[olug] Brother HL-2240D

[Tom Williamson]

This is a Belkin, and I have found no means to put in DHCP reservations. 
I could do MAC addressing and assign specific IPs to each device, but 
that seemed a little too much for right now.

On 2013-08-30 21:38, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote:
> If your router supports DHCP reservations, then you can make that 
> problem
> go away.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Tom Williamson 
> <twilliam at inebraska.com>wrote:
> 
>> I got a Brother HL-2270DW a while ago, and found downloads at the 
>> Brother
>> website that had files for cups to use for installing the drivers. 
>> After
>> doing that the printer has worked fine except for the times that the 
>> router
>> reassigns the IP address, and I have to find where it was moved.This 
>> has
>> wired and wireless connections, and I use it as a wired connection, 
>> using
>> the wireless router for the wireless connection.
>> 
>> These were two rpm files, one was labeled cupswrapper, the other had 
>> lpr
>> in the name.
>> 
>> I hope this helps,
>> 
>> Tom
>> 
>> 
>> On 2013-08-30 13:05, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote:
>> 
>>> Have you exited and restarted libre since installing the printer?
>>> On Aug 30, 2013 12:58 PM, "Kelly Williams" 
>>> <kellywilliams81 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>  it sees the printer but i can see it in libreoffice or other 
>>> programs
>>>> from
>>>> the printer menu I click on the printer it will see it and then it 
>>>> will
>>>> search for driver on the internet and then it won't install. I have 
>>>> been
>>>> googleing around to see if I could find anything to make it work and
>>>> found
>>>> a few things but it didn't work.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 8/30/2013 12:39 PM, Sam Tetherow wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>  MFC-7840W, HL-5250DN and an old MFC-410CN
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 08/30/2013 12:32 PM, dekauff at cox.net wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>  Hmmm, Brother hasn't been known for playing nice with GNU/Linux . 
>>>>> . .
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Sam Tetherow wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  All of the brother's stuff I have used has been discoverable by 
>>>>>> cups
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> and no additional drivers needed.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 08/30/2013 12:28 PM, Kelly Williams wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>  Was it plug in play or did you have to install software...
>>>>>>>> Kelly
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 8/30/2013 10:42 AM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>  not with that model exactly, but I have a brother hl-5250dn 
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> works
>>>>>>>>> quite well.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Kelly Williams
>>>>>>>>> <kellywilliams81 at gmail.com>****wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>  I just got a Brother Laser printer from a buddy of mine its a 
>>>>>>>>> model
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> HL-2240D i'm running mint 13. Has anyone had any experience 
>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>>> printer. I prefer HP but it was $25.00 with 7 toners.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Kelly
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