Re: HL-2070N Brother laser printer driver
On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:54:34 -0400
"H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Just wanted to report my experience with Brother network laser printer
> HL-2070N.
>
> I was working with the drivers that come with Debian (cups?) till
> around a several weeks ago. Then something broke (apparently in
> ghostscript) and it stopped working. I tried it yesterday and it is
> now working too. I am sure an upgrade fixed the problem.
>
> Now for the new stuff. I had never tried drivers by Brother
> (http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/download_prn.html#HL-2070N)
> so I thought of giving them a try.
>
> Installed the lpr driver first. Installation went smoothly:
> $> sudo dpkg -i brhl2070nlpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package brhl2070nlpr.
> (Reading database ... 250392 files and directories currently
> installed.) Unpacking brhl2070nlpr (from
> brhl2070nlpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb) ... Setting up brhl2070nlpr
> (2.0.1-1) ...
>
> Next, installing the cups wrapper gave me a problem:
> $> sudo dpkg -i cupswrapperHL2070N-2.0.1-2.i386.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package cupswrapperhl2070n.
> (Reading database ... 250408 files and directories currently
> installed.) Unpacking cupswrapperhl2070n (from
> cupswrapperHL2070N-2.0.1-2.i386.deb) ... Setting up
> cupswrapperhl2070n
> (2.0.1-2) ... /usr/local/Brother/cupswrapper/cupswrapperHL2070N-2.0.1:
> line 63: /usr/share/cups/model/HL2070N.ppd: No such file or directory
> Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd. cp: cannot stat
> `/usr/share/cups/model/HL2070N.ppd': No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing cupswrapperhl2070n (--install):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> cupswrapperhl2070n
> $> lpadmin: No such file or directory
>
>
> Turns out a path does not exist in Debian which Brother's driver
> demands
> (http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/linux_faq-2.html#143).
> So making that directory helped: $> sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model
> $> sudo dpkg -P cupswrapperHL2070N
> .
> .
> .
> $> sudo dpkg -i cupswrapperHL2070N-2.0.1-2.i386.deb
> Selecting previously deselected package cupswrapperhl2070n.
> (Reading database ... 250408 files and directories currently
> installed.) Unpacking cupswrapperhl2070n (from
> cupswrapperHL2070N-2.0.1-2.i386.deb) ... Setting up
> cupswrapperhl2070n (2.0.1-2) ... Restarting Common Unix Printing
> System: cupsd.
>
>
> Finally, I went to http://localhost:631 and added the new printer (it
> was listed as HL2070N driver).
> - "LPD/LPR Host for Device
> - lpd://(Your printer's IP address)/binary_p1 for Device URI
> - Brother for Make/Manufacturer Selection
> - HL2070N for Model/Driver Selection
>
>
> For some reason, after this step I noticed that was also an HL2070N
> and a USB printer in the list of installed printer in addition to the
> one I installed (it had named it "laser").
>
> Regards.
>
I use the hl-2060 drivers with out an issue. You don't gain anything by
stepping up to the 2070n drivers that I have noticed.
Michael
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