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Xwang

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Registered: 2012-05-14

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[SOLVED] Impossible to locate Brother DCP-L3520CDW wifi printer

Hi to all,
I'm trying to configure the Brother DCP-L3520CDW wifi printer.

I've created this PKGBUILD by modifying one similar in the AUR.
This will use the deb file for  my specific printer.

pkgname=brother-dcpl3520cdw-lpr-bin
pkgver=3.5.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="LPR driver for Brother DCP-L3520CDW printer"
arch=("i686" "x86_64")
url="https://www.brother.co.uk/support/dcpl3520cdw/downloads"
license=("EULA")
groups=("base-devel")
source=("dcpl3520cdwpdrv-3.5.1-1.i386.deb")
md5sums=('acd5c5560312dc900c19410fb4aac933')

package() {
	tar -xf data.tar.gz -C "${pkgdir}"
	install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/cups/filter/"
	install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/"
	ln -sf /opt/brother/Printers/dcpl3520cdw/cupswrapper/brother_lpdwrapper_dcpl3520cdw "${pkgdir}/usr/lib/cups/filter/brother_lpdwrapper_dcpl3520cdw"
	ln -sf /opt/brother/Printers/dcpl3520cdw/cupswrapper/brother_dcpl3520cdw_printer_en.ppd "${pkgdir}/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/brother_dcpl3520cdw_printer_en.ppd"
}

I've installed it and when I search for printer in KDE it founds the printer, but then it gives me a 'Impossible to locate the printer' message when I try to print a test page.

I can ping the printer and lpinfo -v detects it

network socket
network https
network beh
network ipps
network ipp
network lpd
file cups-pdf:/
network http
network smb
network dnssd://Brother%20DCP-L3520CDW%20series._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-58cdc91151f9

So I think it is a configuration mismatch, but I'm quite lost. Can you please help me?

Last edited by Xwang (2025-04-18 19:20:27)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Impossible to locate Brother DCP-L3520CDW wifi printer

nmap Brother%20DCP-L3520CDW%20series._ipp._tcp.local
lpstat -s

I search for printer in KDE it founds the printer, but then it gives me a 'Impossible to locate the printer'

http://localhost:631/

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Xwang

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Registered: 2012-05-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Impossible to locate Brother DCP-L3520CDW wifi printer

Hi,
I've tried to improve the PKGBUILD

pkgname=brother-dcpl3520cdw-bin
_printer=dcpl3520cdw
pkgver=3.5.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Printer driver for Brother DCPL3520CDW printer"
arch=("i686" "x86_64")
url="https://www.brother.co.uk/en/support/dcpl3520cdw"
license=("EULA")
depends=('cups' 'glibc' 'lib32-glibc' 'gcc-libs' 'lib32-gcc-libs' 'sh' 'perl')
groups=("base-devel")
source=("https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf105753/dcpl3520cdwpdrv-3.5.1-1.i386.deb")
md5sums=('acd5c5560312dc900c19410fb4aac933')

package() {
	tar -xf data.tar.gz -C "${pkgdir}"

    cd "$pkgdir"

    install -Dm644 "opt/brother/Printers/$_printer/cupswrapper/brother_${_printer}_printer_en.ppd" \
        -t "usr/share/cups/model/Brother"

    install -Dm644 "opt/brother/Printers/$_printer/cupswrapper/brother_${_printer}_printer_en.ppd" \
        -t "usr/share/ppd/Brother"

    mkdir -p -m755 "$pkgdir/usr/lib/cups/filter"
    ln -s "/opt/brother/Printers/$_printer/cupswrapper/brother_lpdwrapper_$_printer" \
        "usr/lib/cups/filter"
}

I've set it up using that cups driver and this address (following this support page https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloa … pe3=10283)

ipp://BRW58CDC91151F9.fritz.box/BINARY_P1

when I try to print a test page I get no error but no page (in the printer spool it says that a 0 page document has been completed)

LANG=C lpstat -s
no system default destination
device for CUPS-PDF: cups-pdf:/
device for DCP-L3520CDW_series: ipp://BRW58CDC91151F9.fritz.box/BINARY_P1

LANG=C nmap BRW58CDC91151F9.fritz.box
Starting Nmap 7.95 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2025-04-18 19:20 CEST
Nmap scan report for BRW58CDC91151F9.fritz.box (192.168.1.181)
Host is up (0.046s latency).
Not shown: 995 closed tcp ports (conn-refused)
PORT     STATE SERVICE
80/tcp   open  http
443/tcp  open  https
515/tcp  open  printer
631/tcp  open  ipp
9100/tcp open  jetdirect

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 5.44 seconds

Last edited by Xwang (2025-04-18 17:20:54)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Impossible to locate Brother DCP-L3520CDW wifi printer

The printer seems to support IPP everywhere, you'd not need any driver (but cups-pdf)

Then add it as IPP everywhere printer via the cups webserver (that's a service on your local computer) but use the autodetection - "binary_p1" doesn't sound like a typical IPP everywhere path and also nb. that the linked page lists it lowercase (and behind the slash that matters) - but also esp. for lpd, which is NOT ipp.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CUPS#A … Everywhere

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Xwang

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Re: [SOLVED] Impossible to locate Brother DCP-L3520CDW wifi printer

The printer seems to support IPP everywhere, you'd not need any driver (but cups-pdf)

Then add it as IPP everywhere printer via the cups webserver (that's a service on your local computer) but use the autodetection - "binary_p1" doesn't sound like a typical IPP everywhere path and also nb. that the linked page lists it lowercase (and behind the slash that matters) - but also esp. for lpd, which is NOT ipp.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CUPS#A … Everywhere

So should I remove the printer, remove the AUR package, reboot (or restart cups service) and then try the ipp everywhere. Is it right?

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Impossible to locate Brother DCP-L3520CDW wifi printer

Yup, that'd be the ideal solution here (if you can use IPPE, use IPPE) - from what I can tell brother uses the root path, so the detected url (requires avahi) would probably look like "ipp://BRW58CDC91151F9.fritz.box/"

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Xwang

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Re: [SOLVED] Impossible to locate Brother DCP-L3520CDW wifi printer

Yup, that'd be the ideal solution here (if you can use IPPE, use IPPE) - from what I can tell brother uses the root path, so the detected url (requires avahi) would probably look like "ipp://BRW58CDC91151F9.fritz.box/"

Solved, thank you!

Creating the printer with the ipp://BRW58CDC91151F9.fritz.box/ and selecting the IPP everywhere it has worked perfectly. No need of any driver, indeed!