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 50912138010 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:03:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 67FA521C037; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:03:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F26AC21C0E2 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:01:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83B8C33CC9D for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:01:40 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.972 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.972 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.158, FSL_RCVD_USER=0.001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.813, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1SaPHdKHw5Cv for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:01:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7641D33C6B6 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:01:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TGu3I-000632-MU for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:01:33 +0200 Received: from rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com ([71.40.157.251]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:01:32 +0200 Received: from wireless by rrcs-71-40-157-251.se.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:01:32 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: OT: new printer suggestions? Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:01:05 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20120924140116.GA3740@syscon7.inet> <20120924233001.292c64f2@digimed.co.uk> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 71.40.157.251 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120913 Firefox/15.0.1 SeaMonkey/2.12.1) X-Archives-Salt: 9f713a2a-c279-4e9a-833c-059e5f801cd0 X-Archives-Hash: 3b508dfd19635bcd499f62f86d25c3ab 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