Brother MFC440CN
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Brother MFC440CN
It appears the cups drivers are installed. I have done so several times, but when I try to print a test page it cannot connect to the printer.
I need help with the settings I presume.
The printer is ethernet wired into a wireless router and works fine in Windoze
I am a newbie to Puppy. Running Lucid 5.2
Thank you.
I need help with the settings I presume.
The printer is ethernet wired into a wireless router and works fine in Windoze
I am a newbie to Puppy. Running Lucid 5.2
Thank you.
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Thanks for your reply and pm. I am in California so have just now read your messages. I read your post topic on Brothers printers, printed out the instructions, downloaded the LPR and Cups drivers and installed them using Debbi. The LPS extraction and install could not make a directory for /var..../MFC440CN so I manually made one and reinstalled using Debbi. Cups recognized the printer on my network and there was now two sets of drivers under MFC440CN. I tried both of them, deleting the previous driver each time. When I try to print a test page it shows up in the jobs list but continually says it is "trying to connect". When I go to the printer and look at the LED display, it remains at default view. Normally, when it gets a job, it shows that it is "receiving information".
Thank you for your help. I have been trying to set up this printer using several Linux distributions over the last couple of years.
Thank you for your help. I have been trying to set up this printer using several Linux distributions over the last couple of years.
Have you enabled the Puppy firewall? It will block CUPS.
Can you access the Brother printer's web interface through your browser using its IP address?
You should be able to find it at http://aa.bbb.ccc.ddd.
Can you access the Brother printer's web interface through your browser using its IP address?
You should be able to find it at http://aa.bbb.ccc.ddd.
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I put Puppy on a flash drive and use it on my laptop. I have not installed the firewall. I take it the IP address is the one my network assigns to it?. I am not educated on how to handle ports. I see you are from Stratford, Ontario. I was born in Owen Sound and grew up in Wingham.
I have to go out for the day so will not be able to get back to you until tomorrow, Thursday.
Thanks again.
I have to go out for the day so will not be able to get back to you until tomorrow, Thursday.
Thanks again.
burgersplus wrote:I was born in Owen Sound and grew up in Wingham.
Wimp.I am in California
You mention that you have tried installing this printer in other distros. Did it not work there either? I have a lot of faith in these Brother installers and this sounds to me like a networking problem independent of Puppy.
I would connect the printer directly to your laptop via USB and confirm that the driver works that way.
The printer works in Windows because it uses different networking protcols.
If CUPS auto-detects the printer, it will show the printer's IP address as part of its name. Try installing the printer manually using Add Printer. For the Device, select "ipp". Enter the URI as
The "binary_p1" is an internal queue name in the printer. You can confirm it by printing a test sheet.
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ipp://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd/binary_p1
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I got back sooner than expected as appointment was canceled.
Dynamic DHCP Clients
Hardware Address Assigned IP Hostname Expires
00:80:77:ae:fd:ac 192.168.0.100 BRN_AEFDAC Fri Feb 5 04:20:38 2010 Revoke Reserve
00:17:c4:d8:62:a5 192.168.0.101 Acerpup Fri Feb 5 09:12:39 2010 Revoke Reserve
00:30:67:18:78:dc 192.168.0.102 janshome Fri Feb 5 08:57:22 2010 Revoke Reserve
00:1f:1f:3a:c7:e4 192.168.0.103 Baby Fri Feb 5 11:54:43 2010 Revoke Reserve
e8:4e:ce:6c:9a:bf 192.168.0.104 Wii Fri Feb 5 10:01:35 2010 Revoke Reserve
Above is the info from my router. The BRN_AEFDAC is the name that the Brothers network software for windows assigned. It is also the address CUPS discovers as a network printer under Brother MFC440CN. Acerpup is the laptop I am using.
Below is the current info from CUPs
Printer tab
Brother_MFC-440CN Brother MFC-440CN jan2 Brother MFC-440CN CUPS v1.1 Processing - "Connecting to printer..."
CUPS-PDF CUPS-PDF Ghostscript Idle
pdf_writer PDF Local Printer Local Raw Printer Idle
Administration tab-Manage-Printer
Description: Brother MFC-440CN
Location: jan2
Driver: Brother MFC-440CN CUPS v1.1 (color)
Connection: lpd://BRN_AEFDAC/BINARY_P1
Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in
I was wondering if I need to uninstall and reinstall the linux drivers as two of them are showing up in Cups, both ver. 1.1. I have tried both and neither connect. I don’t know how to uninstall them in linux. I looked in the packages. I enjoy trying out linux but sometimes it can be frustrating. I am 70 years old and not sure if I will live long enough to learn the commands. lol.
Your right about the WIMP part. I go back and visit Owen Sound every summer, but if I want to see snow, I will drive to Reno for the weekend. lol
I will try and connect the printer direct as soon as I can find a USB printer cable.
Thanks again
Dynamic DHCP Clients
Hardware Address Assigned IP Hostname Expires
00:80:77:ae:fd:ac 192.168.0.100 BRN_AEFDAC Fri Feb 5 04:20:38 2010 Revoke Reserve
00:17:c4:d8:62:a5 192.168.0.101 Acerpup Fri Feb 5 09:12:39 2010 Revoke Reserve
00:30:67:18:78:dc 192.168.0.102 janshome Fri Feb 5 08:57:22 2010 Revoke Reserve
00:1f:1f:3a:c7:e4 192.168.0.103 Baby Fri Feb 5 11:54:43 2010 Revoke Reserve
e8:4e:ce:6c:9a:bf 192.168.0.104 Wii Fri Feb 5 10:01:35 2010 Revoke Reserve
Above is the info from my router. The BRN_AEFDAC is the name that the Brothers network software for windows assigned. It is also the address CUPS discovers as a network printer under Brother MFC440CN. Acerpup is the laptop I am using.
Below is the current info from CUPs
Printer tab
Brother_MFC-440CN Brother MFC-440CN jan2 Brother MFC-440CN CUPS v1.1 Processing - "Connecting to printer..."
CUPS-PDF CUPS-PDF Ghostscript Idle
pdf_writer PDF Local Printer Local Raw Printer Idle
Administration tab-Manage-Printer
Description: Brother MFC-440CN
Location: jan2
Driver: Brother MFC-440CN CUPS v1.1 (color)
Connection: lpd://BRN_AEFDAC/BINARY_P1
Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in
I was wondering if I need to uninstall and reinstall the linux drivers as two of them are showing up in Cups, both ver. 1.1. I have tried both and neither connect. I don’t know how to uninstall them in linux. I looked in the packages. I enjoy trying out linux but sometimes it can be frustrating. I am 70 years old and not sure if I will live long enough to learn the commands. lol.
Your right about the WIMP part. I go back and visit Owen Sound every summer, but if I want to see snow, I will drive to Reno for the weekend. lol
I will try and connect the printer direct as soon as I can find a USB printer cable.
Thanks again
In Puppy, CUPS can't recognize the name BRN_AEFDAC. You need to replace it with the IP address.lpd://BRN_AEFDAC/BINARY_P1
Here is what I would do. Delete those printers and reboot. Run CUPS again and choose Find New Printers. Let CUPS detect the printer by its IP address.
There are two choices for the URI
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socket://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:9100
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ipp://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd/binary_p1
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lpd://BRN_AEFDAC/BINARY_P1
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192.168.0.100 BRN_AEFDAC
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Under Cups-Admin-Find New Printersrcrsn51 wrote:In Puppy, CUPS can't recognize the name BRN_AEFDAC. You need to replace it with the IP address.lpd://BRN_AEFDAC/BINARY_P1
Here is what I would do. Delete those printers and reboot. Run CUPS again and choose Find New Printers. Let CUPS detect the printer by its IP address.
There are two choices for the URIorCode: Select all
socket://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:9100
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ipp://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd/binary_p1
It just finds the Brother MFC-440cn and the only choice I have is to Add This Printer which in turn comes up with the lpd://BRN_AEFDAC/BINARY_P1 address which I cannot change. I cannot find anywhere to insert either of the (code) in your last post. Am I supposed to open a console? Sorry I am a newbie at this. I probably need step by step instruction.
Thanks.
Have you determined the printer's IP address yet? You can sometimes get it by printing a test page. If not, try numbers in your web browser.
For example, determine your own IP with the command "ifconfig". Then try the next higher number in your web browser until you reach the printer's web interface.
Once you have it, run CUPS with Add Printer. Select "lpd" for the device and "lpd://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd/binary_p1" for the URI.
Then try "ipp://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd/binary_p1"
Then try "socket://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:9100".
For example, determine your own IP with the command "ifconfig". Then try the next higher number in your web browser until you reach the printer's web interface.
Once you have it, run CUPS with Add Printer. Select "lpd" for the device and "lpd://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd/binary_p1" for the URI.
Then try "ipp://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd/binary_p1"
Then try "socket://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd:9100".
Last edited by rcrsn51 on Thu 27 Jan 2011, 01:40, edited 1 time in total.
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Scanner
rcrsn51, thanks again for your help.
Now for the scanner.
I installed the driver using Debbi. It was brscan2 and seemed to install ok.
Using hakia post for network command.
For Brother Scanners in a Network:
Execute a command like:
brsaneconfig2 -a name=scanner model=DCP-315CN ip=192.168.x.x
Start Sane, choose USB Port and Sane will find your network scanner!
my ip address is 192.168.0.100
What would my command be in detail please as the one I tried was invalid.
Now for the scanner.
I installed the driver using Debbi. It was brscan2 and seemed to install ok.
Using hakia post for network command.
For Brother Scanners in a Network:
Execute a command like:
brsaneconfig2 -a name=scanner model=DCP-315CN ip=192.168.x.x
Start Sane, choose USB Port and Sane will find your network scanner!
my ip address is 192.168.0.100
What would my command be in detail please as the one I tried was invalid.
I think that it should be
What error messages do you get?
Also try the command
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brsaneconfig2 -a name=scanner model=MFC-440CN ip=192.168.0.100
Also try the command
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brsaneconfig2 -q
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brsaneconfig2 -q listed all the scan drivers including MFC-440CN
brsaneconfig2 -a name=scanner model=MFC-440CN ip=192.168.0.100 was accepted
Ran Xsane and it returned "No Devices Available" OOPS!!
I noticed that "Puppy Package Manager" installed the scan drivers rather than "Debbi" Should that make any difference?
I thought I had lost my Puppy flashdrive install this morning. I had to reboot five times before the graphics driver worked. The desktop would start to load and then go blank. If this repeats I will try to change the driver.
brsaneconfig2 -a name=scanner model=MFC-440CN ip=192.168.0.100 was accepted
Ran Xsane and it returned "No Devices Available" OOPS!!
I noticed that "Puppy Package Manager" installed the scan drivers rather than "Debbi" Should that make any difference?
I thought I had lost my Puppy flashdrive install this morning. I had to reboot five times before the graphics driver worked. The desktop would start to load and then go blank. If this repeats I will try to change the driver.
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If the PPM has an entry for brscan2-0.2.5, then you installed the package simply by clicking on it, as opposed to using debbi. If so, your install is incomplete. You need to runburgersplus wrote:I noticed that "Puppy Package Manager" installed the scan drivers rather than "Debbi" Should that make any difference?
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debbi brscan2-0.2.5-1.i386.deb
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