From: forkosh@panix.com
Jerry Peters wrote:
> The Real Bev wrote:
>> 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.
And .rpm may be even easier, slackware has various rpm tools,
just apropos rpm. The link I gave you...
https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=en&p
od=hll2395dw_us_as&os=127
...has os=127 at the end. That's for rpm. The deb download
has os=128. Moreover, if you just click that "Driver Install Tool"
on the 127 page, you'll end up with linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1.gz
in your Downloads directory. gunzip it and run it as described earlier.
It'll deal with all drivers itself, no need for you to convert
or explicitly install anything.
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