[ale] Brother printer woes

Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet.org
Tue Aug 1 22:14:07 EDT 2017


On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 10:03:23PM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:
> I called it exactly what it is.  There is a driver for it, but just in case,
> I also installed a Linux driver via a link on the Brother site and tried it
> too.  In looking at the printer via the web page, it support postscript,
> pcl, some proprietary protocol and text.

 http://www.brother-usa.com/MultiFunction/ModelDetail/4/MFCL2700DW/spec

Under 'Emulations' it lists only 'GDI'

That printer is unusable under Linux without the Brother driver properly 
installed and configured.

 - Solomon
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