trouble installing brother mfc l2750dw printer on ubuntu machine

Which Ubuntu release are you running?

For diagnostic purposes, what is the output of the commands

uname -a
lsb_release -crid
systemctl --no-pager status cups

On 8/7/21 2:20 PM, Manfred Hampl wrote:
> Your question #698282 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/698282
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Manfred Hampl requested more information:
> Which Ubuntu release are you running?
>
> For diagnostic purposes, what is the output of the commands
>
> uname -a

Linux david-Oryx-Pro 5.11.0-7620-generic
#21~1626191760~20.04~55de9c3~dev-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 20 18:02:09 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

> lsb_release -crid

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal

> systemctl --no-pager status cups

cups.service - CUPS Scheduler
      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cups.service; enabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
      Active: active (running) since Sat 2021-08-07 11:46:00 CDT; 6h ago
TriggeredBy: ● cups.path
              ● cups.socket
        Docs: man:cupsd(8)
    Main PID: 1346 (cupsd)
       Tasks: 3 (limit: 9078)
      Memory: 45.4M
      CGroup: /system.slice/cups.service
              ├─1346 /usr/sbin/cupsd -l
              ├─5083 /usr/lib/cups/notifier/dbus dbus://
              └─5084 /usr/lib/cups/notifier/dbus dbus://

Aug 07 11:46:00 david-Oryx-Pro systemd[1]: Started CUPS Scheduler.
Aug 07 11:51:38 david-Oryx-Pro /hpfax[5173]: [5173]: error: Failed to
create /var/spo…plip
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

Could not get the "-l" to work.

"Could not get the "-l" to work."

What is the output of

systemctl --no-pager -l status cups

On 8/8/21 1:55 AM, Manfred Hampl wrote:
> Your question #698282 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/698282
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Manfred Hampl requested more information:
> "Could not get the "-l" to work."
>
> What is the output of
>
> systemctl --no-pager -l status cups

david@david-Oryx-Pro:~$ systemctl --no-pager -l status cups
● cups.service - CUPS Scheduler
      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cups.service; enabled; vendor
preset: enabled)
      Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-08-08 03:56:37 CDT; 3min
52s ago
TriggeredBy: ● cups.socket
              ● cups.path
        Docs: man:cupsd(8)
    Main PID: 1509 (cupsd)
       Tasks: 3 (limit: 9078)
      Memory: 22.9M
      CGroup: /system.slice/cups.service
              ├─1509 /usr/sbin/cupsd -l
              ├─1983 /usr/lib/cups/notifier/dbus dbus://
              └─4707 /usr/lib/cups/notifier/dbus dbus://

Aug 08 03:56:37 david-Oryx-Pro systemd[1]: Started CUPS Scheduler.
david@david-Oryx-Pro:~$

Did you try this
https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2300d_us_eu_as&faqid=faq00100556_000

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2.gz
gunzip ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2.gz
chmod +x ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2
sudo ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2 MFC-L2750D

Should do it

On 8/8/21 4:25 AM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #698282 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/698282
>
> Status: Needs information => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> cd ~/Downloads
> wget https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2.gz
> gunzip ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2.gz
> chmod +x ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2
> sudo ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2 MFC-L2750D
>
> Should do it

Thank you.

This got the driver installed, and the printer printed a test page, but
when I attempted to print from an application (Libre-office and
Thunderbird) nothing printed.

David

Now when I attempt to print a test page, the printer does not respond

An update.

Earlier I attempted to print a test page and the job would not print. O
posted the update below and powered down the computer. Just now when I
powered the machine backup, the test page printed, but will not print
anything else.

David

On 8/9/21 8:45 PM, David Hartung wrote:
> Your question #698282 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/698282
>
> David Hartung posted a new comment:
> Now when I attempt to print a test page, the printer does not respond
>

Earlier I have discovered that if I have print jobs in the que, when I
shut the computer down, and restart it, the first document in the que
will print. in order to get the next document to print, I have to do
another shutdown ans restart. Also, I have noticed a difference in the
network connection icon. Not sure if it means anything but I am
attaching screenshots. When I first power up the machine, i get the
usual Ethernet or wireless connection icon, then it switches to a
question mark. The interesting thing is that I can still get online.

David

On 8/8/21 4:25 AM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #698282 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/698282
>
> Status: Needs information => Answered
>
> actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
> cd ~/Downloads
> wget https://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf006893/linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2.gz
> gunzip ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2.gz
> chmod +x ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2
> sudo ./linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.2-2 MFC-L2750D
>
> Should do it
>

I have gone to the site, downloaded the tool, but having trouble
navigating in terminal. Specifically I can't seem to understand the
format for to change directory to "Downloads". Apparenty what I remember
from the dos days doesn't always translate to Linux.

On 8/8/21 4:25 AM, actionparsnip wrote:
> Your question #698282 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/698282
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> actionparsnip requested more information:
> Did you try this
> https://support.brother.com/g/b/faqend.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hll2300d_us_eu_as&faqid=faq00100556_000
>

"I have gone to the site, downloaded the tool,"

Which site, which tool?

"but having trouble navigating in terminal. Specifically I can't seem to understand the
format for to change directory to "Downloads"."

Actionparsnip has given the command

cd ~/Downloads

If you have a different language setting where the name is different, you have to replace "Downloads" with whatever it is in your language. Caution: it is case sensitive.

A helpful feature of the linux shells:
Type "cd " and then press the tab key twice, this will show all values that make sense there.

It's the same as DOS. Just case sensitive