Why is my CM225 printer working? (not a typo)

[graven]

Hello all,

I'm running Xfce 19.3. I have a Fuji Docuprint CM225 fw which isn't directly supported so I ended up using drivers for the Brother DCP-L2540DW which is apparently the same hardware. The Brother download page has 4 drivers for this model. One model specific, and 1 generic, plus cups wrappers for each flavour. I got it to work but I ended up installing more drivers than I needed. I'm trying to clean things up now to figure out which driver were critical. I uninstalled all of them (via synaptic) but I can't get my printer to not work. I delete it via the printer manager and every time I reboot, the printer reappears.

When I installed the drivers, I really didn't know what I was doing, but somehow, I suspect that I ended up using CUPS driverless printing. How can I verify that?

BTW, I do see the hilarious irony here. After struggling to find the drivers in the first place, my problem is that I can't get the printer to NOT work. Also, the reason I'm doing this in the first place is that I want to do a clean install of the OS and would like to figure out which drivers I actually need going forward. Additionally, I've noticed a few questions in the past where other people have asked about the CM225. Once this is resolved, I'm confident that I'll be able to help others out with this problem.

Cheers,

[Moonstone Man]

When I installed the drivers, I really didn't know what I was doing, but somehow, I suspect that I ended up using CUPS driverless printing. How can I verify that?

Reboot.

Most of the Xerox DocuPrint CM models work quite happily with the driverless configuration.

[graven]

Very strange,

After a clean OS install, the CM225 is connected right out of the box (without any drivers). I'm able to print correctly even though printing a test page fails and prints a blank page with an empty STACK:. I can't explain it. All I know is that I initially installed Xfce 19.1 and, at the time, I needed to install drivers before I could get anything to print.

[Moonstone Man]

All I know is that I initially installed Xfce 19.1 and, at the time, I needed to install drivers before I could get anything to print.

Not strange. Linux has advanced since 19.1. 19.3 is a few years newer.

[graven]

Strange to me