Re: CUPS and Brother HL-5340D dual whammy
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 01:40:38PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 28 Feb 2012 at 12:05:08 -1000, Joel Roth wrote:
>
> > After a recent sid dist-upgrade, I'm having problems
> > printing.
> >
> > The CUPS test page prints a border with this text only:
> >
> > Brother HL-5340D Series
> > 3010.106 5
> > -88807824
> >
> > That is using the 5240 driver.
> >
> > I tried a couple other Brother HL-* drivers, but no success.
>
> There are also drivers in Generic you could try.
>
> > Now, I've got a PPD file for HL-5340D, but when I try to select
> > it I get this error:
> >
> > unable to copy interface script: no such file or directory
> >
> > Any ideas what I can do with this?
>
> It might be particular to the ppd you have. Tell CUPS to use one in
> /usr/share/ppd. Still the same error?.
>
> Creating /etc/cups/interfaces might be a way round the issue.
Indeed, this lets me select and install a PPD file.
Now I get an error when attempting to print:
"/etc/cups/interfaces/Brother_HL-5340D_series failed"
I will see if I can find an updated version.
Thanks!
--
Joel Roth
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