[OpenIndiana-discuss] Printing issues

[epektasis]

On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:44:54AM +0100, OpenIndiana wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Recently, I got new printer (model "Brother MFC-L3740CDW") and I 
>cannot make OI to use it...
>
>What I did:
>
>A) CUPS enabled
>:; pfexec svcadm enable svc:/application/cups/scheduler:default
>:; pfexec svcadm enable svc:/application/cups/in-lpd:default
>:; print-service -s cups
>
>B) Installed packages:
>:; pfexec pkg install -v cups cups-filters system-config-printer 
>print-manager foomatic-rip pycairo
>
>Executing *system-config-printer* utility (as regular user, opens GUI) 
>finds printer, but no option to pick that model up from Brother 
>printers list (outdated DB?)...
>
>a) Utility *system-config-printer* might need update, as throws lot of 
>Gtk-WARNING errors:
>:; pkg search -l /usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
>INDEX      ACTION VALUE   PACKAGE
>path       file 
>usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py 
>pkg:/print/cups/system-config-printer at 2.30.0-2023.0.0.7
>
>b) Finally, have found and extracted *ppd* file from rpm found on 
>Brother site, but still nothing (configuration is done -- no errors 
>reported, but still nothing is sent to the printer).
>:; rpm -qlp mfcl3740cdwpdrv-3.5.1-1.i386.rpm
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/LICENSE_ENG.txt
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/LICENSE_JPN.txt
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/cupswrapper/brother_lpdwrapper_mfcl3740cdw
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/cupswrapper/brother_mfcl3740cdw_printer_en.ppd
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfcl3740cdw
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/ImagingArea
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/PaperDimension
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/brmfcl3740cdwfunc
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/brmfcl3740cdwrc
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/paperinfij2
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/inf/setupPrintcapij
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/filter_mfcl3740cdw
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/i686/brmfcl3740cdwfilter
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/i686/brprintconf_mfcl3740cdw
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/x86_64/brmfcl3740cdwfilter
>/opt/brother/Printers/mfcl3740cdw/lpd/x86_64/brprintconf_mfcl3740cdw
>
>So, any idea/suggestion/etc ?
>
>-- 
>Predrag Zečević
>
Does OI have foomatic-db?  If so, try installing it.  Also, when I
installed a HL-L2395DW into VoidLinux, I had to create two soft links:

	ln -s /opt/brother/Printers/HLL2395DW/cupswrapper/lpdwrapper \
		/usr/lib/cups/filter/brother_lpdwrapper_HLL2395DW
	
	ln -s /usr/lib/cups/filter/brother_lpdwrapper_HLL2395DW \
		/usr/lib/cups/filter/lpdwrapper

The second one, I think, was needed because of the length of the
filename.  You might see if this might be helpful.  Regards,

	e.