Re: Use network printer from NetBSD

[Robert Nestor <rnestor%mac.com@localhost>]

It’s been a few years since I set up my HL-1270N, but as I recall I found the information on the internal queues and the requirement for sending the EOT at the end of a document in the User’s Manual.  And I think  they get listed when I ask the printer to print out a configuration report which can be done from the BRAdmin utility, logging into the printer via web browser or holding down the test button in the back of the printer.

The HL-1270N supports either a USB or Ethernet connection and the newer HL-3230CDN supports USB, Ethernet or wireless.  I’ve only used Ethernet on both.  I notice your printer supports multiple types of connections as well.  Setting up wireless or USB may be more of a problem (at least for me) than plain old Ethernet.

I scanned thru the manual on your printer and didn’t find any of the same information, but it looks like that printer has more features than a moon rocket, so I could have missed something though.

If you can, you might try setting it up to print from a Mac or Windows system following the instructions in the User Manual, then copy that setup information into NetBSD.  As I recall that’s what I had to do with the HL-1270N to figure it out.

Good luck!
-bob

On Jun 26, 2020, at 6:02 AM, Rocky Hotas <rockyhotas%firemail.cc@localhost> wrote:

> On giu 25 19:45, Robert Nestor wrote:
>> On my old Brother HL-1270N I found I had to append a “\004” to the end of any file sent to the printer to get it to print.
> 
> Ok! How did you figure it out? In my case, I tried to append a `\004'
> (ASCII EOT) to my test plain-text file, but nothing happened.
> 
>> The printer has different internal “queues”
> 
> How did you manage to know this and how did you obtain their names,
> like POSTSCRIPT_P1 and (in your printcap file) TEXT_P1?
> 
>> lp|patches:\
>>         :sh:lp=:mx#0:rm=patches:rp=TEXT_P1:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
>>         :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:
> 
> I tried to use this same file, but I am still not able to determine
> the queues of my printer, neither if it requires a special end
> character.
> Printer is in my case Brother MFC L2750DN. I could not find anything
> useful in the user's manual: print queues are not mentioned and
> PostScript is only considered about an improvement quality Windows
> driver. Manual is:
> 
> <https://download.brother.com/welcome/doc100802/cv_mfcl2750dw_uke_oug_a.pdf>
> 
> Thank you for sharing your printcap file and for all your advices.
> 
> Rocky