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I recently bought a Brother MFC-7420 and I'm trying to get it to work with |
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my gentoo linux system. |
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Brother provides a lpr driver, a sane driver, and a cupswrapper driver, |
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none of which I can get to work. I have successfully converted the |
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provided .deb / .rpm packages to tar.gz and extracted them, looked at the |
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install/configure shell prints, extracted the fliters and ppds (for |
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printer drivers) and put them in the right place, or at least what I |
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believe to be the right place. |
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Unfortunately, when trying to configure kprinter, as root, I get an error |
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to the effect of Invalid Format when trying to read the ppd. |
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Does anyone have experience with this printer, or any of the brother |
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printers (they seem to have a mostly unified interface) on gentoo? I'd |
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have to have to switch to debian just to get this to work. ;) |
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Also, what information would be helpful for any that want to help me |
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troubleshoot this? This has been stymieing me for a week, and I'd really |
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like to get it fixed ASAP (I have having to go to kinkos to print). |
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Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. |
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bss03@××××××××××.com |
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ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy |
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