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



On Wednesday 16 March 2016 10:12:59 Brian wrote:

> 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?

Doesn't look like it:

gene@coyote:~/Downloads$ nc BRN001BA9E3811F.local <7i77_layout.pdf 
no port[s] to connect to
gene@coyote:~/Downloads$ nc 192.168.71.20 < 7i77_layout.pdf 
no port[s] to connect to


Cheers, Gene Heskett
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