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PFleur

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Registered: 2022-12-31

Posts: 23

Issues packaging Brother Printer Drivers from .deb

I'm trying to package the .deb drivers for the Brother MFC-7340 according to the wiki page however after modifying the PKGBUILD files for the cups and lpr packages the drivers don't seem to be detected by cups when running

lpinfo -m

lpr's PKGBUILD

# Maintainer: Patchouli Fleur <fleurperson@gmail.com>

pkgname=brother-mfc7340-lpr-bin
pkgver=1.0.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="LPR driver for Brother MFC-7340 printer"
arch=("i686" "x86_64")
url="https://support.brother.com/g/b/producttop.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=mfc7340_us_as"
license=("EULA")
groups=("base-devel")
source=("https://download.brother.com/pub/com/linux/linux/packages/brmfc7340lpr-2.0.2-1.i386.deb")
md5sums=("be97c90ab2d88cb8a15f489de6924aec")

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

cups wrapper's PKGBUILD

# Maintainer: Patchouli Fleur <fleurperson@gmail.com>

pkgname=brother-mfc7340-cups-bin
pkgver=1.0.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="CUPS wrapper for Brother MFC-7340 printer"
arch=("i686" "x86_64")
url="http://support.brother.com/g/b/producttop.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll8360cdw_us_eu_as"
license=("EULA")
groups=("base-devel")
source=("https://download.brother.com/pub/com/linux/linux/packages/cupswrapperMFC7340-2.0.2-1.i386.deb")
md5sums=("56114ee19b7def35e75647c6d5cade1d")

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

lpinfo -m | grep -v brlaser (since brlaser was cluttering the results)

drv:///sample.drv/dymo.ppd DYMO Label Printer
drv:///sample.drv/epson9.ppd Epson 9-Pin Series
drv:///sample.drv/epson24.ppd Epson 24-Pin Series
lsb/usr/cupsfilters/Fuji_Xerox-DocuPrint_CM305_df-PDF.ppd Fuji Xerox DocuPrint CM305 df PDF
drv:///generic-brf.drv/gen-brf.ppd Generic Braille embosser, 1.0
CUPS-PDF_noopt.ppd Generic CUPS-PDF Printer (no options)
CUPS-PDF_opt.ppd Generic CUPS-PDF Printer (w/ options)
drv:///cupsfilters.drv/pwgrast.ppd Generic IPP Everywhere Printer
drv:///sample.drv/generpcl.ppd Generic PCL Laser Printer
lsb/usr/cupsfilters/Generic-PDF_Printer-PDF.ppd Generic PDF Printer
drv:///sample.drv/generic.ppd Generic PostScript Printer
drv:///cupsfilters.drv/textonly.ppd Generic Text-Only Printer
drv:///generic-ubrl.drv/gen-ubrl.ppd Generic UBRL generator, 1.0
lsb/usr/cupsfilters/HP-Color_LaserJet_CM3530_MFP-PDF.ppd HP Color LaserJet CM3530 MFP PDF
lsb/usr/cupsfilters/pxlcolor.ppd HP Color LaserJet Series PCL 6 CUPS
drv:///cupsfilters.drv/dsgnjt600pcl.ppd HP DesignJet 600 pcl, 1.0
drv:///cupsfilters.drv/dsgnjt750cpcl.ppd HP DesignJet 750c pcl, 1.0
drv:///cupsfilters.drv/dsgnjt1050cpcl.ppd HP DesignJet 1050c pcl, 1.0
drv:///cupsfilters.drv/dsgnjt4000pcl.ppd HP DesignJet 4000 pcl, 1.0
drv:///cupsfilters.drv/dsgnjtt790pcl.ppd HP DesignJet T790 pcl, 1.0
drv:///cupsfilters.drv/dsgnjtt1100pcl.ppd HP DesignJet T1100 pcl, 1.0
drv:///sample.drv/deskjet.ppd HP DeskJet Series
drv:///sample.drv/laserjet.ppd HP LaserJet Series PCL 4/5
lsb/usr/cupsfilters/pxlmono.ppd HP LaserJet Series PCL 6 CUPS
drv:///indexv3.drv/i4waves3.ppd Index 4-Waves PRO, 1.0
drv:///indexv3.drv/i4x4pro3.ppd Index 4x4 PRO V3, 1.0
drv:///indexv3.drv/ibasicd3.ppd Index Basic-D V3, 1.0
drv:///indexv4.drv/ibasicd4.ppd Index Basic-D V4/V5, 1.0
drv:///indexv3.drv/ibasics3.ppd Index Basic-S V3, 1.0
drv:///indexv4.drv/ibasics4.ppd Index Basic-S V4/V5, 1.0
drv:///indexv4.drv/ibrlbox4.ppd Index Braille Box V4/V5, 1.0
drv:///indexv3.drv/ieveres3.ppd Index Everest-D V3, 1.0
drv:///indexv4.drv/ieveres4.ppd Index Everest-D V4/V5, 1.0
drv:///sample.drv/intelbar.ppd Intellitech IntelliBar Label Printer, 2.4
drv:///sample.drv/okidata9.ppd Oki 9-Pin Series
drv:///sample.drv/okidat24.ppd Oki 24-Pin Series
raw Raw Queue
lsb/usr/cupsfilters/Ricoh-PDF_Printer-PDF.ppd Ricoh PDF Printer
drv:///sample.drv/zebracpl.ppd Zebra CPCL Label Printer
drv:///sample.drv/zebraep1.ppd Zebra EPL1 Label Printer
drv:///sample.drv/zebraep2.ppd Zebra EPL2 Label Printer
drv:///sample.drv/zebra.ppd Zebra ZPL Label Printer
everywhere IPP Everywhere

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,104

Re: Issues packaging Brother Printer Drivers from .deb

That wiki page is rather old, you may have better results using https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brlaser

Note that the Owl-maintain fork mentioned in the comments specifically mentions your printer model so has probably a bigger chance of working.

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Breizh29

Member

Registered: 2021-08-04

Posts: 74

Re: Issues packaging Brother Printer Drivers from .deb

Hello,

If you want you can have a look on my post "Install printer headache".  I hope this can help you.