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Avix
2007-09-30, 11:08 PM CDT
I scored a Brother MFC-5460CN printer today, we have a mixed bag of 'doz versions and Fedora on our home network. one of the reasons I grabbed this printer is because it is ethernet capable, so I figured that would solve the samba etc problem, I tried everything they said at the support.brother.com site, but nothing gets out to the printer when I try to print a test page. I can ping it fine (DHCP, printer at 192.168.001.101) but no mater what setup I use it just won't print in Linux. ('doz picked it up no problem so I know the network function works)

help?
(wimper)

bytesniper
2007-09-30, 11:25 PM CDT
this might give you some insight: http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Brother-MFC-5460CN

Avix
2007-10-01, 11:07 AM CDT
tried that, the driver shows up, I enter the IP address as shown on the printer display, but still no go.

Avix
2007-10-01, 12:25 PM CDT
and further, tried it with a USB connection too, found by HAL, but still no printing. but the printer does work well with 'doz

I am befuddled.