On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 08:42:04PM -0500, H wrote: > On 11/06/2019 01:56 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 10:01:49AM -0600, Michael Hennebry wrote: > >> On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, Michael Hennebry wrote: > >> > >>> On Sun, 3 Nov 2019, Jon LaBadie wrote: > >>> > >>>> Have you tried adding the Brother CUPS and/or generic LPR software? > >>>> > >>>> https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2360dw_us > >>> I've been trying to folow directions, but no go. > >>> The bad ELF interpreter really through me for a loop: > >>> > >>> [root at localhost drv]# rpm -ihv --nodeps ~hennebry/Downloads/*.rpm > >>> Preparing... > >>> ################################# [100%] > >>> Updating / installing... > >>> 1:hll2360dcupswrapper-3.2.0-1 > >>> ################################# [100%] > >>> lpadmin -p HLL2360D -E -v > >>> usb://Brother/HL-L2360D%20series?serial=U63883B7N499687 -P > >>> /usr/share/ppd/brother/brother-HLL2360D-cups-en.ppd > >>> restorecon: lstat(/etc/opt/brother/Printers/HLL2360D) failed: No > >>> such file or directory > >>> warning: %post(hll2360dcupswrapper-3.2.0-1.i386) scriptlet failed, > >>> exit status 255 > >>> [root at localhost drv]# rpm -ihv --nodeps ~hennebry/Downloads/*lpr*.rpm > >>> Preparing... > >>> ################################# [100%] > >>> Updating / installing... > >>> 1:hll2360dlpr-3.2.0-1 > >>> ################################# [100%] > >>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.1omOJ2: > >>> /opt/brother/Printers/HLL2360D/inf/braddprinter: > >>> /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory > >>> [root at localhost drv]# ls > >>> cupsfilters.drv hp sample.drv > >>> [root at localhost drv]# ls -F > >>> cupsfilters.drv hp/ sample.drv > >>> [root at localhost drv]# pwd > >>> /usr/share/cups/drv > >>> [root at localhost drv]# ls ~/D*/*.rpm > >>> ls: cannot access /root/D*/*.rpm: No such file or directory > >>> [root at localhost drv]# ls ~hennebry/D*/*.rpm > >>> /home/hennebry/Downloads/hll2360dcupswrapper-3.2.0-1.i386.rpm > >>> /home/hennebry/Downloads/hll2360dlpr-3.2.0-1.i386.rpm > >>> [root at localhost drv]# > >>> > >>> What happened? > >>> How do I do it right? > >> Apparently both rpms are installed, > >> but even after restarting cups, > >> the printer just receives data and goes back to sleep. > >> > >> I have no /etc/printcap.local or /etc/printcap . > >> /etc/cups/printers.conf does not contain the string lp . > >> It does have > >> DeviceURI usb://Brother/HL-L2360D%20series?serial=U63883B7N499687 > >> > >> Now what? > >> > >> -- > > It looks as if you downloaded the two RPMs from Brother then attempted > > to follow their complicated instructions for installing them. Much > > simpler is to do this: > > > > linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1 is the brother printer driver > > installer I used on my HL-L2360D. > > > > it asks a few questions, some more cryptic than others, and then > > downloads and installes the required packages, after which I ran the > > system-config-printer tool and set up my printer. Voila! > > > > As I also said previously in this thread, I set up the same printer > > on Centos-8 without installing any Brother drivers, by going direct > > to CUPS on port 631 and selecting Brother 2460 (since it didn't offer > > 2360). Here are two entries from /etc/cups/printers.conf: > > > > MakeModel Brother HL-2460 - CUPS+Gutenprint v5.2.14 > > DeviceURI ipp://192.168.2.98:631/ipp > > > > (That's the printer's IP shown there, not the system being set up.) > > > > and it appears to work fine, for small numbers of pages printed, but it > > does print double-sided and multi-page documents. > > > > I don't know of any reason why this would not work on C7 as well, > > though I haven't tried it, so YMMV and all that. > > > > If you can back out all the stuff you've hacked, I suggest you try > > one or the other of those. Since the CUPS setup is probably simpler > > and/or less invasive, I'd try that first, were I you. > > > > Good luck! > > > > Fred > > I also have a Brother HL-L2360DW but am not happy with the print quality when I print PDF-documents. All text ends up "stippled" and hard to read when I print from the PDF-viewer in CentOS 7. Not sure what the problem is but given that a regular e-mail for instance prints fine, it would seem to have something to do with the PDF viewer, the printer driver or the printer when printing PDFs. > > Anyone else has the same problem? How do I research this? I haven't noticed any such problem (and as a former typographer I'm fairly picky about my type). Can you upload an image of the bad result somewhere? -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) -----------------------------