Hello, On May 21 19:27 Bob S wrote (shortened):
I installed 10.3 ... MFC3420C ... Went to brother site and downloaded the driver and a cupswrapper and installed them successfully. ... However, the install instructions say I must add the user and password to cups. Here is part of the install instruction and am not sure that is required to make it work. ----------------------- Note for SuSE Users: If you are using a later version of SuSE than version 9.0, set the password for CUPS using the lppasswd command:#lppasswd -g sys -a root This requires you to enter a password that is used specifically for CUPS administration. --------------------------
See http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CUPS_in_a_Nutshell --------------------------------------------------------------------- Up to SUSE LINUX 10.1 we provided CUPS 1.1 and since openSUSE 10.2 we provide CUPS 1.2 which is not fully backward compatible with CUPS 1.1. ... For example RunAsUser is no longer supported so that since openSUSE 10.2 / CUPS 1.2 the cupsd runs as root and therefore we are back to its default "basic authentication" via system users and system passwords (in /etc/shadow). Therefore the Support Database article "Printer Configuration from SUSE LINUX 9.0 on" http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printer_Configuration_from_SUSE_LINUX_9.0_on is partially outdated since openSUSE 10.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Regrarding Brother MFC devices and their drivers see http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/Database/LinuxSupportByPrint... ------------------------------------------------------ Useless Brother MFC Devices ------------------------------------------------------ and http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/Database/BrotherFAQ#How_well... ------------------------------------------------------ Brother also makes a line of multifunction devices (fax/copier/scanner/printers) which do not work well or at all. Standard documentation is not posted on the Brother website; developers have reported that Brother is not willing to provide unencumbered MFC programming information. ------------------------------------------------------ This means that when you buy a Brother MFC device, you are bound to their driver, how they provide it, and how they support it. Kind Regards Johannes Meixner -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstrasse 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany AG Nuernberg, HRB 16746, GF: Markus Rex