On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:54:34 -0400 "H.S." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > Just wanted to report my experience with Brother network laser printer > HL-2070N. > > I was working with the drivers that come with Debian (cups?) till > around a several weeks ago. Then something broke (apparently in > ghostscript) and it stopped working. I tried it yesterday and it is > now working too. I am sure an upgrade fixed the problem. > > Now for the new stuff. I had never tried drivers by Brother > (http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/download_prn.html#HL-2070N) > so I thought of giving them a try. > > Installed the lpr driver first. Installation went smoothly: > $> sudo dpkg -i brhl2070nlpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb > Selecting previously deselected package brhl2070nlpr. > (Reading database ... 250392 files and directories currently > installed.) Unpacking brhl2070nlpr (from > brhl2070nlpr-2.0.1-1.i386.deb) ... Setting up brhl2070nlpr > (2.0.1-1) ... > > Next, installing the cups wrapper gave me a problem: > $> sudo dpkg -i cupswrapperHL2070N-2.0.1-2.i386.deb > Selecting previously deselected package cupswrapperhl2070n. > (Reading database ... 250408 files and directories currently > installed.) Unpacking cupswrapperhl2070n (from > cupswrapperHL2070N-2.0.1-2.i386.deb) ... Setting up > cupswrapperhl2070n > (2.0.1-2) ... /usr/local/Brother/cupswrapper/cupswrapperHL2070N-2.0.1: > line 63: /usr/share/cups/model/HL2070N.ppd: No such file or directory > Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd. cp: cannot stat > `/usr/share/cups/model/HL2070N.ppd': No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing cupswrapperhl2070n (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > cupswrapperhl2070n > $> lpadmin: No such file or directory > > > Turns out a path does not exist in Debian which Brother's driver > demands > (http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/linux_faq-2.html#143). > So making that directory helped: $> sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model > $> sudo dpkg -P cupswrapperHL2070N > . > . > . > $> sudo dpkg -i cupswrapperHL2070N-2.0.1-2.i386.deb > Selecting previously deselected package cupswrapperhl2070n. > (Reading database ... 250408 files and directories currently > installed.) Unpacking cupswrapperhl2070n (from > cupswrapperHL2070N-2.0.1-2.i386.deb) ... Setting up > cupswrapperhl2070n (2.0.1-2) ... Restarting Common Unix Printing > System: cupsd. > > > Finally, I went to http://localhost:631 and added the new printer (it > was listed as HL2070N driver). > - "LPD/LPR Host for Device > - lpd://(Your printer's IP address)/binary_p1 for Device URI > - Brother for Make/Manufacturer Selection > - HL2070N for Model/Driver Selection > > > For some reason, after this step I noticed that was also an HL2070N > and a USB printer in the list of installed printer in addition to the > one I installed (it had named it "laser"). > > Regards. > I use the hl-2060 drivers with out an issue. You don't gain anything by stepping up to the 2070n drivers that I have noticed. Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
