >>> this POS.   
   >>>   
   >>> The problem is probably with CUPS -- it simply doesn't see the printer,   
   >>> which we have set to a static IP address.  Works fine with windows.   
   >>>   
   >>> Brother updates only .deb and .rpm files, and the conversions are   
   >>> frequently FUBAR.  Nothing useful on the CD.   
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks for listening.   
   >>   
   >> I've got one running fine with cups. Download the "Driver Install   
   >> Tool" (you just need that tool, which will download the other   
   >> drivers, etc, when you run it) from...   
   >   
   > Yes, I saw that.  I've tried to convert deb/rpm files before with mostly   
   > botched results.  I'm really unwilling to just let an unknown and   
   > possibly flakey 'installer' make the choices.  If all that's really   
   > needed is the correct .ppd file, that seems like overkill.   
      
   .deb files are easy, it's an ar archive containing 2 compressed   
   tar files, IIRC data.tgz * control.tgz. data has the actual code.   
   Create a temp directory & cd into it. ar -x    
   tar -xvf datz.tgz  to extract the code   
   The control file is scripts & info about the package.   
      
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