Can anyone help with installing a Brother MFC6800 printer in Puppy? It's the only one that isn't native to the puppy drivers list. The procedures I managed to find in the forum only return errors when I try them in the console. I'm just a software consumer type and really can't do anything outside of a GUI. I'm not competent in the console environment.
Maybe there's a more current, highly detailed procedure that I have missed?
Note I downloaded the packages from the Brother website and tried just running them like any other Pet. Of course it didn't work. Have I jammed up my OS now?
Thanks very much.
brian
SOLVED: Brother MFC6800: Can't install
SOLVED: Brother MFC6800: Can't install
Last edited by ogobot on Mon 01 Aug 2011, 23:55, edited 1 time in total.
RCRSN:
You just blew my mind. I had given up and posted that request as a final desperate/hopeless act. Did you just whip that up or was it somewhere out there and I missed it? I've been all over the Brother Linux support section and considered it a complete strike-out.
Thank you VERY much for the assistance.
brian
You just blew my mind. I had given up and posted that request as a final desperate/hopeless act. Did you just whip that up or was it somewhere out there and I missed it? I've been all over the Brother Linux support section and considered it a complete strike-out.
Thank you VERY much for the assistance.
brian
Follow-up for all concerned. Don't believe it has anything to do with the driver, as the test page runs fine, as does a word processor (gnome) document, but the whole thing blew up when I tried to print out of my browser (Opera 11). Looks like the frames caused some confusion. Actually choked the driver, but I resolved it by deleting and reinstalling the printer. (error message was the the printer was busy rejecting jobs, but it never let go). This is no biggie to me - assume it's most likely something in Opera that needs tweaking. Guess I should try Firefox and see if I get the same behavior, but I do so prefer Opera.
BTW, the Puppy version I'm using is 525.
Thanks again
brian
BTW, the Puppy version I'm using is 525.
Thanks again
brian
Thanks, onece again
m printing
Thanks, the pet worked and I'm printing
John
Thanks, the pet worked and I'm printing
John