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bones01 · Joined: 11 Aug 2008 Posts: 374 Location: Melbourne, Aus

Hi RCRN

I've got Precise Puppy up and running, but can't get the printer working. It's a Brother HL-2130. I've tried following your instructions on the front page, and found the relevant .deb files for the printer, but nothing else seems to be working.

Could I trouble to make a .pet for this if possible?

Thanks for all you do to keep the community connected and working.

Bones

rcrsn51 · Posted: Wed 07 Nov 2012, 10:35 Post subject: Subject description: HL 2130

bones01 · Joined: 11 Aug 2008 Posts: 374 Location: Melbourne, Aus

Thanks rcrsn, I'll try it when I'm home tonight.

Cheers.
Bones

bones01 · Joined: 11 Aug 2008 Posts: 374 Location: Melbourne, Aus

Thanks for the extra instructions rcrsn. They worked a treat.

When I tried to follow the instructions on the first post, the only results I got in the console were "File could not be found" - or something similar. Anyway, these further instructions were very helpful.

So, for the benefit of others, and myself at some later stage, this is what I did:
D/L the .deb files and saved in 'root'
D/L the debbi.pet and installed
Opened a console and typed "debbi hl2130lpr-2.1.0-1.i386.deb" and 'enter'
Next, typed " debbi cupswrapperHL2130-2.0.4-2.i386.deb" and 'enter'.

Then Menu>Setup>Cups Printer Wizard>Yes
When the CUPS page opened, clicked on "Adding Printers and Classes">Add Printer and followed the prompts from there. My printer (Brother HL2130) was shown, so everything flowed simply from there, with the driver listed in the options.

Thanks again for your help and guidance. I'm a happy Puppy oncee again Very Happy

Enjoy the day.

Bones

rcrsn51 · Posted: Thu 08 Nov 2012, 17:11 Post subject:

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bones01 · Joined: 11 Aug 2008 Posts: 374 Location: Melbourne, Aus

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 5240 Location: GB

More Brother printer grief with a friend's HL2240 in Slacko 5.4.
Followed the destructions on page-the-first. The Brother website recommended using the 2170w driver. Everything worked like a dream. Printer shows in all the panels (as HL2240) along with it's usual options. It's even in lsusb as itself (2240). Hit print, the usual faint click prior to actual printing emits from the printer. Then silence.....
Seem to have done everything that bones did and some, without success. For the record, Mint recognised and installed it without hassle, first attempt.
Appreciate any comments, suggestions. Please be advised that my access to this system is severely limited due to friend still working for his living.
Thanks.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Wed 16 Jan 2013, 10:18 Post subject:

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 5240 Location: GB

Thanks for your prompt response, rc.
'More' didn't refer to mine, but other folks' issues!
Yes, the 2240 is indeed there, but when clicked it showed 2170w !
Interested to learn that even you experienced problems - not much hope for YT, then!
Most grateful for your intervention and kind effort to produce a .pet. I will endeavour to contact friend at the weekend when they release him from bondage...
Hope I can manage to uninstall the present files.

rcrsn51 · Posted: Wed 16 Jan 2013, 11:24 Post subject:

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 5240 Location: GB

rcrsn51 · Posted: Wed 16 Jan 2013, 13:11 Post subject:

Sage · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 5240 Location: GB

linbie · Joined: 09 Jan 2010 Posts: 63

Just a quick note to say thank you

Followed your instruction I now have a Brother MFC7362N as a USB printer and a Brother HL-3040CN as a network printer running under Slacko 5.3.1.

Many thanks for clear instructions (some of the answers were in posts following the first post)

rcrsn51 · Posted: Sat 26 Jan 2013, 12:21 Post subject:

Excellent. Did you also get network scanning working with your MFC7362N? This model is the first one reported here that uses brscan4.