Brother HL-2240D on Debian wheezy (was ... Re: recommend a laser printer)
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On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 09:44:23PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote:
> Thanks everyone for the advice. I had never thought of buying a used
> "industrial strength" laser printer. When I need a printer, I'll look
> into that. This particular printer was for a family member, so I wanted
> to stay with something new.
>
> I bought a Brother HL-2240D for $85 at a local shop. Pretty good deal,
> I think. Wheezy's Gnome printer config didn't work -- the window just
> disappeared at some point in the printer setup. I tried multiple times
> and got the same result. I successfully configured the printer using
> the cups web interface at http://localhost:631
>
> The printer wasn't listed in the choices, but based on a suggestion on
> this site: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1627516.html
> I used Generic > PCL 5e Printer > Generic PCL 5e Printer Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e [en]
> for my driver. It seems to be working fine.
Thanks for the write up.
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