On Sun 19 Jun 2022 at 08:48:43 -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 6/17/22 00:46, Gareth Evans wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 17 Jun 2022, at 01:56, Gareth Evans <donots...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > > On Thu 16 Jun 2022, at 22:13, Hans <hans.ullr...@loop.de> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > I am struggeling with a little problem, I can not explain. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > D [17/Jun/2022:00:47:45 +0100] [Job 36] Resolving \"Brother MFC-L2740DW > > > > series\", regtype=\"_ipp._tcp\", domain=\"local.\"... > > > > > > > > system-config-printer refuses to persist changes to the driver for > > > > autodetected queues with previous cups versions which do autodetect it, > > > > hanging on to the version including "...fax, driverless...". > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Gareth > cups has an annoying habit of considering any printer it scanning protocol > detects as precious. To me its a bug.
I do not understand what you are trying to say here. What is this "scanning protocol"? What does being "precious" involve? > The best solution I have found is a script you can dl from brothers > usa site, called: linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1.gz > (the version may change) > > Unpack it and run it, it will ask for the model #, and it will download and > install > whatever drivers that model needs including the scanner and whatever it > needs. > > It will put backup copies of whatever in /opt/brother that you can reinstall > if needed. > > If you have 2 brother printers, run it again a give it the other model #. > Wash, rinse, repeat. This is good advice for a user with a legacy/classic printer. With a modern printer (~2012 onwards) it can be completely ignored. Debian bullseye will detect and automatically set up any such printers. The non-free Brother drivers are redundant on today's printing system. -- Brian.
