[gentoo-user] Problems with CUPS and Brother DCP-L8400CDN printer

[Raphael MD]

Hello. 

I've tried to install a Brother DCP-L8400CDN network laser printer on my Gentoo.

I've followed Gentoo Wiki instructions and have used official Brother's driver.

The CUPS works fine with my other printer one old HP 2600N, but when I send any doc to Brother, the printer prints a blank page with the follow message on top:

lpadmin -p DCPL8400CDN -E -v usb:/dev/usb/lp0 -P /usr/share//cups/model/Brother...

Very strange because my printer is a network printer and not USB printer.

I've tried a lot to install this printer.

Anyone can hep me?

Thanks.

Raphael Mejias Dias

[James]

Raphael MD <raphaxx <at> gmail.com> writes:


> I've tried to install a Brother DCP-L8400CDN network laser printer on
> my Gentoo.

Maybe Helmut had some success?

http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user

Or your favorite way to read old gentoo posts from 19May2016.

hth,
James

[James]

Raphael MD <raphaxx <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I've tried to install a Brother DCP-L8400CDN network laser printer

'eix -R brother' show me a multitude of brother printer overlays that may
help. Find the model closest to your printer and edit the overlay(ebuild).

<snip>
net-print/brother-mfc-235c-drivers [1]
Available versions: ~1^s
Homepage:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#DCP-J315W
Description: Brother DCP-J315W LPR+cupswrapper drivers

* net-print/brother-mfc-j265w-drivers
Available versions: ~1^s[1] ~1^s[5]
Homepage:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#DCP-J315W
Description: Brother DCP-J315W LPR+cupswrapper drivers

* net-print/brother-mfcj480dw [2]
Available versions: ~20150110^s {metric}
Homepage:
http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=mfcj480dw_us_eu_as
Description: Brother MFC-J480DW LPR+cupswrapper drivers

* net-print/brother-hl5340d-drivers

<end/snip>

I have a collection of links to older brother documentation for gentoo
hacked brother installs. Let me know if you want that list of other's
methods to get them to work with cups.

Sorry things are not in better shape, no gentoo
dev has embraced setting up bother printer installations for gentoo
as other distros have. So you have to experiment and hack your way
to success. Lots of folks have done this over the years....



hth,
James