Re: Epson Printer Frustration - Installed, Seen .. Not working!
Posted: Wed May 16, 2018 7:10 am
I do not do a lot of printing and my 8 year old HP is still working well. But I will consider Brother if I need a new printer. Thanks.
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Give him a refund.Jerry3904 wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 5:44 amIf you now don't like the MX approach to systemd, don't like the Forum, don't like the hardware recognition, and don't like...I can't even remember what else now...oh yes, that we don't cater to the unfortunate masses as you would like, then it sounds like you should consider moving on.
Not sure I understand what do you mean?Richard wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 11:46 am @Fehlix, the link didn't take?
viewtopic.php?f=107&t=45181&start=10#p447392
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https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?p=255062#p255062
In plain English:That whole systemd thing is really irritating to me though. If so many distros use it, why not MX? There's no real viable explantion that I could find ... one that makes total sense and has a person left saying "Oh, duh, yeah, I get why systemd is crap!" That's an issue on my personal setup with my vpn provider. If systemd works, why not use it? No really, in plain english ... WHY NOT?
Where is it posted? I must have overlooked it.Right, the HP Gui is nice. Brother's are well maintainable with default linux printer control and/or CUPS's interface. For installing I've recently posted here a little do-it-all-and-quick installerscript, which always worked for the last 6 Wifi/Net/usb-Brother's I've installed for me and relatives.
@Richard : That might have been a too fast speech for me.
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#!/bin/bash
# set -x
# brinstaller.sh ( 2.2.3-1-2022-05-13 )
# by fehlix @ mxlinux, 2016 - 2022
# helper script to fetch'n'install latest Brother printer driver
# downloaded from https://support.brother.com/
# and verified with sha512 checksum
#
# filename :brinstaller.sh
# version : 2.2.3-1-2022-05-13
# MX Linux forum post: "Brother-Printer-Installer-Helper Script"
#
# URL: https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?p=447475#p447475
# changes:
# New Brother-Installer-Version: 27.12.2017 Version 2.2.0-1
# 24.09.2018 - updated to
# new Brother-Installer-Version: 13.09.2018 Version 2.2.1-1
# 25.09.2018 - added missing 32bit-libs, thanks to davemx
# lib32z1 lib32ncurses5
# 20.05.2019 adjusted to https download link
# 18.08.2020 adjusted to Brother installer version 2.2.2-1.
# 10.07.2021 adjusted to Brother installer version 2.2.2-2
# 13.05.2022 adjusted to Brother installer version 2.2.3-1
# https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.1-1.gz
# SHA256SUM
# 4bca9b72ea14b8ffe4a5276e0b881d64f1cb5b7b29bcf06869d2cad90bd95bff linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.1-1.gz
#BRDATE="04-06-2020"
#BRVERS="2.2.2-1"
# SHA256SUM
# https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz
# 49f927644865fde29dc7b942fe35e237385330159a77b202d2d6cbce68fc7600 linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-1.gz
#
BRDATE="22-01-2021"
BRVERS="2.2.2-2"
# SHA256SUM
# https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2.gz
# f8419d5e779e58e79eca2717279463da56de63dc584ce8b62d5b4628274bde44 linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2.gz
# SHA512SUM
# 4e361283057631ad0c14c77fdc9fca08f43626c504666cab954ac856dcb5a7803264792614e3a4cf816568ea51fa68e03dd115313aa4dc209e587610eddf120b linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2.gz
BRDATE="19-08-2021"
BRVERS="2.2.3-1"
# https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1.gz
# SHA256SUM
# 83db05062c535d45e348fbf9a69ae3a319af3d8787a36abebb656c0e0c5b7e7d linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1.gz
# SHA512SUM
# 9fed0c747ec2cc9eb11862df93e4a75edbeddaa9fbf0a70139fcd3da58b372fbbeaca0821fbcb8d66b43c656eaf7392a97b021f260136496e1075d1014869c37 linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1.gz
function usage() {
cat<<USAGE
Usage: $0 [Brother-Printer-Model]
This helper script will fetch and install latest
Brother printer-installer version $BRVERS dated $BRDATE
Pass Brother-Model parameter or type at prompt
like HL-L6400DW, MFC-L9570CDW, DCP-135C
USAGE
}
ME="${0##*/}"
BROTHER="$1"
[ -z "$BROTHER" ] && read -p 'Please enter Brother Model : ' BROTHER
[ -z "$BROTHER" ] && usage && exit 1;
LOCALE_ALL=C read -p "Ready to fetch and install Brother Model '$BROTHER' (Y/n) :" OK
[ -z "$OK" -o "$OK" = "Y" -o "$OK" = "y" ] || { echo "Abborting $0"; exit 1; }
# set -x
#chksum=sha256sum
#CHKSUM="83db05062c535d45e348fbf9a69ae3a319af3d8787a36abebb656c0e0c5b7e7d"
chksum=sha512sum
CHKSUM="9fed0c747ec2cc9eb11862df93e4a75edbeddaa9fbf0a70139fcd3da58b372fbbeaca0821fbcb8d66b43c656eaf7392a97b021f260136496e1075d1014869c37"
# Please enter Brother Modell Type (e.g. HL-1030, MFC-L9570CDW, HL-L6400DW)
# HL-L6400DW
BRINS="linux-brprinter-installer-${BRVERS}"
BRIGZ=$BRINS.gz
BRURL="https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/$BRIGZ"
#CHK=$BRIGZ.sha256
CHK=$BRIGZ.sha512
[ -f "$BRINS" -o -f $BRIGZ ] || { echo wget $BRURL; wget $BRURL; }
[ -f $BRIGZ -a -f $CHK ] && rm -f $CHK
echo "$CHKSUM $BRIGZ" > $CHK
$chksum -c $CHK || { echo "CHKSUM Error: abborting installer" && exit 1; }
[ -f $BRIGZ ] && [ ! -f $BRINS ] && gunzip -kv $BRIGZ
if [ -f $BRINS ] && chmod +rx $BRINS; then
sudo -k && sudo apt-get update
# probaly not needed anymore
# [ "$(dpkg --print-architecture)" == "amd64" ] && {
# sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5
# }
sudo ./$BRINS "$BROTHER"
RET=$?
fi
#
echo "$ME finished ..."
echo " "
read -p "Press any key to continue..."
exit $RET