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Brother laser printer driver
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Brother HL-L2340D sort of works #163

Open t3kg33k opened 2 years ago

t3kg33k commented 2 years ago

I was able to setup a cups server on Raspberry Pi running AlmaLinux 8 with the printer added via USB using the driver from the brlaser install using this command

sudo dnf install printer-driver-brlaser.aarch64

Here is the output from the server:

sudo lpinfo --include-schemes usb -l -v
Device: uri = usb://Brother/HL-L2340D%20series?serial=U63879G5N978457
        class = direct
        info = Brother HL-L2340D series
        make-and-model = Brother HL-L2340D series
        device-id = MFG:Brother;CMD:PJL,HBP,URF;MDL:HL-L2340D series;CLS:PRINTER;CID:Brother Laser Type1;URF:W8,CP1,IS4-1,MT1-3-4-5-8,OB10,PQ4,RS300-600,V1.3,DM1;
        location = 

I was able to confirm printing of a text file from the server by running this:

lp test.txt

From there I was able to install on a Fedora 35 workstation using this command:

sudo dnf install printer-driver-brlaser

However, this is where it stopped working. When I completed a test print it just sat in the queue and never printed. I opened LibreOffice and typed some text and attempted to print but it still sat in the queue and never printed. I confirmed with this command on the server:


lpq
Brother_HL-L2340D_series is ready
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
1st     ed      7       Test Page                       154624 bytes

and

lpq
Brother_HL-L2340D_series is ready
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
1st     ed      8       Untitled 1                      11264 bytes

It seems the driver doesn't work in Fedora 35. I will also attempt from a Ubuntu machine and report back.

t3kg33k commented 2 years ago

I can report that printing is not an issue in Pop!_OS (Ubuntu based distro). So, there seems to be an issue on the Fedora side.