Brother Laser Printer HL-L2340DW, wifi

[mawil10132]

Brother Laser Printer HL-L2340DW, on Dell Inspirion P75F

Trying to connect to printer via WiFi. Can't find Linux ( even though links appear. ) drivers through Brother.

[kurt18947]

Have you seen this?

https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqe...aq00100429_000

I mostly use ethernet connections, my only wifi effort was with a machine with a keypad which made it simple to enter the wifi password. Brother also has an online networking manual which goes into more detail about complex network setups. I don't know where to find that networking info quickly but it was around in the support section. Once you get on the wifi network connected the printer should work. I recommend the package "system-config-printer". If your distro doesn't have it (many do) it's available in the repositories, I find that app more informative than what comes by default in Ubuntu(gnome). You can open it either from a terminal or alt-F2 then type the name.

[SeijiSensei]

I strongly suggest hard wiring the printer to your router with an Ethernet cable. Then give it a static IP address within your network subnet.

[mawil10132]

Have you seen this?

https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqe...aq00100429_000

I mostly use ethernet connections, my only wifi effort was with a machine with a keypad which made it simple to enter the wifi password. Brother also has an online networking manual which goes into more detail about complex network setups. I don't know where to find that networking info quickly but it was around in the support section. Once you get on the wifi network connected the printer should work. I recommend the package "system-config-printer". If your distro doesn't have it (many do) it's available in the repositories, I find that app more informative than what comes by default in Ubuntu(gnome). You can open it either from a terminal or alt-F2 then type the name.

I've performed WiFi setup already but on my Win10 laptop, which Brother provides drivers and all for. I seems the problem is reversed in that I need ubuntu to fond the printer already connected to WiFi.

[mawil10132]

I strongly suggest hard wiring the printer to your router with an Ethernet cable. Then give it a static IP address within your network subnet.

Don't have ethernet in the back room where printer is staged.

[SeijiSensei]

Point a browser on the Linux client to the address http://localhost:631/. What does the "add a printer" routine show?

[slickymaster]

Thread moved to Hardware.

[mawil10132]

Point a browser on the Linux client to the address http://localhost:631/. What does the "add a printer" routine show?

I see my printer.

Queue Name	Description	Location	Make and Model	Status
HL-L2340D-series	Brother HL-L2340D series	mawil1013-Inspiron-5575	Brother HL-L2340D series, using brlaser v6	Idle

[brian_p]

I see my printer.

Your initial post gave the impression you could not connect to your network with wireless. That obstacle seems to have been overcome. Good.

Now give the outputs of

avahi-browse -rt _ipp._tcp

avahi-browse -rt _uscan._tcp

driverless

[mawil10132]

Driving right now, l'll reply in one hour!! Thanks