Fair enough. I just built a PET for your HL2150N and posted it above. It took about 20 minutes. When I have some spare time, I'll start working on the other 199 modelsStrampke wrote:For simple users like me maybe a pet would do.
How to Install Brother Printers and Scanners
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Hey I'm happy to help with pets for the brother drivers.. I will post the DCP195C drivers as a pet here later today...... I am having a problem getting the printer to print in A4 I changed the paper size to A4 in the above fore-mentioned file and when I print a test page I reverts to Letter size paper......... any ideas anyone?
Go into your CUPS settings and check Printer Options. The Media Size is probably set to Letter. Change it there.aracnachid wrote: I am having a problem getting the printer to print in A4 I changed the paper size to A4 in the above fore-mentioned file and when I print a test page I reverts to Letter size paper......... any ideas anyone?
I've never been clear on which of these paper settings over-rides the others. What happens when you print from an application? If you set A4 in your word processor, does it print correctly?
Need help w/Brother MFC-7345N scanner install
I have been given a Brother MFC-7345N multifunction printer/scanner/copier/fax. I am trying to get it running. I saw that stevesr0 said the printer driver for the MFC-7440N worked for his MFC-7345N. I installed the pet for the MFC-7440N and the printer works fine for me. However when I tried to follow the instructions for installing a scanner driver I found that the MFC-7345N is not listed but the MFC-7440N is listed in the brscan3 deb pkgs. I hoped that since it worked for the printer driver it would also work for the scanner. I installed it using debbi but when I run xsane it says no devices available.
I ran 'sane-find-scanner' in terminal and this is what it says.
"found USB scanner (vendor=0x04f9, product=0x0214) at libusb:006:002
#Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
#SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage."
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
I ran 'sane-find-scanner' in terminal and this is what it says.
"found USB scanner (vendor=0x04f9, product=0x0214) at libusb:006:002
#Your USB scanner was (probably) detected. It may or may not be supported by
#SANE. Try scanimage -L and read the backend's manpage."
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Your Product ID is 0x0214. Look in the file /usr/local/Brother/sane/Brasane3.ini. You will see that other models are listed by what I would assume is also the product ID. In particular, Line 51 has an entry for 0x0215.
If you make up a similar entry for your MFC-7345N, maybe you can get it detected. OTOH, there may be a reason why Brother does not supply a Linux driver for this unit.
If you make up a similar entry for your MFC-7345N, maybe you can get it detected. OTOH, there may be a reason why Brother does not supply a Linux driver for this unit.
It seems to have worked partially. Following the pattern of line 51 in the Brsane3.ini file I made the following entry on line 52.
0x0214,117,1,"MFC-7345N",133,4
When I run xsane it seems to find the scanner and open. But when I try to scan I get an error message "Failed to start scanner: Invalid argument"
Did I perhaps make a mistake?
0x0214,117,1,"MFC-7345N",133,4
When I run xsane it seems to find the scanner and open. But when I try to scan I get an error message "Failed to start scanner: Invalid argument"
Did I perhaps make a mistake?
At this point, all you can do is try other variations of that line and see if one works.Did I perhaps make a mistake?
Because Brother doesn't show a Linux driver for it, it may not work at all.
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0x0214,1,1,"MFC-7345N",131,4
Thank you
Thank you very much. I had a bit of trouble, but finally got things worked out. It appears that that setup works for USB operation. I've been using my LAN port on my laptop when I run Windows, as this saves me a USB port. I could not make it work with the LAN connection and I noticed an error message when I went to look at the print jobs, that said something to the effect that it couldn't establish a USB connection to the printer. So, I hooked it up that way and it worked just fine.
I'd still like to find out if and how to make it work with a network connection, but I can live with what I have for now. I'm trying to stay away from using windows as much as I can.
Once again thanks for the info, it was much appreciated.
I'd still like to find out if and how to make it work with a network connection, but I can live with what I have for now. I'm trying to stay away from using windows as much as I can.
Once again thanks for the info, it was much appreciated.
How are you connecting this printer as a LAN device - through its own ethernet connection to a hub/router? If so, go to the CUPS web interface and delete the printer as a USB device. Then install it again using "Find New Printers". CUPS should now detect it as a networked printer. The HL-4040CDN driver should still be there. If not, install it using the PET I posted above.
The MFC-J415W can be used in either USB or wireless mode. Its scanner driver is brscan3-0.2.11.pet and works well with Peasyscan after you show the advanced options.
The MFC-440CN is also a multi-function device and uses the scanner driver brscan2-0.2.5
The DCP-135C is a printer/scanner. Its printer driver PET is attached below. The scanner requires the brscan2-0.2.5.pet below.
The MFC-440CN is also a multi-function device and uses the scanner driver brscan2-0.2.5
The DCP-135C is a printer/scanner. Its printer driver PET is attached below. The scanner requires the brscan2-0.2.5.pet below.
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Brother 4040cn
I have spent hour and hours trying to make this work. The printer is attached via network / router. puppy 5.2 sees the printer but no matter what I try I cannot get the cups to see the drivers? Thanks for all the great work you do!
Sorry that is an HL 4040cn I was able to get the pet that you had created for the 4040cdn to show up in the cups manager, but it would not work. I tried downloading the drivers as suggested in the first part of the thread. I could not get the debbi commands to work. I thought I put the files in their correct locations, but they do not show up in the cups manager as a selection. This is the error I keep getting: "Unable to locate printer 'printername'!".
I used to work with unix a long, long time ago and I think linux is fantastic, the learning curve is a bit steep for this old guy though.
I used to work with unix a long, long time ago and I think linux is fantastic, the learning curve is a bit steep for this old guy though.
Yes I am using the cups manager, add printer. The brother printer shows up as a discovered network printer. I select the printer, select continue, the printer shows up in the next screen with Name, Description and connection. The Connection is lpd://BRNED2156/BINARY_P1 I click on continue to select the model from the list. There was not 4040 model available originally. I was able to get the hl 4040cdn model to show up in the list with your pet from above, which I then selected. I click on set default options, then go to maintenance, print test page, at which point I receive the error "Unable to locate printer 'BRNED2156'!"
I have also tried deleting the printer and using find new printers in the cups manager to start the whole process, but I get the same results.
I have also tried deleting the printer and using find new printers in the cups manager to start the whole process, but I get the same results.
Here is the problem: When Puppy installs a printer in CUPS, it needs to know the unit's IP address. Puppy doesn't know what BRNED2156 is.lpd://BRNED2156/BINARY_P1
Check the printer's control panel. There should be a screen that shows the IP address. If you can't find it, report back.
Locate the file /etc/hosts. Open it in a text editor. Add the line
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192.168.xx.yy BRNED2156
If that doesn't work, there is another way to install the printer.
Solved : Brother Hl 4040 CN
Thank You John, that resolved the problem. I came across some posts that suggested this might be a problem and I looked at the cups manager to see if I could change the address. Then I got to thinking that if the system found the printer by itself then it should know how to access it. So much for thinking!
I really do appreciate the help.
Blessings,
Mike
I really do appreciate the help.
Blessings,
Mike