> To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] problems getting Brother DCP-7065DN printer > to work with Ubuntu > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Just a follow up on this, as I have some more recent info that may prove > useful. > > I have rebuilt my workstation with the latest Kubuntu (11.10) and needed > to install the printer again. I used the same .deb files I had already > downloaded from Brother's website (URL mentioned earlier in this > thread). I ran/installed the cupswrapper file, and then tried to > install the printer. No luck.
> Kubuntu would see the printer, but would > not print to it. After some google searching (and ironically finding > this thread in the results), I decided to try installing the LPR file > (dcp7065dnlpr-2.1.0-1.i386.deb). This is where I get into trouble. The installation fails because "lpd startup" is attempted (from the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/dcp7065dnlpr.postinst) and fails killing the install. To make matters worse I cannot the purge either because lpd is accessed in the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/dcp7065dnlpr.postrm and fails causing the purge to fail also. Only by editing out the commands referencing lpd in this file am I able to get a purge to work. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU CAN DO THE lpr INSTALL SINCE YOU SHOULD RUN INTO THE SAME ERROR BUT YOU DON'T. DO YOU NOT HAVE THESE SAME FILES INSTALLED AND DO THEY NOT REFERENCE THE lpd COMMAND? > At that point selecting the first > found printer worked properly/flawlessly. So it seems that both the > cupswrapper and the lpr files are needed. See above. > > In a different effort, I had to remove my printer and re-add it (before > updating my box). I ran into similar problem mentioned above. This was > resolved by changing the device URI from lpd://xxxxxx (or dnssd://xxxx) > to ipp://y.y.y.y/ipp (where the y's are my IP address for the printer). > And I was able to print again without effort. I think this information is a big help but not until I get past the lpd problem. My plan now is to install ubuntu 11.10 but I am having problems with it. By you say, this may not help much. > > And finally, the supplied files don't seem to work easily with a 64bit > system. And there are no 64bit drivers. It is recommended to install > the ia32 libraries, I did. but those already existed on the box in question and > the .deb files would nor run - either by clicking on them, or doing a > "dpkg -i filename.db". We haven't resolved this one yet. > I don't understand this but I assume it is unrelated to my problem. Thanks again Shawn I am going to install Ubuntu 11.10 and try again. Perhaps I should try Kunbuntu 11.10 instead. Rocky -- I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient. --Christopher Hitchens _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
