badaveil
February 3rd, 2009, 02:34 PM
Extracted from http://solutions.brother.com:
BEFORE THE INSTALLATION: Pre-required Procedure Requirement
1. "sudo aa-complain cupsd" command is required before the installation.
2. "sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model" command is required before the installation.
Note:
Ubuntu 8.04 does not have /usr/share/cups/model directory where our driver create a ppd file.
Please follow the instruction below when the installation failed with the message about it.
1. Uninstall the cupswrapper driver.
Command : sudo dpkg -P (driver name)
2. Create /usr/share/cups/model directory
Command : sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model
3. Install the cupswrapper driver
Command : sudo dpkg -i --force-all --force-architecture (driver file name)
Related distributions
Ubuntu 8.04/8.04.1, Ubuntu 8.10
Related products/drivers
cupswrapper printer/PC-FAX drivers
However having done that, I still had to make a few changes because the printed test page showed 2 half-test page on one page. Under make and model, there is a need to replace the Foomatic version for the "Brother HL2140 for CUPS". The steps are as follows:
system>administration>printing>setting>make and model>change>provide ppd file>select a file>file system>usr>share>cups>model>hl2140.ppd>open>forward>use the new ppd as is>apply
Other than that, I went over to printer options, changed the default media size from letter to A4, changed resolution from 600dpi to HQ1200dpi, set the toner save to "on", made a print test page and the output was just right!
BEFORE THE INSTALLATION: Pre-required Procedure Requirement
1. "sudo aa-complain cupsd" command is required before the installation.
2. "sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model" command is required before the installation.
Note:
Ubuntu 8.04 does not have /usr/share/cups/model directory where our driver create a ppd file.
Please follow the instruction below when the installation failed with the message about it.
1. Uninstall the cupswrapper driver.
Command : sudo dpkg -P (driver name)
2. Create /usr/share/cups/model directory
Command : sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model
3. Install the cupswrapper driver
Command : sudo dpkg -i --force-all --force-architecture (driver file name)
Related distributions
Ubuntu 8.04/8.04.1, Ubuntu 8.10
Related products/drivers
cupswrapper printer/PC-FAX drivers
However having done that, I still had to make a few changes because the printed test page showed 2 half-test page on one page. Under make and model, there is a need to replace the Foomatic version for the "Brother HL2140 for CUPS". The steps are as follows:
system>administration>printing>setting>make and model>change>provide ppd file>select a file>file system>usr>share>cups>model>hl2140.ppd>open>forward>use the new ppd as is>apply
Other than that, I went over to printer options, changed the default media size from letter to A4, changed resolution from 600dpi to HQ1200dpi, set the toner save to "on", made a print test page and the output was just right!