[cups] problem printing to a Brother MFC-J6920DW printer

[gene heskett]

On 12/10/22 00:21, Andy Howell wrote:
> I'm hoping someone can help me. I've been using CUPS for years without 
> issue.  I installed Ubuntu 22.10 on a laptop and can not get the printer 
> to work. When I do a test print from the CUPS web interface, it says the 
> job completed. On an older 22.04 system on the same network, it prints 
> fine.
> 
> Looking at it with wireshark, the only activity is SNMP requests and 
> responses. It is not sending the print job.
> 
> The only think I can find in the error_log is:
> 
> D [09/Dec/2022:23:09:32 -0600] [Job 37] 
> /usr/lib/cups/filter/brother_lpdwrapper_mfcj6920dw: 129: 
> /opt/brother/Printers/mfcj6920dw/cupswrapper/brcupsconfpt1: not found
> D [09/Dec/2022:23:09:32 -0600] [Job 37] 
> /opt/brother/Printers/mfcj6920dw/lpd/filtermfcj6920dw: 68: 
> /opt/brother/Printers/mfcj6920dw/lpd/brmfcj6920dwfilter: not found
> 
> Both those files exist. The first is a shell script, and the second a 
> binary. The were installed from the same .deb files on both machines.
> 
> After hitting my head against the wall for a couple days, I'm at a loss.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andy
> 
Brothers web site has an installer that pulls the latest and greatest 
from their own repository and installs it. And it Just Works to the best 
of that printer/scanners ability. It (the MFC-J6920dw) is an unusual 
printer/scanner, and cups just does not do it. These drivers however 
integrate seemlessly into the cups environment, with only one gotcha, 
you must totally remove cups-browsed, otherwise the broken cups driver 
insists on being the default

This is a universal installer for all of brothers printers and scanners, 
so you must tell it EXACTLY what model # it is when it asks.  Run it 
twice if you have another brother printer, I have their $120 b&w laser 
that does duplex, and it also Just Works with brothers drivers for it too.

ddg or google for brother installer should get you to their site.
> 
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Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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