Brother MFC-5440CN printer on FC3 and FC5

[Yonas Abraham]

Hi,

I am trying to buy * Brother MFC-5440CN printer for my home office and I
was reading several reviews. but can't find specific to Fedora in
general FC3 and FC5 in particular.

It would help me if some one who tried this model under FC3 or FC5 to
share their success steps or frailer in making the printer a Networked
printer.

Both my machines   (FC3 and FC5) are uptodated
thanks
*

[Thaddeus Nielsen]

yonas abraham [[e-mail]] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to buy * Brother MFC-5440CN printer for my home office and I
> was reading several reviews. but can't find specific to Fedora in
> general FC3 and FC5 in particular.
>
> It would help me if some one who tried this model under FC3 or FC5 to
> share their success steps or frailer in making the printer a Networked
> printer.
>
> Both my machines   (FC3 and FC5) are uptodated
> thanks

Dr. Yonas:
Take a look at
http://www.linuxprinting.org/pipermail/brother-list/2005q2/001008.html

T.

[Brian Hanks]

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to buy * Brother MFC-5440CN printer for my home office and I
> was reading several reviews. but can't find specific to Fedora in
> general FC3 and FC5 in particular.
>
> It would help me if some one who tried this model under FC3 or FC5 to
> share their success steps or frailer in making the printer a Networked
> printer.
>
> Both my machines   (FC3 and FC5) are uptodated
> thanks
>
> --
> Yonas Abraham, PhD
> Registered Linux user number 407343               http://counter.li.org

I have a Brother MFC-8840DN that I've used as a networked priter with FC3
& FC5.  No problems at all.

-- Brian

[Yonas Abraham]

Brian Hanks wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to buy * Brother MFC-5440CN printer for my home office and I
> > was reading several reviews. but can't find specific to Fedora in
> > general FC3 and FC5 in particular.
> >
> > It would help me if some one who tried this model under FC3 or FC5 to
> > share their success steps or frailer in making the printer a Networked
> > printer.
> >
> > Both my machines   (FC3 and FC5) are uptodated
> > thanks
> >
> > --
> > Yonas Abraham, PhD
> > Registered Linux user number 407343               http://counter.li.org
>
> I have a Brother MFC-8840DN that I've used as a networked priter with FC3
> & FC5.  No problems at all.
>
> -- Brian

did you follow the same steps as it is on the brothers Linux page?

from what I understood, I should be able to
1)rpm -ivh MFC5440CNlpr-1.0.2-1.i386.rpm
2)rpm -ivh cupswrapperMFC5440CN-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm

and the use the SYSTEM-->Administration-->Printing and add new printer 
as JetDirect and use the default Port (9100) and use the Printers IP.

or is you use a different method?

THanks

[Brian Hanks]

> Brian Hanks wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am trying to buy * Brother MFC-5440CN printer for my home office and
> > > I
> > > was reading several reviews. but can't find specific to Fedora in
> > > general FC3 and FC5 in particular.
> > >
> > > It would help me if some one who tried this model under FC3 or FC5 to
> > > share their success steps or frailer in making the printer a Networked
> > > printer.
> > >
> > > Both my machines   (FC3 and FC5) are uptodated
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > --
> > > Yonas Abraham, PhD
> > > Registered Linux user number 407343               http://counter.li.org
> >
> > I have a Brother MFC-8840DN that I've used as a networked priter with
> > FC3
> > & FC5.  No problems at all.
> >
> > -- Brian
>
> did you follow the same steps as it is on the brothers Linux page?
>
> from what I understood, I should be able to
> 1)rpm -ivh MFC5440CNlpr-1.0.2-1.i386.rpm
> 2)rpm -ivh cupswrapperMFC5440CN-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm
>
> and the use the SYSTEM-->Administration-->Printing and add new printer
> as JetDirect and use the default Port (9100) and use the Printers IP.
>
> or is you use a different method?
>
> THanks
>
> --
> Yonas Abraham, PhD
> Registered Linux user number 407343               http://counter.li.org

I have used the Brother drivers before.  Originally, I had no luck with
them, then a while later I got them working.

Currently, I'm just using one of the built-in printer drivers configured
for JetDirect mode (printer_ip:9100).  There wasn't an exact driver match
so I just went through the built-in Brother drivers and found one with a
similar model number and a matching resolution.  If the test page works,
I've found that it'll work for almost anything.  I've only run into issues
once or twice in the past several years and those were easily fixed by
selecting a different driver from the list.

That said, I've been meaning to circle back and try the Brother supplied
drivers again.  I just haven't done it yet.

-- Brian

[Yonas Abraham]

On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 15:09 -0500, Brian Hanks wrote:
> > Brian Hanks wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to buy * Brother MFC-5440CN printer for my home office and
> > > > I
> > > > was reading several reviews. but can't find specific to Fedora in
> > > > general FC3 and FC5 in particular.
> > > >
> > > > It would help me if some one who tried this model under FC3 or FC5 to
> > > > share their success steps or frailer in making the printer a Networked
> > > > printer.
> > > >
> > > > Both my machines   (FC3 and FC5) are uptodated
> > > > thanks
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Yonas Abraham, PhD
> > > > Registered Linux user number 407343               http://counter.li.org
> > >
> > > I have a Brother MFC-8840DN that I've used as a networked priter with
> > > FC3
> > > & FC5.  No problems at all.
> > >
> > > -- Brian
> >
> > did you follow the same steps as it is on the brothers Linux page?
> >
> > from what I understood, I should be able to
> > 1)rpm -ivh MFC5440CNlpr-1.0.2-1.i386.rpm
> > 2)rpm -ivh cupswrapperMFC5440CN-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm
> >
> > and the use the SYSTEM-->Administration-->Printing and add new printer
> > as JetDirect and use the default Port (9100) and use the Printers IP.
> >
> > or is you use a different method?
> >
> > THanks
> >
> > --
> > Yonas Abraham, PhD
> > Registered Linux user number 407343               http://counter.li.org
>
> I have used the Brother drivers before.  Originally, I had no luck with
> them, then a while later I got them working.
>
> Currently, I'm just using one of the built-in printer drivers configured
> for JetDirect mode (printer_ip:9100).  There wasn't an exact driver match
> so I just went through the built-in Brother drivers and found one with a
> similar model number and a matching resolution.  If the test page works,
> I've found that it'll work for almost anything.  I've only run into issues
> once or twice in the past several years and those were easily fixed by
> selecting a different driver from the list.
>
> That said, I've been meaning to circle back and try the Brother supplied
> drivers again.  I just haven't done it yet.
>
> -- Brian

I have followed your procedure, but I tried all the similar models with
the default drivers didn't work.

I downloaded and installed the rpm packages for LPR and CUPS from the
brother website and installed it in my FC5 machine.

a) I added a new printer from System-->Admin-->printing but I still
can't see the new driver. But I can see the printer as a browseble  but
any test page failed.
  b) I opened localhost:631-->manege printers. after I put my root
password, I see the printer automatically listed and the one I added in
above. For the automatically available one the  Device URI:
usb:/dev/usb/lp0. When I try to modify it, I got error.  So I just
modified the one I added above to be an LPD Unix type and i put Device
URI: lpd://192.168.0.102/BRN_A17303 and I can see the exact model
listed. where 192.168.0.102 is the IP of the printer and BRN_A17303 is
the queue name (I got this from my router DHCP status page). The test
page worked and I printed a text page from gedit.

I went back to System-->Admin-->printing, and I still can't see the
exact model. why is this? I taught system-config-printing is a gui for
CUPS, if so why can't I see the driver for my model though the GUI while
It is possible to see it from localhost:631?

I used to remember for redHat used to discourage ppl from using
localhost:631 or edit the printconf file. The reason was that it would
be overwritten by the  system-config-printing? did that change in
Fedora?

Next stop, to make the scanner and fax to work.