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 <steve@holmesgrown.com> 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 <steve@holmesgrown.com> 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 <steve@holmesgrown.com>
> > 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.
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