HL2240 Brother Laser Printer

rp181 · 2011-04-20 16:11:38

I reinstalled Arch from a 64bit to a 32 bit. The printer was working perfectly on the 64, but i can't get it to work anymore. It prints a test page just fine, but when i try to print from libreoffice, it prints more than 10 pages of crap, e.g:

exch 2 index exch get 1 string dup 0 4 -1 roll put current point 3 -1

That is just 1 line, the whole page is just filled with crap, all of the pages.

rp181 · 2011-04-20 16:25:13

So i looked at the conf files, turns out i was using the 1250 driver, which works perfectly. However, it doesn't support 1250 dpi (not that important)

tri1976 · 2011-04-27 13:23:48

rp181, I have the same printer and struggle to set it up. I follow the direction from this wiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cr … er_drivers to install 2240 driver from Brother but it prints crap. Can you share how do you set yours up? Thanks.

RobbeR49 · 2011-04-27 13:37:59

I have an HL-2230 (looks like the same thing). I tried to get it set up for hours with the drivers from Brother, best I could do was get it to print a test page.

I tried the foomatic drivers for the HL-2030 model and it worked without any hassle. That would be my recommendation before messing around with the ones from Brother.

tri1976 · 2011-04-29 18:56:17

I finally got my Brother HL-2240 to work. I have to install all the foomatic packages and hplip, then choose "Brother HL-2140 Foomatic/hpijs-pcl5e" driver.

ewaller · 2011-04-29 20:21:06

If this is resolved, be sure to edit your first post and add [SOLVED] to the thread title.

Thanks

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#1 2011-04-20 16:11:38

HL2240 Brother Laser Printer

#2 2011-04-20 16:25:13

Re: HL2240 Brother Laser Printer

#3 2011-04-27 13:23:48

Re: HL2240 Brother Laser Printer

#4 2011-04-27 13:37:59

Re: HL2240 Brother Laser Printer

#5 2011-04-29 18:56:17

Re: HL2240 Brother Laser Printer

#6 2011-04-29 20:21:06

Re: HL2240 Brother Laser Printer

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