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Printer configuration / setup

This is to configure the 'Brother MFC-9125CN' for cups.

Installation

  • get deps (needs libc6-i386 if x86_64)

    sudo apt-get install --quiet --no-install-recommends --assume-yes libc6-i386 cups avahi-daemon

  • Install debs (needs force if this is x86_64) sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture mfc9125cnlpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb mfc9125cncupswrapper-1.1.2-2.i386.deb

    # it installs ppds in these places:
#   /usr/share/ppd/Brother/brother_mfc9125cn_printer_en.ppd
#   /usr/share/cups/model/Brother/brother_mfc9125cn_printer_en.ppd
#   /opt/brother/Printers/mfc9125cn/cupswrapper/brother_mfc9125cn_printer_en.ppd
#
# That meansn 'lpinfo -m' would show 2 of them (not the /opt).  
# Delete one to remove confusion.
$ rm /usr/share/cups/model/Brother/brother_mfc9125cn_printer_en.ppd

  • Add the printer to cups

    $ lpinfo -m | grep -i mfc9125cn.*ppd
lsb/usr/Brother/brother_mfc9125cn_printer_en.ppd Brother MFC-9125CN CUPS

$ printer_hostname="printer"
$ lpadmin -p moser-printer -E \
    -D "MFC9125 Office Printer" \
    -L "Office" \
    -m "lsb/usr/Brother/brother_mfc9125cn_printer_en.ppd" \
    -v lpd://${printer_hostname}/BINARY_P1 \
    -o printer-is-shared=true

  • Enable Sharing

    sudo cupsctl --share-printers

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