Hello rcrsn51,
Thank You! I wish to report success on my install of model MFC-J450DW Brother Printer in Puppy Precise 5.7.1
I followed your install instructions from page 1 of this thread using the debbi PET. It complained like you said it would but everything works fine.
I tested the printer using a USB connection, then I uninstalled the printer in CUPS. Then connected the printer to my wireless router, went back to CUPS and added the wireless printer. Success!
Then I installed the scanner driver using debbi, it went well with no errors. I had one difference using hokal's instructions for setting up the wireless scanner. On mine the command started with brsaneconfig4, the other info from hokal was the same. Also if you just run brsaneconfig4 is shows the help screen.
So the MFC-J450DW command is >brsaneconfig4 -a name=Brother model=MFC-J450DW ip=192.168.x.x
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hokal's original instructions are;
Remark 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!
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How to Install Brother Printers and Scanners
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How to Install Brother Printers and Scanners
Thanks, rcrsn51 for the instructions! I am ecstatic that I could follow them and print a document even though I adopted my Puppy June 14 2014.
I have a small monochrome Brother HR-1110 printer that I would like to get working with Puppy precise 5.6.1.
The documentation that came with the printer instructs me to go to http://solutions.brother.com/ to find a Linux driver. When I type in that URL I get a 'page does not exist' message.
Does anyone know where I might find a suitable driver?
The documentation that came with the printer instructs me to go to http://solutions.brother.com/ to find a Linux driver. When I type in that URL I get a 'page does not exist' message.
Does anyone know where I might find a suitable driver?
I have a brand new Brother MFC-J470DW. Everything's working, but I wanted to note that, for this printer, the stuff that is reported in the first post as being in /usr/local/Brother is actually in /opt/Brother. Took me a minute with pFind.
I don't know if that warrants an edit, but I thought I'd mention it nonetheless.
I don't know if that warrants an edit, but I thought I'd mention it nonetheless.
Rebuilt my savefile due to suspected corruption (anything I added that did so much as touch on networking, forced a hard shutdown).
Now of course I can't print. Looks like CUPS is trying, but not getting there.
I'm using IP4CUPS, CUPS1.3.11, and Carolina Vanguard RC2 on the software end of things. Hardware wise, it's a Brother MFC-470DW printer, just like installed flawlessly last time.
Installed debbi.
Installed the two DEB files using debbi.(the one ending in 'lpr' first).
Installed IP4CUPS.
Deleted the printer as installed by the DEBs (it was pointing to lp0 which is clearly incorrect) and manually reinstalled according to IP4CUS directions.
Upon attempting to print a test page, CUPS reports that it's connected to the printer, and the printer's LCD lights up. Then the localhost:631 page refreshes and the job is gone as if it'd printed, which it hasn't.
I suspect that this may be a network thing... I'm connected wirelessly (wlan0) but arp-scan kept wanting to do stuff with eth0, which is unconnected to everything. I had to actually manually force it to wlan0 for arp-scan and the IP4CUPS script to work. I'll note that Frisbee is (supposedly) disabled and I'm connecting with SNS. (I positively cannot stand Frisbee... the UI is horrible.)
Now of course I can't print. Looks like CUPS is trying, but not getting there.
I'm using IP4CUPS, CUPS1.3.11, and Carolina Vanguard RC2 on the software end of things. Hardware wise, it's a Brother MFC-470DW printer, just like installed flawlessly last time.
Installed debbi.
Installed the two DEB files using debbi.(the one ending in 'lpr' first).
Installed IP4CUPS.
Deleted the printer as installed by the DEBs (it was pointing to lp0 which is clearly incorrect) and manually reinstalled according to IP4CUS directions.
Upon attempting to print a test page, CUPS reports that it's connected to the printer, and the printer's LCD lights up. Then the localhost:631 page refreshes and the job is gone as if it'd printed, which it hasn't.
I suspect that this may be a network thing... I'm connected wirelessly (wlan0) but arp-scan kept wanting to do stuff with eth0, which is unconnected to everything. I had to actually manually force it to wlan0 for arp-scan and the IP4CUPS script to work. I'll note that Frisbee is (supposedly) disabled and I'm connecting with SNS. (I positively cannot stand Frisbee... the UI is horrible.)
I cannot comment on the state of your network, but here is what I tested.
1. From my regular computer, I disconnected eth0.
2. I logged into my wireless router.
3.This got me an IP on my LAN, as usual.
4. I ran arp-scan --localnet
5. Even though I was now connected through wlan0 instead of eth0, it saw all the devices on the LAN, including a shared printer.
1. From my regular computer, I disconnected eth0.
2. I logged into my wireless router.
3.This got me an IP on my LAN, as usual.
4. I ran arp-scan --localnet
5. Even though I was now connected through wlan0 instead of eth0, it saw all the devices on the LAN, including a shared printer.
You can delete the printer using CUPS. The two debs do not register in the PPM, so you would need to delete their files manually. But their content has ZERO side effects on a stable system.
IIRC, Carolina Vanguard has integrated Frisbee. If you are trying to disable it and use SNS instead, good luck to you.
IIRC, Carolina Vanguard has integrated Frisbee. If you are trying to disable it and use SNS instead, good luck to you.
Reinstalled the printer and the DEBs. No luck.
Caro Vanguard comes with SNS, Dougal's Network Setup, and Frisbee. Frisbee is enabled by default. I can't stand the interface. I've been using SNS on this system, in a nearly identical install, for about a year now. It's been fine.
Further suggestions, before I go bald?
Caro Vanguard comes with SNS, Dougal's Network Setup, and Frisbee. Frisbee is enabled by default. I can't stand the interface. I've been using SNS on this system, in a nearly identical install, for about a year now. It's been fine.
Further suggestions, before I go bald?
Alright... tell me, if it works over USB but not over WLAN, how does that help? Particularly given that Mom and I bought the printer specifically to be a whole-house network printer... 
If I understand it a little better... maybe I can be convinced
to drag out the 'active' cable (it has a stupid power-hogging signal booster in it) to see if the dang thing works...
If I understand it a little better... maybe I can be convinced
to drag out the 'active' cable (it has a stupid power-hogging signal booster in it) to see if the dang thing works...It guarantees that you have the driver installed correctly. It then narrows the problem down to a networking issue.starhawk wrote:Alright... tell me, if it works over USB but not over WLAN, how does that help?
You can buy a USB printer cable for $1. Why complicate the issue with a non-standard cable?
I have plenty of standard cables that won't go the distance... literally. They're not long enough.
...and actually, come to think of it, that 'active' cable won't work. It's an extension... male 'a' to female 'a'. Printer takes a male 'b'.
Oh well, back to square one.
EDIT: oh, and I actually don't have the money to buy even a $1 cable right now. Not kidding, sadly.
...and actually, come to think of it, that 'active' cable won't work. It's an extension... male 'a' to female 'a'. Printer takes a male 'b'.
Oh well, back to square one.
EDIT: oh, and I actually don't have the money to buy even a $1 cable right now. Not kidding, sadly.