[SOLVED] Brother HL-L2464DW does not work with Gentoo.

[C5ace]

Just purchased a Brother HL-L2464DW Printer/Scanner/Copier. Does not work with Gentoo. Works fine with Debian.

Installed the drivers from Brother's website. Tried .deb and .rpm installer. Lsusb and cups see the printer. Cups accepts print jobs. They are visible in /var/spool/cups.

Gentoo Cups->Printers:

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HLL2464DW
HLL2464DW (Idle, Accepting Jobs, Not Shared)
Description:	HLL2464DW
Location:	
Driver:	Brother HL-L2464DW for CUPS (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
Connection:	usb://Brother/HL-L2464DW?serial=E83156H5N849936
Defaults:	job-sheets={job_sheets_default} media=iso_a4_210x297mm sides=one-sided
Jobs

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Debian Cups->Printers:

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HLL2464DW
HLL2464DW (Idle, Accepting Jobs, Not Shared)
Description:	HLL2464DW
Location:	
Driver:	Brother HL-L2464DW for CUPS (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
Connection:	ipp://Brother%20HL-L2464DW%20(USB)._ipp._tcp.local/
Defaults:	job-sheets=none, none media=iso_a4_210x297mm sides=one-sided
Jobs

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Gentoo Cups Jobs:

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Jobs

Brother
Brother (Idle, Accepting Jobs, Not Shared)
Description:	Jumbo USB
Location:	Jumbo-USB
Members:	/printers/HLL2464DW
Defaults:	job-sheets={job_sheets_default} media=unknown
Jobs

Search in Brother:

Jobs in sequential order▼
ID	Name	User	Size	Pages	State	Control
Brother-6  	Unknown  	Withheld  	7k  	Unknown  	aborted  	

/var/spool/cups:
c00006
c00006-001

Anyone using a Brother HL-L2464DW printer/scanner/copier with Gentoo?
https://www.brother.com.au/en/support/hl-l2464dw

[Zucca]

Do you have net-print/brlaser installed?
It should contain a driver for your printer series.

[C5ace]

Do you have net-print/brlaser installed?
It should contain a driver for your printer series.

Non of the drivers in net-print/brlaser works with my printer. Will try to figure out this weekend why the closed source driver works on Debian and Fedora but not on Gentoo.

[grknight]

An obvious difference is the connection type of ipp using Avahi as discovery.

This printer is certified to use driverless printing if you do so over a network (IPP) instead of USB which is how CUPS wants to go in the future and drop all drivers.

[wjb]

There is "brother-overlay" with ebuilds for loads of brother printers, first try using that rather going direct.

[C5ace]

Thanks everyone for your interest and various advise.

There is a error in the on the Brother website installation instruction.

https://www.brother.com.au/en/support/h ... /downloads
Select "Linux" and ".deb" then click "OK".
Now select and click on "Driver Install Tool".
Then click on "Agree to the EULA and Download".
Then follow the "How to Install".

When you see the message "Will you specify the DeviceURI ?",

For USB Users: Choose N(No)
For USB Users: Choose Y(Yes) and select DeviceURI number 9.

For Network Users: Choose Y(Yes) and DeviceURI number.

The install process may take some time. Please wait until it is complete.

Note:
Requires net-print/cups-meta.
For scanning: media-gfx/simple-scan or other scanning application.

The .rpm driver did not work for me.