[SOLVED] Cups Printing Job completes; nothing happens. Brother TD-4100N Printer on Linux Mint 19.1

SimonKlanfurt · 12-01-2019, 06:31 PM

Hi Folks,

yesterday I freshly installed a new Linux Mint Distro to my machine and since then I can not bring my Brother TD-4100N Label printer back to life, that printed well on my old installation.
For installation I followed the information given by Brother:
(https://support.brother.com/g/b/down...geType-590_0_1)

Installed the CUPSwrapper and LPR provided by Brother. The printer shows up in the CUPS menu @localhost:631

The Printer shows up when I use following commands:

$ lsusb > Bus 001 Device 005: ID 04f9:203a Brother Industries, Ltd
$ lpstat -p -d > printer TD-4100N is idle. enabled since Mon 02 Dec 2019 01:24:37 AM CET

However: When I try to print a test page or anything else, the job completes without showing any problems, but the printer does absolutely nothing. There is not even a sign that it receives some data (indicated by a blinking LED).

I would be very thankful if anybody could give me some advice on this problem.

Thanks in advance,
Simon

ferrari · 12-02-2019, 11:19 AM

I assume that you installed 32-bit (i386) drivers for your Brother printer. That being the case, make sure that you install the required 32-bit support...

Code:

sudo apt-get install lib32stdc++6

More info here:
http://ask.xmodulo.com/install-broth...ter-linux.html

There is more info at the Brother FAQ page that may be relevant...

Quote:

For dpkg users:
1. Install the standard c library for 32bit applications (e.g. lib32stdc++6(Debian) or ia32-libs(Ubuntu))
2. Create some folders if it is required
2-1. Create /usr/lib/cups/filter if it does not exist.
Command1: mkdir /usr/lib/cups
Command2: mkdir /usr/lib/cups/filter

2-2. Create /usr/share/cups/model if it does not exist
Command: mkdir /usr/share/cups/model

3. Install the drivers using "--force-architecture" or "--force-all"option.

4. Copy brlpdwrapperXXX files under /usr/lib/cups/filter/ to /usr/lib64/cups/filter/
Command: cp /usr/lib/cups/filter/brlpdwrapper* /usr/lib64/cups/filter

5. Copy libbrXXXX files under /usr/lib/ to /usr/lib32/ if /usr/lib32 exists.
Command : cp /usr/lib/libbr* /usr/lib32/

SimonKlanfurt · 12-02-2019, 02:35 PM

Dear ferrari,
may God bless you. I followed your instructions and it finally worked out. Thank you very much!

ferrari · 12-02-2019, 04:06 PM

Glad to have been of guidance.

Jan K. · 12-02-2019, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SimonKlanfurt

Dear ferrari,
may God bless you. I followed your instructions and it finally worked out. Thank you very much!

You could also click "Yes" to the question in lower right corner of his post...