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 ABA89138010 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:17:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E5E6521C0F0; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:17:16 +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 61F8121C0D9 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:15:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcjg15 with SMTP id jg15so477528bkc.40 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:15:28 -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=jd2eg+3FBnZ8V2wLVl54/wdBYZ2SxWpoACicODbJJkE=; b=UV3crlhFGlcVy6vV4GQFmkScxqrSQEpmwsdF3MLAWJpivGH8zfPMVev1EglZyIadyR OFHpR1izV+g2RmwhHgDM3dOKbFaCGD0Ugm9fzAQQeRhfFVs/e5Bpd0TCdTi95PzStHgG SwNFL19GvWhPd60Vv42CSRhiCuuMuoMyomyjRrMT4sdgTdhBoPXVZsMBqW4GWIgM0R6G I2WKy+arP1OvCRynerxIcWp44fq7B0j5vFLVcyzwD5n7LaEA1WGCBV0QFr198MEnQMiw jd9T6d10rkKe1QHKvot630260C01kjcx/DyFJEofY+jFGHWQFXl7fp6fFQJBEWJWJxfg Cqjw== 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 gu2mr880350bkc.40.1348676128187; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:15:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.112.211 with HTTP; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:15:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20120924140116.GA3740@syscon7.inet> <20120924233001.292c64f2@digimed.co.uk> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:15:28 -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: cbad86da-0c87-4f44-ac89-caf262ab74f5 X-Archives-Hash: 28f65199e7ee0fcf7548d624e078ee2a On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 12:01 PM, James wrote: > Neil Bothwick digimed.co.uk> writes: > > >> I have a Brother MFC-7460DN network laser AIO. Both printing and scanning >> work fine, using modified ebuilds from b.g.o. Duplex printing also works >> as expected. > > > So I started looking at the drivers at the bgo overlay, > I did fine: brother-mfc-j265w-drivers-1 > > http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#DCP-J315W > > Is that the drive you used? > How will I know it works with the printer I'm looking at? > (MFC-J6710DW ) > > Will I have to hack an ebuild to get my specific printer to work? > And I ended up here: > > http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-J6710DW > > > Since I did not see a specific overlay for the > MFC-J6710DB, I did browse the brother linux drivers > here: > > http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html > > So, I guess I'm looking for advice on rolling my own hacked > ebuild for this brother printer, or did I miss how all Brother > printers are supported on gentoo? > > Looking in CUPS, I did not see For my Brother printers, having net-print/cups and net-print/foomatic-filters, is sufficient. I'm not doing anything with scanning or the like, though. Isn't there a page on one of the Gentoo wikis for this? At the very least, there's the printer compatibility database[1] at the Linux foundation. (Apparently, that's where linuxprinting.org went.) [1] http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/database/databaseintro -- :wq