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[rcrsn51]

Glad to help. But I can't find a listing for an MFC-J125. Is that the right model number?

[W6LQR]

In Puppy (and other Linux distro's) you can't find what printer drivers are already installed unless you already have one of that brand iconnected. !!!

Thanks - Jerry

[rcrsn51]

You can always run "Add Printer" and select the device "LPT1". You can then see the models supported by the built-in Gutenprint driver.

If your computer does not have a parallel port, use some other phantom device, like "socket://1.2.3.4".

[sandy_bradley35]

Hello,

Looks like you guys have been busy. Some great work here.

I have a network printer: Brother MFC-5895CW

After installing the debbi package, downloading the lpr and cuppswrapper, I followed your instructions for the printer setup, editing /etc/hosts, to no avail. Print jobs appear to be sending, but no printouts

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Sandy

[rcrsn51]

As a first test, you should connect it directly by USB and see what happens.

[rcrsn51]

@sandy_bradley35: I would like to help you get your printer working, but you need to provide some feedback.

[Adagio]

Hi,

Wondering how your free time is going and if you have got around to making a .pet for a MFC-J220 yet.

The Bro printer drivers work fine but the scanner not so.
XSANE cant find a scanner.
I tried your brscan3 .pet but no go.

Edit: Disregard the above.

I dont function well when I miss a night's sleep.
I started again and followed your instructions.
All good now.

BTW, Xsane scans a lot faster than Peasyscan.

Also the installed files don't show up in PuppyPackageManager.

[rcrsn51]

[Adagio]

[greengeek]

Many thanks rcrsn51 !!

I am using Slacko 5.3 and following your instructions was able to install my Brother MFC7820 printer via USB connection on my Tosh TE2100 laptop. (Haven’t looked at the scanning side yet..)

The only problem I had was that I slightly misinterpreted your comment about using the “Tab Completion” and ended up “debbi-ing” the same mfc file twice, instead of “debbi-ing” the “cupswrapper..etc” file the second time.

The result of my mistake was that the PPD did not appear in usr/share/cups/model as you had indicated it should. As a result, once I started the Cups wizard the 7820 was not visible.

I backtracked and spotted that I had not “debbi-ed” the cupswrapperMFC7820N-2.0.1-2.i386.deb. Once I did that the PPD appeared, the 7820 appeared within the Cups control screen and all was good.

Thank you!

[rcrsn51]

Here is the printer driver for the MFC-495CW. If you are using this unit as a wireless device, see the instructions on Page 1 for network printers.

For scanning, get the brscan3-0.2.11.pet on Page 2.

For network scanning, see the instructions on Page 1. You will need to run a command like:

[greengeek]

Hi rcrsn51,

I have found this topic useful more than once (thank you!). However, I repeatedly find that I miss the original instruction to “install debbi pet”. (This is an age-related occurence )

Would it be possible to add the following instruction in several places?:

“First install the debbi pet as referenced above”

I recommend that this extra comment be added straight after the following sub-headings:

“PRINTERS”
“NETWORK PRINTERS”
“SCANNERS”

For some reason, other topics link me straight to the sub-headings, and I miss the original instruction to install the debbi pet. (yes, it’s probably just me that does this... but who knows, maybe others fall into the same trap...)

[greengeek]

Using your instructions I have been able to get a Brother MFC7820N scanner working on Lupu528 on an Acer Aspire one netbook.

Very valuable. Thanks once again. (and xsane saves straight to .pdf! Awesome!)

[rcrsn51]

[greengeek]