[cups] Brother MFC-5890CN not found

[mick howe]

Yes it pings.
Check in Cups (localhost:631) for the connection string
under Printers it shows as
Queue Name Description                    Location   Make and Model
                              Status
BROTHER     Brother MFC-5890CN   here         Brother MFC-5890CN CUPS
v1.1        Idle
under List Available Printers

Available Printers

 Brother MFC-5890CN (Brother MFC-5890CN)
 Brother MFC-5890CN (Brother MFC-5890CN)

On Sun, 7 Jan 2024 at 20:57, Axel Braun <axel.braun at gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hello Mick,
>
> Am Sonntag, 7. Januar 2024, 00:45:41 CET schrieb mick howe:
> > I've been trying to get my Brother MFC-5890CN printer working for the
> > last 8 months with only occasional momentary success, printer test
> > page printed after 8 hours trying to find a working setup, late at
> > night, get up and try - no print  "Brother_MFC-5890CN.local not found"
> > printer settings
> > ip: 192.168.10.110
> > name: BROTHER
>
> I assume you have pinged the printer and it responds....
>
> Check in Cups (localhost:631) for the connection string. It should be something like
> lpd://192.168.10.110/binary_p1
>
> (I'm using lpd on my Brother printer)
>
> HTH
> Axel
>
>