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Can't print, but sees printer - MFC-j410W

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installed printer, sees the printer but nothing happens. tried to d/l driver from brother website and says wrong architecture after d/l. any help would be dynomite.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Can you give the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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prodigrl (bowpartys) said : 		#2

it is release 11.4

I have several cheesey plug and play printers and ive tried 2 of them, and it shows the printer is there, but it never prints, just shows the job in processing.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

That isn't what the command outputs. Can you please run the whole command and then copy the output and paste here as an update

Thanks

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prodigrl (bowpartys) said : 		#4

prodigrl@thebucket:~$ lsb_release -a; uname -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
Codename: maverick
Linux thebucket 2.6.35-22-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Sun Sep 19 20:32:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
prodigrl@thebucket:~$

I reinstalled 10.10 to see if that fixed the error and i had no issue printing prior to 11.4. but this new printer still does not print. its a brother MFC-J410w. when i send a print job, the printer lights up as to recieve the job, but nothing happens after that. THANKS so much.. :)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Hmm, 64bit makes it harder. You will need to force install the debs. This is one of the reasons 32bit is advised on the Ubuntu site:

cd; wget http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/mfcj410wlpr-1.1.1-1.i386.deb; sudo dpkg --force-all -i ./mfcj410wlpr-1.1.1-1.i386.deb; rm ./mfcj410wlpr-1.1.1-1.i386.deb; wget http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/mfcj410wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb; sudo dpkg --force-all -i ./mfcj410wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb; rm ./mfcj410wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb

Delete the priinter you have installed under System -> Admin -> Printers

then reboot

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prodigrl (bowpartys) said : 		#6

sorry to sound like a total noob...

do i just copy and paste that command? i tried that and this is the error i get

rrors were encountered while processing:
 ./mfcj410wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb
rm: missing operand
Try `rm --help' for more information.
prodigrl@thebucket:~$ ./mfcj410wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb
bash: ./mfcj410wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb: No such file or directory

am i missing something?

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prodigrl (bowpartys) said : 		#7

nm, i reinstalled the cupwrapper deb.... thanks so much for all of your help!

printing is lovely thing.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

The command is all ONE command, if you brek it up you will most likely get issues. Glad you got the gold :)