Re: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC-J5720DW with cups?

[Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>]

On Tue 15 Mar 2016 at 23:18:30 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:

> Gluttons for punishment eh?  Remember, you did ask for it :(  And nothu
> ing has been excised.

Uncut outputs are always the best. Thank you very much.

[Useful avahi-browse record snipped to save bandwidth]

> Now, I note 3 instances of "airprint.html" up there that because it 
> didn't mean squat to me until now, I didn't recognize or know I needed 
> to remember.

http://BRN001BA9E3811F.local./net/net/airprint.html is the location of
the printer's embedded web interface. Without avahi-daemon I expect you
would use http://192.168.71.20:80.

We'll work with the PDL printer:

  =   eth0 IPv4 Brother HL-3170CDW series  PDL Printer  local
     hostname = [BRN001BA9E3811F.local]
     address = [192.168.71.20]
     port = [9100]
     txt = ["UUID=e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-001ba9e3811f"
           "TBCP=T"
           "Transparent=F"
           "Binary=T"
           "PaperCustom=T"
           "Scan=F"
           "Duplex=T"
           "Copies=T"
           "Color=T"
           "usb_CMD=PJL,PCL,PCLXL,URF"
           "usb_MDL=HL-3170CDW series"
           "usb_MFG=Brother"
           "priority=75"
           "adminurl=http://BRN001BA9E3811F.local./net/net/airprint.html";
           "product=(Brother HL-3170CDW series)"
           "ty=Brother HL-3170CDW series"
           "note="
           "pdl=application/octet-stream,image/urf"
           "qtotal=1"
           "txtvers=1"]

Now find a *small* PDF file and send it directly to the printer with
netcat:

  nc 192.168.71.20 9100 < file.pdf

or

  nc BRN001BA9E3811F.local < file.pdf

Does it print?