Brother HL 1440 cups printing

[jghat at nospam.com]

Using Lindows which is Debian based I was unable to get the HL1440 to print using any of the suggestions here.  I was able to get it working by using the HP Laserjet 5 hpijs driver included with the distribution.

I did install Foomatic & ESP Ghostscript .. didn't seem to make much difference.
Guenther Frick wrote:
> bina wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > It's been a while that I've put quite a bit of effort on setting up
> > my new laser printer Brother HL 1440 with a FreeBSD 4.9 system. The
> > printer works perfect in windows xp but I couldn't make it work on
> > my FreeBSD. I have installed CUPS 1.1.19 and the GhostScript. I got
> > the PPD file from the CD which was included with the printer. I can
> > successfully add the printer in localhost:631 or with lpadmin command.
> > The PPD seems ok and it shows me all the options of the printer. The
> > printer is connected via the usb port and   the ulpt0 device. Kernel
> > detects the printer as soon as I turn it on. But  when I want to print
> > something with it, all kinds of things happen. Sometimes it detaches
> > and reattaches the printer to the device constantly
> > (after sending a job to the printer) and nothing else happens. Sometimes
> > it goes into a deadlock and I have to hard-boot the system. If I try
> > to send something directly to the ulpt0 with a command like lptest
> > > /dev/ulpt0 it just tells me Device not configured.
> >
> > Any kind of help is highly appreciated.
> >
> > Arash
> >
> >
> Reading the database entry here:
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Brother-HL-1440
>
> There are several possible drivers and responding PPDs.
>
> You must install *ESP* Ghostscript, not GNU Ghostscript.
> You need also Foomatic and the driver.
>