No problem. In fact, I had the system on for our meeting Friday and forgot to check this out as my mother was being released from the hospital so I had other things on my mind. I'll try to get back up there today or tomorrow. Sorry! On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: > Did you ever get a chance to check out your Brother printer? I recall > you had to visit a computer at a user group or something. I haven't > been able to figure out anything newer than what I already reported. > > Thanks and sorry if I bugged you. > > On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 07:21:21PM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: > > Before I go try it, are yoou trying to print the same thing from both > > places? IOW, could the difference be the material to print rather than > the > > environment from which you print? Does it include graphics? I should be > > able to get to the club computer in the next day or two. > > > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Steve Holmes > wrote: > > > > > That sounds close. The 2270DW is a duplex laser printer with wireless > > > capability which Office Max had on sale a few weeks ago for $99.95. > > > That $80 price sounds like the wired-only version (model 2240) > > > perhaps. I wish they had sold that one on sale too because I don't > > > plan to use the wireless part. At the time I baught mine, the wired > > > version was not on sale thus costing more than theone I got. > > > > > > In any case, I downloaded the firmware for supporting Brother 2270DW > > > on linux and built and installed an Arch Linux package for it. It > > > works fine from the console as I said before; I just can't print from > > > gnome. Not sure how or what Ubuntu will do with it. Try from both > > > the console and gnome. > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 08:26:47AM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: > > > > That model sounds familiar, Is it the Brother Laser with duplex that > > > Fry's > > > > advertised one week for $80? If so, I bought one for my computer > club > > > and > > > > can go check it out there. I recall having a problem installing it > for > > > > ubuntu but think I got it working. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Steve Holmes > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I wonder if anyone can help me out here. I have a Brother 2270DW > > > > > connected to my local area network and have the IP address locked > in > > > > > with the static DHCP leases. From the text console, printing works > > > > > fine when I use the lp or lpr commands through CUPS. However, when > I > > > > > try to print anything from any program in GNOME such as gedit or > > > > > firefox, I get no print. From what I see in the CUPS access_log, > the > > > > > job scheduled OK and no errors show up. When I hit the print > button > > > > > from the standard print dialog in GNOME, I can hear a faint thump > or > > > > > click from the printer but then nothing else happens. It's like > the > > > > > print job simply disappears. Yet this all works fine from the > > > > > console. > > > > > > > > > > Is there anything I can look for to track this down? > > > > > > > > > > BTW, this is on an Arch Linux system but recall that CUPS is > working > > > > > correctly as far as I can tell. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any ideas. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Dazed_75 a.k.a. 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