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Asked: 2015-11-07 11:19:47 +0800 CST

Cannot print to network (lpd) printer

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The same physical device as in the other question, but connected to using lpd. I created it using the Add dialogue:

  • Device URI: lpd://Sales/BINARY_P1
  • Printer State: Processing - Unable to locate printer "Sales".

Printing test page results in the printer queue listing it with status Processing - Not connected?.

As per https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingPrintingProblems, here is the information:

ping

ping 192.168.X.P succeeds (the IP is written on the printer)

nmap

Nmap scan report for 192.168.X.P
Host is up (0.00062s latency).
Not shown: 992 closed ports
PORT     STATE SERVICE
21/tcp   open  ftp
23/tcp   open  telnet
25/tcp   open  smtp
80/tcp   open  http
443/tcp  open  https
515/tcp  open  printer
631/tcp  open  ipp
9100/tcp open  jetdirect
MAC Address: 30:05:5C:2B:2E:46 (Brother industries)

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 35.28 seconds`

snmp

network lpd://Sales/BINARY_P1 "Brother MFC-8950DW" "Brother MFC-8950DW" "MFG:Brother;CMD:PJL,PCL,PCLXL,URF;MDL:MFC-8950DW;CLS:PRINTER;CID:Brother Laser Type2;URF:W8,CP1,IS11-19-4,MT1-3-4-5-8-11,OB10,PQ4,RS300-600-1200,DM1;" ""

dnssd

network dnssd://Sales%20Brother%20Printer._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-30055c2b2e46 "Brother MFC-8950DW" "Sales Brother Printer" "MFG:Brother;MDL:MFC-8950DW;CMD:PJL,PCL,PCLXL,URF;" ""

lpinfo

network lpd://Sales/BINARY_P1

avahi-browse

+  wlan0 IPv6 Sales Brother Printer                         Internet Printer     local
+  wlan0 IPv4 Sales Brother Printer                         Internet Printer     local
+   eth0 IPv4 Sales Brother Printer                         Internet Printer     local
+  wlan0 IPv6 Sales Brother Printer                         _ipps._tcp           local
+  wlan0 IPv4 Sales Brother Printer                         _ipps._tcp           local
+   eth0 IPv4 Sales Brother Printer                         _ipps._tcp           local
+   eth0 IPv4 Sales Brother Printer                         PDL Printer          local
+   eth0 IPv4 Sales Brother Printer                         Web Site             local
+   eth0 IPv4 Sales Brother Printer                         _ipp-tls._tcp        local
=  wlan0 IPv6 Sales Brother Printer                         UNIX Printer         local
networking

1 Answers

  1. Try this:

    Open a terminal.

    Press Ctrl+Alt+T

    Run it:

    sudo -i
aa-complain cupsd
mkdir /usr/share/cups/model
mkdir /var/spool/lpd
apt-get update
apt-get install sane-utils gimp

    Close a terminal.

    Download these files

    http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf101123/brgenml1lpr-3.1.0-1.i386.deb http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf101125/brgenml1cupswrapper-3.1.0-1.i386.deb

    Turn on the printer and connect the network cable.

    Open a terminal.

    Press Ctrl+Alt+T

    Run it:

    sudo -i
cd /home/user/Downloads    
dpkg -i --force-all  brgenml1lpr-3.1.0-1.i386.deb
dpkg -i --force-all  brgenml1cupswrapper-3.1.0-1.i386.deb   
nano /etc/printcap.local

    Replace ":lp" line to the following 2 lines

    :rm=(ip address of your printer)\
:rp=lp\

    Ctrl+O Save file. Ctrl+X Close nano.

    Download these files

    http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006646/brscan4-0.4.3-2.i386.deb http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006651/brscan-skey-0.2.4-1.i386.deb http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006654/brother-udev-rule-type1-1.0.0-1.all.deb

    Turn on your MFC/DCP and connect the USB cable.

    Open a terminal.

    Press Ctrl+Alt+T

    Run it:

    sudo -i
cd /home/user/Downloads    
dpkg -i --force-all  brscan4-0.4.3-2.i386.deb
dpkg -i  --force-all brscan-skey-0.2.4-1.i386.deb
dpkg -i brother-udev-rule-type1-1.0.0-1.all.deb
brscan-skey
brscan-skey -l

    Check if the scan-key-tool detect your scanner device.

    Press the scan button, select user, select destination, press START.

    Close a terminal.

    Download these files:

    http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006656/brmfcfaxlpd-1.0.0-1.i386.deb http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006658/brmfcfaxcups-1.0.0-1.i386.deb http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006665/brfaxmodem-1.1.3-1.i386.deb

    Turn on the MFC/FAX and connect the cable.

    Open a terminal.

    Press Ctrl+Alt+T

    Run it:

    sudo -i
cd /home/user/Downloads  
dpkg -i --force-all brmfcfaxlpd-1.0.0-1.i386.deb
dpkg -i --force-all brmfcfaxcups-1.0.0-1.i386.deb
dpkg -i brfaxmodem-1.1.3-1.i386.deb
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