Brother HL-2140 on MacOS 10.7 "Lion"

[Andrew Howard]

Goodness! I'm sorry I didn't reply earlier. I guess I'd expected email notification of replies. Forgot all about this. That's the problem with having too many computers. It's usually easier to just switch computers, instead of solving your problems.

Anyway, I believe this is the PPD file that CUPS is using:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1716280/2140

Does that seem right?

> Andrew Howard wrote:
>
> > Printer: Brother HL-2140
> > OS: MacOS 10.7 "Lion"
> > Driver: CUPS 4.0.1
> >
> > This is the only computer in the house that has trouble. Others are
> > running Debian, MacOS 10.6 "Snow Leopard", or Windows XP/7. The printer
> > appears properly over Bonjour network advertising, but when added is
> > unable to find an appropriate print driver. It prompts to install
> > automatically, but fails and says to contact the manufacturer. Brother's
> > website lists the latest driver as CUPS 4.0.1. I upgraded to that from
> > 4.0.0. At that point, I can add the printer and specify the correct
> > driver (which does identify as 4.0.1 in the Printer Utility), but
> > attempts to ascertain printer status or to print documents both fail.
> >
> > Is this an issue anyone else has reported?
> >
> > --------
> >
> > Brother's response:
> >
> > Thank you for taking the time to write us regarding your HL-2140.
> > Printer sharing is a function of your operating system. Although the
> > Brother machine may work with the printer sharing, we cannot guarantee
> > that it will work. Â If you would still like to use this feature, please
> > contact Apple for further assistance.
> >
> > ------------
> >
> > Of course, CUPS.org does not even list the HL-2140 as a supported model,
> > so I'm not sure who's really responsible for writing the driver. Should I
> > bump this over to the MacOS support fora, or is here good?
>
> Perhaps you could post (an URL to) the PPD your installation uses to look if
> and how far it is compatible with cups 1.4.x.
>
> Helge
>