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graysky

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Problems printing to HL-3075CW [SOLVED]

I found this thread wherein mythus explained how he got his HL-3075CW working with CUPS.  I have mine connected (wired) and I can connect to its webinterface.  I have it configured in CUPS using the WL-3070 ppd mythus recommended.  When I send a test page to the printer, the job is withheld with a state of "processing since DATE "Unable to locate printer BRN001BA9AE9A63."

I can see nothing obviously wrong with the printer in its own http interface.  Any advice is welcomed.

Last edited by graysky (2012-12-16 16:32:24)

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David Batson

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Re: Problems printing to HL-3075CW [SOLVED]

Probably the URI you are using.  I use the following URI successfully with my Brother printer: lpd://192.168.0.10/BINARY_P1

Of course the printer's IP address could very well be different for your setup.

graysky

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Re: Problems printing to HL-3075CW [SOLVED]

Excellent suggestion.  Thank you.  That solved the problem.

Recap for folks finding this thread on a search wanting to get the Brother HL-3075-CW to print under Arch Linux:

% sudo pacman -S cups foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-db-nonfree foomatic-filters ghostscript
% wget http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/BR3070_2_GPL.ppd.gz

Unzip the driver, add the printer, point CUPS to that driver.  Per David's suggestion, assign the lpd:// in CUPS to the ip address of the printer, not to the printer name.

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David Batson

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Re: Problems printing to HL-3075CW [SOLVED]

Glad you got it sorted!