On Fri, 2011-12-16 at 22:09 -0500, fred smith wrote:
here's the result of lpinfo -l -v on linux mint 12. I see it
actually
identified several ways to access the brother printer. It doesn't,
however, seem to have figured out that the printer also supports ipp
(unless maybe I don't know how to interpret this info...), which is the
way I usually configure it when doing a manual config:
In fact it has identified IPP, using DNS-SD as the discovery mechanism.
Here's the JetDirect interface, discovered using DNS-SD:
Device: uri =
dnssd://Brother%20HL-2070N%20series._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/
class = network
info = Brother HL-2070N series
make-and-model = Brother HL-2070N series
device-id = MFG:Brother;MDL:HL-2070N series;
location =
Here's the LPD interface, discovered using DNS-SD:
Device: uri =
dnssd://Brother%20HL-2070N%20series._printer._tcp.local/
class = network
info = Brother HL-2070N series
make-and-model = Brother HL-2070N series
device-id = MFG:Brother;MDL:HL-2070N series;
location =
This is the IPP interface, discovered using DNS-SD:
Device: uri = dnssd://Brother%20HL-2070N%20series._ipp._tcp.local/
class = network
info = Brother HL-2070N series
make-and-model = Brother HL-2070N series
device-id = MFG:Brother;MDL:HL-2070N series;
location =
This is the LPD interface, discovered from an SNMP response I would
guess (judging from the fact that it comes with a Device ID and
make-and-model info -- and that the hostname looks weird):
Device: uri = lpd://BRN_8A1FC9/BINARY_P1
class = network
info = Brother HL-2070N series
make-and-model = Brother HP LaserJet 4050 Series
device-id = MANUFACTURER:Brother;COMMAND SET:PJL,MLC,PCL,PCLXL;MODEL:HP LaserJet 4050
Series;CLASS:PRINTER;COMMENT:The model name HP LaserJet 4050 Series is used only for
compatibility information for HP printer
location =
If this discovery is not working for you in Fedora, it is likely that
the default firewall is the reason. In order to receive DNS-SD
responses you must explicitly enable them using system-config-firewall.
Also: make sure you have the avahi service installed and running.
For SNMP broadcast query responses there is unfortunately no way to
configure the firewall in order to allow these, short of disabling it.
Tim.
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