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

[R Kannan]

All,

I finally got the print server/printer to work in CUPS using the LPD 
protocol including duplex printing

lpd://192.168.1.100/HL3270

Thanks

On 3/16/21 10:03 PM, R Kannan wrote:
> 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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