[mdlug] Brother HL-L3270 printer through CUPS on Ubuntu 16.04

[R Kannan]

Thank You. Okular worked and printed in landscape format. I have to 
check out other features like duplex to make sure they work.

On 3/16/21 9:19 PM, Bob wrote:
> Have you tried a different PDF reader like Okular or even LibreOffice?
>
> Bob
>
> On 3/16/21 4:49 PM, R Kannan wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I replaced an old brother HL4040CN printer with Brother HL-L3270pdf 
>> printer. Once I connected it to my wireless, CUPS found the printer 
>> (through DNSSD)  and used the  apropriate driver I had downloaded and 
>> installed. But I found that it does not orient the pages correctly in 
>> the landscape mode from Acrobat reader. The status on CUPS always 
>> says "Idle - "Waiting for job to complete."
>>
>> With the old printer, I had it connected through USB to a 'Hawkings 
>> print server' (https://www.hawkingtech.com/product/hwps12ug/) which 
>> allowed me to add multiple printers which I can access from CUPS. 
>> This worked well but unfortunately I deleted the printer from CUPS 
>> and do not remember what protool I had used to connect.  I tried to 
>> do the same with the new printer and tried adding it to CUPS through 
>> IPP protocol.
>>
>> ipp://192.168.1.100/HL3270
>>
>> When I tried to print a test page using this, there is no print out. 
>> The CUPS status says "Unable to get printer status.".
>>
>> Any ideas on how I can make this work through the 'print server' or 
>> directly on the network?
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>
>>
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