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[SOLVED] Printer error with Brother MFC-J5730DW

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[SOLVED] Printer error with Brother MFC-J5730DW

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Post by wellno1 » Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:10 am

Hello guys,

I'm stuck with connecting my home network printer, perfectly recognized by other Mint workstation.

This is the test page from Mint:
https://ibb.co/59gRzjm

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gentoo /home/***** # lpstat -a
Brother-MFC-J5730DW accepting requests since lun 20 lug 2020, 07:49:35

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gentoo /home/***** # lpinfo -m | grep brother
brother-BrGenML1-cups-en.ppd Brother BrGenML1 for CUPS
Brother/brother_mfcj5730dw_printer_en.ppd Brother MFC-J5730DW CUPS
lsb/usr/Brother/brother_mfcj5730dw_printer_en.ppd Brother MFC-J5730DW CUPS

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gentoo /home/***** # ls /usr/libexec/cups/filter/brother*
/usr/libexec/cups/filter/brother_lpdwrapper_BrGenML1  /usr/libexec/cups/filter/brother_lpdwrap

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gentoo /home/***** # ls /usr/lib64/cups/filter/
brother_lpdwrapper_mfcj5730dw

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gentoo /home/***** # rm /var/log/cups/error_log  
W [18/Jul/2020:23:43:15 +0200] CreateProfile failed: org.freedesktop.ColorManager.AlreadyExists:profile id \'Brother_MFC-J5730DW-RGB..\' already exists

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gentoo /home/***** # avahi-resolve-host-name -a4 192.168.1.63
192.168.1.63    BRN3C2AF41B94D7.local

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gentoo /home/***** # lpstat -p -d
printer Brother-MFC-J5730DW now printing Brother-MFC-J5730DW-129.  enabled since lun 20 lug 2020, 07:49:35
        Unable to locate printer "BRN3C2AF41B94D7.local".
system default destination: Brother-MFC-J5730DW
Printing related system USE flags: scanner colord ppds foomatic cups usb zeroconf.

Any help really appreciated!
Last edited by wellno1 on Mon Jul 20, 2020 3:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Unable to lacate printer error with Brother MFC-J5730DW

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Post by charles17 » Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:30 am

Still bothering with printer drivers?
Why don't you use driverless printing?
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Post by wellno1 » Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:21 pm

[SOLVED]!!

I don't know why I didn't fall in this solution before, but it worked at first try!

:)
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