Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!3.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!panix!.POSTED.panix3.panix.com!not-for-mail From: John Forkosh Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Dumb Pinter Question Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 08:16:19 -0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Message-ID: References: <9FKdnSx-aYhJ5pz5nZ2dnZfqn_WdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <-MKdnaGEcp-jap75nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> Injection-Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 08:16:19 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader2.panix.com; posting-host="panix3.panix.com:166.84.1.3"; logging-data="23357"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" User-Agent: tin/2.6.0-20210823 ("Coleburn") (NetBSD/9.3 (amd64)) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:37438 Mike Scott wrote: > John Forkosh wrote: > ... >> Okay, you've maybe convinced me. Actually, I was already >> convinced before buying the Brother MFC-J6920DW, but the >> problem (at that time, ~2016) I needed an 11x17" tabloid >> with an 11x17" scanner. Indeed, the scanner's still what >> I really need. So, you got a color laser recommendation >> that satisfies that requirement? And, of course, a good >> linux (slackware, in particular) driver. Thanks. > > Word of warning: I've had trouble with PPDs supplied by the > auto-discover printer install stuff. It seems "True" and "true" are > not interchangeable in PPDs, and someone somewhere used the wrong one, > the result being that multi-copy printing doesn't "just work" for my > Brother. I've had to manually install the printer and fix the PPD. > > I'm still hazy as to how and where the auto-detect PPDs are generated. Yeah, I'd recommend that you >>do not<< use the default PPDs supplied with the slackware distro, at least not for Brother. For my Brother HL-L2395DW laser, and also MFC-J6920DW inkjet, I just googled linux HL-L2395DW install [substitute your own model] and the very first hit (for the HL-L2395DW) took me to https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadtop.aspx? c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2395dw_us_as that lets you download "Driver Install Tool" scripts for that printer which set up everything correctly. Sets up /etc/cups/ and the various cups-related directories under /usr, and also creates an /opt/Brother/ directory with various other stuff. -- John Forkosh ( mailto: j@f.com where j=john and f=forkosh )