On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 07:43:20PM -0400, Fred Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:40:31AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > > | From: D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > | | From: Fred Smith <fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Hugh: > > My DCP-7065DN showed up today and it prints from the wife's Windoze > box and from my Centos-6 box! Whoohoo!!!! > > So, now I'm wondering if you have tried to get the scanner working, too. > I've installed the scanner driver and the brscan utility, but they > don't seem to be finding the scanner (I've got it on hard-wired network > with static IP), so I need to do some digging, but thought I should > ask you first. > > Any clues will be appreciated! :) > > Fred <later, a little> Upon some snooping around I found a program, installed with the scanner driver that needs to be run from the commandline to tell it the address of the networked scanner: /usr/bin/brsaneconfig4 -a name="DCP-7065DN" model="DCP-7065DN" ip=192.168.2.97 I didn't FIND any mention of it in the Brother FAQs or Linux instructions, but maybe I just overlooked it. But having run it, I can now scan! Fred > > > | > > | | Have you actually downloaded and installed (and configured, as needed) > > | | the drivers Brother provides? you don't actually say... > > | > > | I think so. > > > > I guess not. > > > > I have now performed step 5b from > > <http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/instruction_prn1a.html> > > and it now works! Thanks for the prompting. > > > > Note: the current web interface to CUPS doesn't exactly conform to 5b, but > > with a little bit of guess-work, it worked. > > > > I used HTTPS, not HTTP, to talk to CUPS. Some things need to be secure. > > > > When prompted for authorization, I used my username and password (hey, I'm > > a member of the wheel group). That didn't work. I had to actually delete > > a browser cookie to be able to try another username. root was powerful > > enough. There ought to be a log-out button, but I didn't find one. > > > > Although configurations are supposed to carry over when you upgrade using > > fedup, this part didn't seem to. Of course I might have damaged things > > thrashing around. > > > > I still don't know how to print from F18 using the printer driver on my > > CentOS 5 box. It looks as if the failed attempts were using IPP (Internet > > Printing Protocol). I don't care enough right now to keep experimenting. > > But it would be handy so that I could print from machines that didn't have > > the Brother proprietary drivers installed. > > > > Thanks to all who helped. It sure is nice to have my printer back. > > -- > > users mailing list > > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > > -- > ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- > The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, > keeping watch on the wicked and the good. > ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:3 (niv) ----------------------------- > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." ------------------------------- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) ------------------------------ -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
