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From: Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com>
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Subject: Re: unsuccessfully install of printer brother hl-l2360dw
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:39:14 -0300
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groenveld@acm.org (John D Groenveld) writes:

> In article <865xmz46mk.fsf@antartida.xyz>,
> Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote:
>>Hi, John!  I was missing the package cups-filters-1.28.17_6.  After I
>>installed it, that error vanished and I've been able to print with CUPS
>>just fine, minus an issue with two-sided print outs (they're all coming
>>out with the flip long edge option, no matter what I choose).
>
> I'm fairly certain your printer should not require the CUPS filters and
> you should be able to spew PostScript and PDF directly:
> $ nc BRWB052162167A6 9100 < example.pdf

I could never make this work, but I believe you're right.  Looking at my
printer settings (which I printed out using the printer's menu) I
see... On page 3/3, in network configuration, I see:

  <Active services>          BRN3C2AF43F4D7C
                             BINARY_P1
                             TEXT_P1
                             POSTSCRIPT_P1
                             PCL_P1
                             BRN3C2AF43F4D7C_AT

I've seen in the CUPS administration that a URL mentions BINARY_P1, so
it seems that CUPS was using this BINARY_P1 service.  Perhaps if I were
to change it to POSTSCRIPT_P1, it would then accept PostScript from the
network.

But my experience with CUPS was not very good because I could never
print two-sided-long-edge.  It always printed two-sided-short-edge (or
one-sided).  Since I was able to make it always print
two-sided-long-edge by not using CUPS at all, I gave up on CUPS.

>>I have not installed CUPS from the Ports Collection.  I pkg-installed
>>it.  To try the ipptool, I think I'd need to compile it and reset up
>>everything.  Maybe I will.  Maybe I should be using IPP, but it's not
>>clear what I'd be gaining exactly.
>
> The promise of modern CUPS and modern printers, is to automagically
> interrogate the printers capabilities and controls without loads of
> dependencies to create and spew vendor specific print control languages.
>
> I'm curious what ipptool(1) returns for your Brother printer so if you
> have bandwidth to download ports and rebuild print/cups package with
> ipptool enabled, I would like to see where things have gone sideways.
>
> The handbook walks you thru fetching the ports tree and configuring
> and building port package:
> <URL:https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/#ports-using>

You already know I switched to OpenBSD in the process of debugging this.
FWIW, I was able to set up the printer to use IPP.  I was able to print
with it, but with the same two-sided-short-edge behavior as using the
LPD:// URL in CUPS.

All in all, CUPS worked, but it turns out my life has been better with
just using /etc/printcap and lpr.

I wanted to thank you for the help!  

If I find anything new, I'll post again.