On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 10:58 -0500, Neil Cherry wrote: > Eric Beversluis wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 10:34 -0500, Neil Cherry wrote: > >> Eric Beversluis wrote: > >>> On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 09:32 -0500, Neil Cherry wrote: > >>>> Eric Beversluis wrote: > >>>>> Help! I need my printer (Brother 1440). I've already spent two days > >>>>> trying to get it up. I've learned a good bit about how printing works on > >>>>> Linux, but haven't had success. (This printer always ran automatically > >>>>> with my old Mandrake 10.1 install.) > >>>>> > >>>>> I've just installed Core 4 on a Sony PCG-SRX77. (I also installed > >>>>> (server installation) on a Dell OptiPlex, but I haven't tried to get the > >>>>> printer going there yet.) > >>>>> > >>>>> Brother has two drivers, one for lpd and one as a > >>>>> "cupswrapper" (whatever that is). The lpd rpm needs to be installed > >>>>> before the cupswrapper rpm. When I tried to install the lpd rpm I got > >>>>> this error message: > >>>>> > >>>>> /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.48389: line 2: /etc/init.d/lpd: No such file or > >>>>> directory > >>>>> error: %post(hl1440lpr-1.1.2-1.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status > >>>>> 127 > >>>> Before installing the lpd driver you need to link lpd to cups in > >>>> /etc/init.d. Then install the lpd driver. Then install the > >>>> cups driver. > >>> But as nearly as I can tell, lpd isn't there anywhere (it doesn't show > >>> up in 'ps -e' either. I'm confused. > >> Read the directions on the Brother page. That what they state, I did > >> it then I removed the link afterwards. Then I loaded up the cups > >> driver. I don't know why but that's the way it worked. I'm using > >> a HL2070N. > > > > OK. I'll try that. It seems strange to link an non-running and > > apparently nonexisting daemon to something. But if it worked for you I'm > > game. I'll let you know what happens. > > I think it stops the rpm from running the post install script. The > problem I had was selecting the correct URI for the networked > printer. I finally got http://printer/ipp/port1 to work and not > split out a billion blank pages. It seems to have worked--anyway I've had a test page print out OK. We'll see what happens when I reboot (I had it printing once before--don't know how--and rebooting screwed things up). Apparently the instruction on page http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/lpr_drivers.html "To use this driver, you must ensure that the LPR printing system is installed and running on your Linux distribution." was a red herring. Thanks for the help > > -- > Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxha.com/ Main site > http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog > http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ Backup site >
