On 2025-03-13 14:26, Stephan Althaus wrote:
On 3/13/25 11:57, Stephan Althaus wrote:
On 3/13/25 11:44, Predrag Zečević via openindiana-discuss wrote:
Hi all,
Recently, I got new printer (model "Brother MFC-L3740CDW") and I
cannot make OI to use it...
What I did:
A) CUPS enabled
:; pfexec svcadm enable svc:/application/cups/scheduler:default
:; pfexec svcadm enable svc:/application/cups/in-lpd:default
:; print-service -s cups
B) Installed packages:
:; pfexec pkg install -v cups cups-filters system-config-printer
print-manager foomatic-rip pycairo
Executing *system-config-printer* utility (as regular user, opens
GUI) finds printer, but no option to pick that model up from Brother
printers list (outdated DB?)...
a) Utility *system-config-printer* might need update, as throws lot
of Gtk-WARNING errors:
:; pkg search -l /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-
printer.py
INDEX ACTION VALUE PACKAGE
path file usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-
printer.py pkg:/print/cups/[email protected]
b) Finally, have found and extracted *ppd* file from rpm found on
Brother site, but still nothing (configuration is done -- no errors
reported, but still nothing is sent to the printer).
:; rpm -qlp mfcl3740cdwpdrv-3.5.1-1.i386.rpm
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/LICENSE_ENG.txt
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/LICENSE_JPN.txt
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/cupswrapper/
brother_lpdwrapper_mfcl3740cdw
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/cupswrapper/
brother_mfcl3740cdw_printer_en.ppd
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfcl3740cdw
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/ImagingArea
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/PaperDimension
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/brmfcl3740cdwfunc
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/brmfcl3740cdwrc
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/paperinfij2
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/setupPrintcapij
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/filter_mfcl3740cdw
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/i686/brmfcl3740cdwfilter
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/i686/brprintconf_mfcl3740cdw
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/x86_64/brmfcl3740cdwfilter
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/x86_64/brprintconf_mfcl3740cdw
So, any idea/suggestion/etc ?
Hi!
Almost any driver that uses PCL or postscript should enable you to
print "something", regardless if its brother or something different.
e.g. i used a apple laserjet postsript driver on XP to print to a HP
printer somewhen in the past..
hope this helps,
Stephan
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Hi!
I don't know if this is from the cups-serverpackege, but do you have
http://localhost:631/printers/
and does
$ lpstat -p -d
list your printers ?
is your user in the group "lp" ?
$ groups
are you able to prit as user/role root ?
hth,
Stephan
I have tried to add it via http://localhost:631/printers/ and
system-config-printer utility...
In both cases it cannot find ppd (driver). Even after specifying it
(downloaded file), no error, but no printing too.
Trying http://localhost:631/admin/ now, select add new printer (deleted
it previously):
Add Printer
Local Printers: Hal printing backend
CUPS-PDF (Virtual PDF Printer)
VNC Remote Printer (VNC Printer)
HP Printer (HPLIP)
HP Fax (HPLIP)
Discovered Network Printers: Brother MFC-L3740CDW series (Brother
MFC-L3740CDW series) <---- !!!
Other Network Printers: LPD/LPR Host or Printer
AppSocket/HP JetDirect
Windows Printer via SAMBA
Backend Error Handler
Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
Internet Printing Protocol (http)
Internet Printing Protocol (https)
Internet Printing Protocol (ipps)
I have selected Brother MFC-L3740CDW and added Name, Description, skip
Location, Not shared, *and* this was prefilled:
Connection: lpd://printer.my-domain.com/BINARY_P1
Continued
And got plenty Brother printers models to choose, but not this one. So,
decided to add ppd - ended with:
Add Printer Brother_MFC-L3740CDW_series
Printer Brother_MFC-L3740CDW_series has been added successfully.
Note:Printer drivers and raw queues are deprecated and will stop
working in a future version of CUPS.
Now:
Brother_MFC-L3740CDW_series Brother MFC-L3740CDW series Brother
MFCL3740CDW CUPS Idle - "File
"/usr/lib/cups/filter/brother_lpdwrapper_mfcl3740cdw" not available: No
such file or directory"
PPD file I have added is located somewhere else in FS, so what now?
To copy ppd file there?
Ubuntu 24.04 has properly recognized printer and installed ppd w/o
manual intervention (e.g.
:; dpkg -l | grep foomatic
ii foomatic-db-compressed-ppds 20230202-1
all OpenPrinting printer support -
Compressed PPDs derived from the database
Thanks
P.S:
:; pkg list | grep foomatic
print/lp/filter/foomatic-rip 4.0.17-2022.0.0.3
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