Brother MFC 3100c printer

[n1gke]

Thanks for reading this.

Has anyone managed to make the Brother MFC 3100c printer work in the
Linux environment please.

I am using several variations of the Ubuntu, including the new Dapper
Drake release, but I just can't seem to tickle the printer at all.

It is on the parallel port. In Ubuntu Breezy Badger, the printer would
show up in the list, but nothing could print.

In Dapper Drake the printer does not show at all.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I'd rather not swap printers as this all in one unit works fine on a DOS
BOX.

[Sebastian Stein]

n1gke <n1gke@cox.net> wrote:

> Has anyone managed to make the Brother MFC 3100c printer work in the
> Linux environment please.
>
> I am using several variations of the Ubuntu, including the new Dapper
> Drake release, but I just can't seem to tickle the printer at all.
>
> It is on the parallel port. In Ubuntu Breezy Badger, the printer would
> show up in the list, but nothing could print.
>
> In Dapper Drake the printer does not show at all.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> I'd rather not swap printers as this all in one unit works fine on a DOS
> BOX.

Have you checked Brother's homepage? They have quite a lot of descriptions
available to get printers working on Linux.

Sebastian

[n1gke]

Sebastian Stein wrote:

> n1gke <n1gke@cox.net> wrote:

>> Has anyone managed to make the Brother MFC 3100c printer work in the
>> Linux environment please.
>>
>> I am using several variations of the Ubuntu, including the new Dapper
>> Drake release, but I just can't seem to tickle the printer at all.
>>
>> It is on the parallel port. In Ubuntu Breezy Badger, the printer would
>> show up in the list, but nothing could print.
>>
>> In Dapper Drake the printer does not show at all.
>>
>> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> I'd rather not swap printers as this all in one unit works fine on a DOS
>> BOX.

>
> Have you checked Brother's homepage? They have quite a lot of descriptions
> available to get printers working on Linux.
>
> Sebastian

Thank you Sebastian, I have.
The support file I received from them is not working correctly, or I am
not understanding something a several reviews of the installation.

I was hoping someone else has the same printer and could perhaps offer
suggestion. I will keep trying though, I really am enjoying this Ubuntu
stuff.

Cheers.... ..


n1gke

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