On lug 04 2:18, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> So, earlier in the thread you said:
>
> "Printer is in my case Brother MFC L2750DN."
>
> However the link for a manual you pointed at was for the MFC-L2750DW.
I managed to do the same typo twice. Model is MFC L2710DN. So, the `DN'
part was always correct; I erroneously replaced `1' with `5'.
In fact, the formats found by Johnny Billquist, `PCL6, BR-Script3 and
PDF' are supported by models `DCP-L2550DN/MFC-L2730DW/MFC-L2750DW', but
not by my printer.
> I think the only difference between the DN and the DW is that the former
> may have the ability to use a larger toner cartridge?
It is no more important, but no, I think it's the WiFi interface
(present in DW, absent in DN).
> In any case the following command (where you replace my printer's
> address with yours) should tell you what language emulations your
> printer supports:
>
> { printf '\033%%-12345X@PJL\n'; printf "@PJL INFO ID\n@PJL INFO
> CONFIG\n"; printf '\033%%-12345X'; sleep 5; } | telnet 10.0.1.19 9100
Thanks for this! I paste the relevant part of the output (WARNING: paste
is several lines long):
@PJL INFO ID
"Brother MFC-L2710DN series:8C5-K6G:Ver.Q"
@PJL INFO CONFIG
IN TRAYS [1 TABLES]
INTRAY2 PC
OUT TRAYS [1 ENUMERATED]
NORMAL FACEDOWN
PAPERS [21 ENUMERATED]
LETTER
LEGAL
A4
EXECUTIVE
COM10
DL
B5
A5
A6
MONARCH
C5
FOLIO
P3X5
POSTCARD
ENVCHOU3
A5L
SIXTEENK195X270
MEXICANLEGAL
A4SHORT
INDIALEGAL
USTATUS [4 ENUMERATED]
DEVICE
JOB
PAGE
TIMED
MEMORY=67108864
DISPLAY LINES=2
DISPLAY CHARACTER SIZE=16
LOCAL=ENGLISH
> lp|basic PJL printer using JetDirect protocol:\
> :sh:\
> :mx#0:\
> :lp=9100@10.0.1.19:\
> :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd-pjl:\
> :if=/usr/libexec/lpr/pjlfilter:\
> :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
I used this exact configuration (without modifying the
/usr/libexec/lpr/pjlfilter). Only blank pages were generated by the
printer.
> These printers also implement an LPD protocol spooler, though there may
> be an issue with knowing which remote queue name to use (in theory any
> random name will work, but some may have special meaning).
I really would not be able to know if my printer has a specific name for
this queue (unless another telnet "conversation" can reveal it).
> BTW, the term "BR-Script 3" refers to an emulated version of the Adobe
> PostScript 3 printer language from Brother. It's just a trademark
> issue, just like GhostScript vs. PostScript.
>
> I've got an HL-3045CN, and it's one of the "dumb" ones requiring a
> driver to send "binary" data to it, however it does claim to support the
> XL2HB emulation, which is apparently a modified version of HP PCL XL (an
> imaging "protocol" entirely unlike HP PCL). For now since we've got
> several macOS machines here I just drive it from them using the easily
> installed CUPS driver for macOS.
In fact CUPS is the possible solution, if no other one is available, for
me too.
Thanks for your help!
Rocky
