[cups] Brother MFC-L8850CDW

[Daniel Johnson]

I apologize for hijacking a thread.I really don't even know what you mean.I've been trying to connect my wireless printer to Sabayon for weeks and have no clue how to proceed.I don't really know what cups means either.I have asked for help in the chat room and no one seems to be willingto help me out. Again...please accept my apology. If you can help me out please do - I would really appreciate it.
 Thank you,Danny
> To: cups at cups.org
> From: ruben.de.smet at telenet.be
> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 22:21:25 +0000
> Subject: Re: [cups] Brother MFC-L8850CDW
> 
> On Fri Apr 1 00:17:34 2016 GMT+0200, Daniel Johnson wrote:
> > Does this forum support Sabayon Linux?
> 
> This list is about cups. So if you're running cups on Sabayon, and you want support, it's probably the right place.
> 
> Is very few scenarios's this is going to be a distro related problem.
> 
> Now my turn for a question: why are you hijacking a thread?
> 
> > 
> > > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:33:29 +0200
> > > From: jsmeix at suse.de
> > > To: cups at cups.org
> > > Subject: Re: [cups] Brother MFC-L8850CDW
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > On Mar 29 23:27 Ruben De Smet wrote (excerpt):
> > > > On 03/29/2016 10:47 AM, Johannes Meixner wrote:
> > > ...
> > > >> ... some devices ... need
> > > >> continuous bidirectional communication with their special
> > > >> matching driver software while making the printout.
> > > >>
> > > >> Such devices cannot be used with a printserver box in between.
> > > >
> > > > Why can't the print server act as the bidirectional
> > > > communication box, after having received a full
> > > > postscript document?
> > > 
> > > At least for me "print server" != "printserver box", cf.
> > > https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Printing_via_TCP/IP_network
> > > (excerpt):
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > > A special device with a TCP/IP network connection and
> > > one or more parallel or USB connections for parallel
> > > port or USB printers is called a printserver box.
> > > 
> > > A printer with a built-in TCP/IP network interface
> > > is called a network printer. Basically a network printer
> > > as a printserver box built in.
> > > 
> > > ...
> > > 
> > > In contrast to a printserver box a print server machine
> > > means a real computer which offers a print service. 
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > > 
> > > When any device needs any kind of special program that
> > > must run on a computer to make that device working,
> > > that special program is usually called a "driver"
> > > for that device.
> > > 
> > > When you can run special driver software on a particular
> > > printserver box, devices that need such a special driver
> > > will work with that printserver box.
> > > 
> > > But usually you cannot install and run special software
> > > on a printserver box which is the reason why such devices
> > > can usually not be used with a printserver box in between.
> > > 
> > > In contrast when a print server is a real computer where
> > > you can install and run driver software for such devices,
> > > then you can use such devices with a print server.
> > > 
> > > Usually a precondition is that the device is directly
> > > connected to the computer where its driver runs so that
> > > the driver can directly communicate with its device.
> > > 
> > > Usually it does no longer work for such devices when
> > > there is "something in between" the computer where its
> > > driver software runs and the device.
> > > 
> > > Of course it will work when that "something in between"
> > > perfectly forwards all communication between driver and
> > > device - i.e. when that "something in between" is perfectly
> > > transparent for the driver and its device, for example
> > > usual USB hubs or usual networking hubs/switches/gateways
> > > provided there is no traffic filtering (e.g. firewall).
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Kind Regards
> > > Johannes Meixner
> > > -- 
> > > SUSE LINUX GmbH - GF: Felix Imendoerffer, Jane Smithard,
> > > Graham Norton - HRB 21284 (AG Nuernberg)
> > > 
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