Printer won't work with Mint 18.3

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Printer won't work with Mint 18.3

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I have a Brother HL-2130 mono laser printer that worked fine with Mint 17 but is not recognised now ?
I have reloaded CUPS but to no avail - any ideas ?
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Re: Printer won't work with Mint 18.3

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With the printer USB connected and powered-on, please run the following command from Terminal and post back the results.

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lsusb
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Re: Printer won't work with Mint 18.3

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In addition to what ClixTrix asks for, please post what you get for

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lpinfo -v
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Re: Printer won't work with Mint 18.3

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Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0bda:0129 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0cf3:3004 Atheros Communications, Inc. AR3012 Bluetooth 4.0
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0458:003a KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems) NetScroll+ Mini Traveler / Genius NetScroll 120
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 5986:0295 Acer, Inc
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 04f9:003f Brother Industries, Ltd
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub




lpinfo: cups-deviced failed to execute.
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Re: Printer won't work with Mint 18.3

Post by Goth »

Problem solved by loading Brother printer cups packages with Synaptic Package Manager - printer immediately recognised when I plugged it in.
Thanks for the info.
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