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?