[cups.general] Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Install of my printer Brother HL6050D...

[Jerome Alet]

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 05:47:20PM +0200, Patrick Gelin wrote:
> 
> I can't print anything but there is no error... I installed the CUPS
> wrapper for my printer but not the LPD driver (it faills to install
> because there is a bug into postinf script, the command /etc/init.d/lpd
> restart doesn't works). So I'm looking for a Brother HL6050D LPD driver...
> 
> So I would like to know if I really need to install a LPD driver if I use
> only CUPS? And so, is the CUPS driver the only thing to install?

I've got a HL6050DN.

It works perfectly fine using ipp with such an URL :

        ipp://yourprinter.yourdomain.com:631/
        
Just install it using the PPD file which is present in the        
Windows driver on the CDROM, that's all you have to do, you
don't need any additional wrapper or driver or whatever.

The top of my own PPD file looks like this :

--- CUT ---
*PPD-Adobe: "4.3"
*%================================================
*%      Copyright(C) 2003 Brother Industries, Ltd.
*%      "Brother HL-6050D/DN BR-Script3"
*%================================================

*%==== General Information Keywords ========================
*FormatVersion: "4.3"
*FileVersion: "1.00"
*LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
*LanguageVersion: French
*Manufacturer: "Brother"
*PCFileName: "BR6050D2.PPD"
*Product: "(Brother HL-6050D_DN series)"
*PSVersion: "(3010.106) 5"
*ShortNickName: "Brother HL-6050D/DN BR-Script3"
*ModelName: "Brother HL-6050D/DN BR-Script3"
*NickName: "Brother HL-6050D/DN BR-Script3"
....
.... a bunch of lines here
....
--- CUT ---

I can send it to you if you want.

hoping this helps.

bye

Jerome Alet