[opensuse] ppd file needed?
Hello Suse people, On the 21st I asked for help about cups. It was about a 10.3 new install on my son's machine, Can't get his Brother MFC3430C printer working. Installed the Brother driver and cupswrapper and it shows up in localhost:631 and is now configurable by root (Thanks Carlos) Can send a test message which can be seen sending but the printer doesn't respond. Checking further on the Wiki, Brother install instructions, linux openprinting etc. I find conflicting info. One place says that for the driver to work it needs the ppd. Another place says if you have the ppd you don't need the driver.(Or that is what I understood in my confused state) Can the printer guru's clarify this for me? I've got to get this thing working. BTW the database states that this printer works excellently. Hate to let my son see that this don't work in Linux and he has to go buy a new printer. Bob S -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Brother driver and cupswrapper and it shows up in localhost:631 and is now configurable by root (Thanks Carlos) Can send a test message which can be seen sending but the printer doesn't respond.
Browse here: http://localhost:631/printers What is the printer driver? What is the printer state? What is the device URI? Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 5/26/08, Bob S <911@sanctum.com> wrote:
Can the printer guru's clarify this for me? I've got to get this thing working. BTW the database states that this printer works excellently.
I was able to get my Brother working by following these instructions. Installing a Brother driver into a CUPS based Linux system http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/cups_wrapper_install.ht... And I ignored the note to SuSE users. However, if you want an explanation of why you can ignore it then look here: Re: [opensuse] Setting up a networked printer with openSUSE 10.3 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2008-06/msg00483.html In other words, root is already a CUPS admin. Mike -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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