Re: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC-J5720DW with cups?
Jarle Aase wrote:
>
> Den 09. mars 2016 14:27, skrev Brian:
>> In another mail Jarle Aase said: > I think this printer supports both
>> pcl and postscript. Faint alarm bells sounded in my head - inkjet,
>> inkjet, inkjet. I ignored the warning; after all he was surely in
>> possession of a manual and would know the printer capabilities. The
>> CUPS filter chain produces a file to be sent to the printer which is
>> identified as "data", not PostScript or PCL. Installing the two
>> Brother .deb files (a five minute job) seems to be the only way for
>> printing to take place.
>
> My plan is to install the Brother drivers in a virtual machine. When
> that works, I can use wireshark to see what's actually being sent to the
> printer, and decide if I want to do something to make it work on the
> "real" machine.
>
> Jarle
You must have a lot of time boy, you must be lucky!
Most of us take the shortest path possible.
regards
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