From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EF61138010 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:42:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E9C7721C060; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:42:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-f53.google.com (mail-bk0-f53.google.com [209.85.214.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3BE521C006 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:40:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcjg15 with SMTP id jg15so2055008bkc.40 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:40:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=BF/6G/tPqzNIBuDupjFU1ENhe2AR1ZIxAP5LD1kM9R4=; b=VvzpNfzqMclb1EDs4vfqZRjYumsHw0HAmNGNHY1teGKMbq84Si3zBczpU8+Q5Mu1hK LXEXLJKSB9hQVFbKa+ieK7AYlCMOXWSFX4muSPfyeDbSUwF0eZQc5+y8fKpI4kdbaGDd 8AjoPy07IibRhVYuyr9YVx0273ari70QTpniLia6Caua3kKyLJ92/vl6qw4PA474vOEh 76lwJeq55LPYWRsKF23KZ0VAnIEILFl5Zr36t4rYRgdSKYxa0B3fqyxn+T4DMM8BnHUT Alrx80ps1sud9svVmHlE7ZM/6vfhBZUC6WetfKBKVsq7zbSR4CSAkVx4YNsGVT0HhzYQ RV6Q== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.205.126.2 with SMTP id gu2mr2538166bkc.40.1348764048511; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:40:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.112.211 with HTTP; Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:40:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20120924140116.GA3740@syscon7.inet> <20120924233001.292c64f2@digimed.co.uk> Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:40:48 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: new printer suggestions? From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: d626d458-9111-47f1-8228-b62ec6618492 X-Archives-Hash: 95b69d25554387b2a659a187f43ed0ca On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:53 AM, James wrote: > Michael Mol gmail.com> writes: > > >> > Are you saying that you were able to print to your brother printers by >> > more or less following these steps: >> > 1. buy a computer, install gentoo >> > 2. buy a brother printer, plug it into computer via usb >> > 3. emerge net-print/cups and net-print/foomatic-filters >> > 4. Visit the local cups webpage, add new printer, select "brother" >> > 5. print > >> > Notably missing from my list is a visit to brother's website (or any >> > other website) to download drivers/binaries/confs/etc. > >> More or less. The Brother printers happen to be attached to a Debian >> box, but the Gentoo box doesn't require any additional drivers in >> order to feed the content to the Debian box over IPP. (And the Debian >> box isn't doing any PCL->Brother or PostScript->Brother translation.) > > Wow, when I go into CUPS, I do not even see brother > listed. (localhost:631) on a gentoo system. > > this link: > > http://www.openprinting.org/printers > > did list many brother printers,but not the > one I'm interested in : > > Brother MFC-J6710DW Inkjet > > > What did you do to your cups to get it to show (flags?) > brother printers as an option to install a brother printer? > > Here are my flags: > > Installed versions: 1.5.2-r4^t(00:11:27 09/13/12)(X acl dbus filters gnutls > java jpeg ldap pam perl png python slp ssl threads tiff usb -avahi > > Maybe the debian system has other additional software installed > besides cups? Looking at dependencies, these may be relevant packages installed on the debian box: cups-driver-gutenprint foomatic-db foomatic-engine So, I may be wrong about my print server not doing translation. Or maybe my print server is providing IPP clients with the appropriate PPD file to generate printer commands. I really don't know. My setup seems to just work. You might poke net-print/foomatic-filters-ppds and net-print/gutenprint. Really, I'd suggest you try net-print/foomatic-*; it's easier to shotgun it and reduce to a minimal working set than attack it from the other direction. -- :wq