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My recently bought inexpensive Brother printer worked with CUPS without any special drivers, thanks to the IPP support. I just connected it to the network and i
by ptx 6y ago
My recently bought inexpensive Brother printer worked with CUPS without any special drivers, thanks to the IPP support. I just connected it to the network and it's automatically discovered and supported.
- mauvehaus 6y agoOn MacOS, our wireless Brother won't wake up without the official drivers installed in the Mac. Dunno what magic packet it's sending, but I couldn't get it working with generic drivers. Ymmv, obviously.
- kayodelycaon 6y agoIf you can manage it, having it wired via ethernet to an access point is way faster and more reliable. :)
- mauvehaus 6y agoYou're preaching to the choir, but it was my partner's employer buying and we were at the mercy of what they had in stock :-) This one doesn't appear to have Ethernet.
- Quekid5 6y agoI'm happy for you. ... and I believe it. Unless you researched it heavily that was just good luck, honestly. Your printer has a good OSS driver, and it worked. Mine did not, even though I thought Brother was generally OSS-friendly. :( Well, at least the binary (x32!, if you can believe that) driver basically works, but no duplex... which is sad because I bought said printer because it had the duplex capability :/