Printer Brother

trainee · 05-21-2005, 08:20 PM

I have a printer Brother HL 1440

I followed the advice in here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...php?forumid=14

But when it come to ask what kind of printer do I have, it gave out a list of HP, Lexmark, Raw, Zebra... but none for Brother.

Do you know which one should I choose?

Thanks.

mdarby · 05-21-2005, 11:16 PM

Did you add the correct PPD file into /usr/share/cups/model?
Did you restart the cupsd process?

The correct PPD can be found here:
http://linuxprinting.org/ppd-o-matic...HL-1440&show=0

I have / use this printer via CUPS -- it works rather well.

trainee · 05-21-2005, 11:18 PM

What is a PPD file?
(Sorry, this question seems to be stupid.)

mdarby · 05-21-2005, 11:22 PM

A PPD file contains the instructions needed by CUPS to interact with your printer (essentially a driver).

A valid PPD file is required for all printers.

trainee · 05-22-2005, 01:41 AM

Thanks, mdarby. It worked out well.

mdarby · 05-22-2005, 08:35 AM

mrmandms · 10-14-2005, 03:24 PM

I want to thank you for this information. I was ahving the hardest time getting my printer administrator to recognize my Zebra printer driver downloaded from the internet. I have followed the directions on what to do with the driver in Linux and it is now recognizing the Zebra printer driver but I cannot still print to it. The Data light flashes but nothing comes out. I have made progress and learned something that no one else had knowledge how to get the administrator to recognize the printer in it's setup.

Thanks