brother printer installation

#47

Thanks for letting me be a member of this group!? My interesting problem is I am trying to install my Brother HL-L2370DW printer on my pi.? Actually 2 of them, a 3B+ and 4B. I can successfully download the .deb file, but when I try to install it, I get a error message that says one of the packages couldn't be installed. The name of the main package is hll2370dwpdrv-4.0.0-1.i386.dev.? For some reason it bombs.? I also tried installing via cups and localhost:631. After following the on-screen instructions, Then when I try a test-print, it can't locate the network printer. My internet is distributed via home-made Ethernet, all the computers use the Ethernet.? I suppose I can try using a USB connection from the pi directly to the printer, I just don't know. Any thoughts?

#48

The 386 in the package name's hll2370dwpdrv-4.0.0-1.i386.dev indicates that this is meant for an i386, i.e. 32-bit Intel architecture. The Pi's Arm CPU won't be able to do anything with that.

-Cornelius

CHARLES ALBERT wrote:

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Thanks for letting me be a member of this group!? My interesting problem is I am trying to install my Brother HL-L2370DW printer on my pi.
Actually 2 of them, a 3B+ and 4B. I can successfully download the .deb file, but when I try to install it, I get a error message that says one of the packages couldn't be installed. The name of the main package is hll2370dwpdrv-4.0.0-1.i386.dev.? For some reason it bombs.? I also tried installing via cups and localhost:631. After following the on-screen instructions, Then when I try a test-print, it can't locate the network printer. My internet is distributed via home-made Ethernet, all the computers use the Ethernet.? I suppose I can try using a USB connection from the pi directly to the printer, I just don't know. Any thoughts?

#49

Oh, Cornelius, "I see," said the blind man! I'll blow that file away, I guess I'll try to use cups but need to download the brother driver, thanks for your help. I'll let y'all know how it went.

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On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 6:27 PM Cornelius Keck <dfwrpi@...> wrote:

The 386 in the package name's indicates
that this is meant for an i386, i.e. 32-bit Intel architecture. The Pi's
Arm CPU won't be able to do anything with that.

-Cornelius

CHARLES ALBERT wrote:
> Thanks for letting me be a member of this group!? My interesting problem
> is I am trying to install my Brother HL-L2370DW printer on my pi.
> Actually 2 of them, a 3B+ and 4B. I can successfully download the .deb
> file, but when I try to install it, I get a error message that says one
> of the packages couldn't be installed. The name of the main package is
> .? For some reason it bombs.? I also tried
> installing via cups and localhost:631. After following the on-screen
> instructions, Then when I try a test-print, it can't locate the network
> printer. My internet is distributed via home-made Ethernet, all the
> computers use the Ethernet.? I suppose I can try using a USB connection
> from the pi directly to the printer, I just don't know. Any thoughts?
>

#50

Another silly query. I cannot locate from ANYWHERE a source for the Raspberry drivers for the Brother HL-L2370DW printer. Also, CUPS requires a .ppd file as the driver and there are no .ppd files resident?in the pi 4. What do you think I'm doing wrong.?I am new to linux and am probably screwing up somewhere. Cornelius, what do you think?

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On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 3:35 PM CHARLES ALBERT via <kk4ac.radio=[email protected]> wrote:

Oh, Cornelius, "I see," said the blind man! I'll blow that file away, I guess I'll try to use cups but need to download the brother driver, thanks for your help. I'll let y'all know how it went.

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 6:27 PM Cornelius Keck <dfwrpi@...> wrote:
The 386 in the package name's indicates
that this is meant for an i386, i.e. 32-bit Intel architecture. The Pi's
Arm CPU won't be able to do anything with that.

-Cornelius

CHARLES ALBERT wrote:
> Thanks for letting me be a member of this group!? My interesting problem
> is I am trying to install my Brother HL-L2370DW printer on my pi.
> Actually 2 of them, a 3B+ and 4B. I can successfully download the .deb
> file, but when I try to install it, I get a error message that says one
> of the packages couldn't be installed. The name of the main package is
> .? For some reason it bombs.? I also tried
> installing via cups and localhost:631. After following the on-screen
> instructions, Then when I try a test-print, it can't locate the network
> printer. My internet is distributed via home-made Ethernet, all the
> computers use the Ethernet.? I suppose I can try using a USB connection
> from the pi directly to the printer, I just don't know. Any thoughts?
>

#51

Never used CUPS, so I'd have to read up on ppd files and their whereabouts, including the wherefroms. I wouldn't be surprised if Brother didn't provide a driver for platforms other than Windows, Mac, Android & iOS, and finally Linux on Intel. Fits in with the corporate mindset which had to get dragged screaming and kicking initially into supporting anything but Windows and Mac. Linux only received support after there were distributions appealing to the corporate mindset (i.e. RedHat), and mobile devices once they got powerful enough, with enough local storage to host document, driver, app and finally a rendered version of the document. Until RPIs make it out of the hobbyist corner, the corporate world won't pay any attention to their users' needs.

CHARLES ALBERT wrote:

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Another silly query. I cannot locate from ANYWHERE a source for the Raspberry drivers for the Brother HL-L2370DW printer. Also, CUPS requires a .ppd file as the driver and there are no .ppd files resident?in the pi 4. What do you think I'm doing wrong.?I am new to linux and am probably screwing up somewhere. Cornelius, what do you think?
On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 3:35 PM CHARLES ALBERT via groups.io <> <kk4ac.radio@... <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Oh, Cornelius, "I see," said the blind man! I'll blow that file
    away, I guess I'll try to use cups but need to download the brother
    driver, thanks for your help. I'll let y'all know how it went.
On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 6:27 PM Cornelius Keck <dfwrpi@...
    <mailto:dfwrpi@...>> wrote:
The 386 in the package name's hll2370dwpdrv-4.0.0-1.i386.dev
        <> indicates
        that this is meant for an i386, i.e. 32-bit Intel architecture.
        The Pi's
        Arm CPU won't be able to do anything with that.
-Cornelius
CHARLES ALBERT wrote:
         > Thanks for letting me be a member of this group!? My
        interesting problem
         > is I am trying to install my Brother HL-L2370DW printer on my pi.
         > Actually 2 of them, a 3B+ and 4B. I can successfully download
        the .deb
         > file, but when I try to install it, I get a error message
        that says one
         > of the packages couldn't be installed. The name of the main
        package is
         > hll2370dwpdrv-4.0.0-1.i386.dev
        <>.? For some reason it
        bombs.? I also tried
         > installing via cups and localhost:631. After following the
        on-screen
         > instructions, Then when I try a test-print, it can't locate
        the network
         > printer. My internet is distributed via home-made Ethernet,
        all the
         > computers use the Ethernet.? I suppose I can try using a USB
        connection
         > from the pi directly to the printer, I just don't know. Any
        thoughts?
         >

#52

I was able to download and gzip the file linux-bprinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz from the Brother linux page. Now when I try to use bash to run the file, the system doesn't recognize the file: no such file or directory. Does the filename change when gunzip does its thing, and if so, where would I find the gunzipped file? I'm getting closer and....

#53

Yes, it does: gunzip drops the trailing .gz. The decompressed file is found in the same directory.

CHARLES ALBERT wrote:

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I was able to download and gzip the file linux-bprinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz from the Brother linux page. Now when I try to use bash to run the file, the system doesn't recognize the file: no such file or directory. Does the filename change when gunzip does its thing, and if so, where would I find the gunzipped file? I'm getting closer and....

#54

Yes, it does: gunzip drops the trailing .gz. The decompressed file is found in the same directory.

On Monday, September 28, 2020, 03:47:38 PM CDT, CHARLES ALBERT <kk4ac.radio@...> wrote:

I was able to download and gzip the file linux-bprinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz from the Brother linux page. Now when I try to use bash to run the file, the system doesn't recognize the file: no such file or directory. Does the filename change when gunzip does its thing, and if so, where would I find the gunzipped file? I'm getting closer and....

#55

OK, now I am using just the 4B for this installation.? The following occurred:? went to the brother site and downloaded to the Downloads folder 'linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz. Verified the file exists in the Downloads folder using both the files icon on the desktop AND in terminal mode cd Downloads then ls and the filename shows up.? Then tried gunzip linux-brinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz, the next line says 'no such file linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz' There must be something silly that I'm not doing, and I'll apologize in advance if you think I'm just dumb.??

#56

The file, linux-brinter-installed-2.2.2-1.gz, that I downloaded

was 24443-bytes in length and gunzip'd just fine.? Unzipped, the

 file size should be 142235-bytes.

In your terminal you should have been in /home/*/Downloads.

Use the pwd command to verify.

I've attached the file in case it didn't get downloaded.

linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz

#57

Just to make sure, "pwd" indicates that you are in the Downloads folder, and "ls" shows the file with the gz extensions? Could there have been a typo in the command to unzip the thing?

CHARLES ALBERT wrote:

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OK, now I am using just the 4B for this installation.? The following occurred:? went to the brother site and downloaded to the Downloads folder 'linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz. Verified the file exists in the Downloads folder using both the files icon on the desktop AND in terminal mode cd Downloads then ls and the filename shows up.? Then tried gunzip linux-brinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz, the next line says 'no such file linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz' There must be something silly that I'm not doing, and I'll apologize in advance if you think I'm just dumb.

#58

Cornelius, I finally downloaded the linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz, and successfully used sudo bash linux-brprinter-2.2.2-1, the system immediately processed the bash command and asked for the printer model name which was successfully accepted, then processing began in the terminal, and it asked for a test page which I responded Y, then the reply from the terminal was could not execute 'lpr' So I studied the terminal activity and to my dismay, the program installed the following package--? hll2370dwpdrv-4.0.0-1.i386.deb. The real problem is that that package assumes you have an .i386 or a PC type processor such as Intel or AMD.? No wonder the thing didn't work. I will try next to use CUPS and hope for the best. The problem is that Brother apparently assumes you have an .i386 compatible device which the Raspberry Pi ISN'T. I know folks have used printers with the pi, so I wonder where the driver came from? Brother apparently does NOT have a linux driver that is compatible to our small Raspberry Pi.? What do you think about that??? Sincerely, Charles A.

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On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 10:29 AM Cornelius Keck <dfwrpi@...> wrote:

Just to make sure, "pwd" indicates that you are in the Downloads folder,
and "ls" shows the file with the gz extensions? Could there have been a
typo in the command to unzip the thing?

CHARLES ALBERT wrote:
> OK, now I am using just the 4B for this installation.? The following
> occurred:? went to the brother site and downloaded to the Downloads
> folder 'linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz. Verified the file exists
> in the Downloads folder using both the files icon on the desktop AND in
> terminal mode cd Downloads then ls and the filename shows up.? Then
> tried gunzip linux-brinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz, the next line says 'no
> such file linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz' There must be something
> silly that I'm not doing, and I'll apologize in advance if you think I'm
> just dumb.
>

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