cannot use my printers with Zorin!

normw

Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:34:51 am

I canot find how to get my printers to work in zorin. I have 2 older brother MFC printer and 1 older kyocera laser printer. 2 are network printers. I can print to all printers but the printers never actually print.

Swarfendor437

Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:10:08 pm

Remove your printers from the printer list, open a terminal and enter:

Code:: sudo system-config-printer

Then try once more - are your printers listed in the list of available printers?

normw

Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:17:43 pm

Sorry but that did not help. The print jobs keep disappearing into the bit bucket. I finally found Linux drivers on Brothers Europe website which got the printers working. Do not know why they do not have them on the US website.

Swarfendor437

Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:01:34 am

Glad you got sorted!

Could you post the european link for the benefit of other users? Thanks!

normw

Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:57:26 am

The brother-USA website does not carry the Linux drivers. Here is the link to find Linux drivers: http://www.brother-usa.com/support/Mode ... JIlmGd0zkg

Just input your model and select Linux os. Worked for me and it also install scanning software but I cannot seem to get that working. It (app is called Simple Scan) lists the 2 printers but whichever one I select, when I click on scan, it get the error "unable to connect to scanner'

Wolfman

Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:52:21 am

normw wrote:The brother-USA website does not carry the Linux drivers. Here is the link to find Linux drivers: http://www.brother-usa.com/support/Mode ... JIlmGd0zkg

Just input your model and select Linux os. Worked for me and it also install scanning software but I cannot seem to get that working. It (app is called Simple Scan) lists the 2 printers but whichever one I select, when I click on scan, it get the error "unable to connect to scanner'

Try "xsane":

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Scanners

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