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Pafrapé

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Registered: 2010-10-25

Posts: 30

Printer : Offset when printing

Hello,
I just purchased a Brother MFC-J8390CDW multifunction printer.
I installed the driver, which is available on AUR : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brother-mfc-l8390cdw
The installation went smoothly.
Unfortunately, the print on the sheet is offset by 1.7 cm in height and 2 mm to the left.
How can I correct this offset?
Thank you for your reply.

Last edited by Pafrapé (2025-06-17 01:28:18)

just4arch

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Registered: 2023-01-07

Posts: 109

Re: Printer : Offset when printing

You probably have to set the correct PaperType with brprintconf_mfcl8390cdw -pt ...

Pafrapé

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Registered: 2010-10-25

Posts: 30

Re: Printer : Offset when printing

Thank you

I wrote "brprintconf_mfcl8390cdw"
This is the answer : "brprintconf_mfcl8390 : command not found"

just4arch

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Registered: 2023-01-07

Posts: 109

Re: Printer : Offset when printing

That was literally copied from the linked AUR package.

pacman -Ql brother-mfc-l8390cdw | grep brprintconf
ls -l /usr/bin/brprintconf*

In any case, you could just edit the file directly

ls /usr/share/brother/Printer/*/inf/br*rc

setting PaperType= appropriately.
(Given that the package is installed correctly.)