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mlom

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Registered: 2020-10-07

Posts: 2

[CUPS][Brother_DCP-L3560CDW] - Does not work/outputs garbage

Hi!

I have a problem installing a Brother printer (DCP-L3560CDW).
The printer is located using zeroconf and added in the CUPS webgui;

Description:    Brother DCP-L3560CDW series
Location:    Local Printer
Driver:    Generic IPP Everywhere Printer (color, 2-sided printing)
Connection:    lpd://BRNB42200DA62C4/BINARY_P1
Defaults:    job-sheets=none, none media=iso_a4_210x297mm sides=two-sided-long-edge

When I print the test page the printe outputs garbage (a lot of pages).

Any ideas?

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: [CUPS][Brother_DCP-L3560CDW] - Does not work/outputs garbage

My first inclination would be to assume that is the wrong print driver.  Are you sure that a "Generic IPP Everywhere Printer" is correct for your L3560?  Why?

Is this a USB device?

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just4arch

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Registered: 2023-01-07

Posts: 99

Re: [CUPS][Brother_DCP-L3560CDW] - Does not work/outputs garbage

Sanity check: the printer is connected via network, right? ewaller was faster.

AirPrint printers "should" work out of the box, but using IPP with lpd:// instead of ipp:// looks fishy.
You could try manually setting one of

ipp://*ip goes here*/ipp/port1
ipp://*ip goes here*/ipp/print
ipp://*ip goes here*/ipp
http://*ip goes here*:631/ipp

Further reading:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brot … ent-728480
https://unix.stackexchange.com/question … nt-printer
https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSAirPrint

d_fajardo

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Registered: 2017-07-28

Posts: 1,653

Re: [CUPS][Brother_DCP-L3560CDW] - Does not work/outputs garbage

The linux driver for this printer is here: https://www.brother.co.uk/support/dcp-l … /downloads
As you can see they are either .rpm or .deb file. You can package those files for Archlinux  by following this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Packag … er_drivers
I don't have experience packaging so just ask for help in the forums if you need it.

Last edited by d_fajardo (2024-01-23 18:22:17)

just4arch

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Registered: 2023-01-07

Posts: 99

Re: [CUPS][Brother_DCP-L3560CDW] - Does not work/outputs garbage

The linux driver for this printer is here: https://www.brother.co.uk/support/dcp-l … /downloads
As you can see they are either .rpm or .deb file. You can package those files for Archlinux  by following this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Packag … er_drivers
I don't have experience packaging so just ask for help in the forums if you need it.

You mean like the AUR package I linked above?

d_fajardo

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Registered: 2017-07-28

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Re: [CUPS][Brother_DCP-L3560CDW] - Does not work/outputs garbage

You mean like the AUR package I linked above?

Yes and no. Yes one can copy the PKGBUILD as a model but it is a different model and the driver I specified is specific to the printer.

mlom

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Registered: 2020-10-07

Posts: 2

Re: [CUPS][Brother_DCP-L3560CDW] - Does not work/outputs garbage

Ok I packaged the deb driver and installed it!
It worked fine.

Here is the PKGBUILD file:

pkgname=brother-dcpl3560cdw-lpr-bin
pkgver=3.5.1
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="LPR driver for Brother DCPL L3560CDW printer"
arch=("x86_64")
url="https://www.brother.co.uk/support/dcp-l3560cdw/downloads"
license=("EULA")
source=("https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf105756/dcpl3560cdwpdrv-3.5.1-1.i386.deb")
md5sums=("d7f33576487505bc50cb29bf7d4660fc")
package() {
        tar -xf data.tar.gz -C "${pkgdir}"
}