cups client error document format not supported during installation of printer: Brother 240MFC

Your printer seems to works perfectly http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Brother-MFC-240C

Open a Terminal from the menu Applications → Accessories → Terminal and type:
(if the system ask you a password give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter)

sudo gedit /etc/cups/mime.convs
change the very bottom row in that file removing the "#" char at the start of the line so change:

#application/octet-stream ....

to

application/octet-stream

Save and exit editing.

Then open the file:

sudo gedit /etc/cups/mime.types

go to the end of file and verify there is a line like this

application/octet-stream

with no any "#" char at row start. If there is any please simply delete the "#" char and then save and exit.

Then please restart cups server on your pc using a terminal type:

sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart

(if the system ask you a password give your user password, you will not see nothing when you type it, then press enter)

Then retry.

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As newbie, this might help you (see printing section): https://help.ubuntu.com/8.10/index.html
As a starting point you can browse and search under https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups

Hope this help

Hello marcobra,

First of all, thank you for the immediate reply. I did exactly those steps. Edited those lines, saved them and tried printing . But the error message remains the same.

Please also check if the printer works even it don't print the test page... by print a document.

Then if don't print please remove the printer...

Then please try to install the deb package coming from brother site:
http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/download_prn.html

Download the cupswrapper driver and save to disk.
http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/download_prn.html#MFC-240C

Then read this instructions: http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/before.html#002

in short using terminal you must type:

sudo aa-complain cupsd
sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model

Then to install the .deb package type:

sudo dpkg -i mfc240ccupswrapper-1.0.1-1.i386.deb

Then retry...

Thank you

Looks like I may have some conflict issues:

This is the terminal/Screen output while I try installing mfc240clpr-1.0.1-1.i386.deb

brother-lpr-drivers-bh7 conflicts with mfc240clpr

it also says:

conflicting packages - not installing mfc240clpr

Is there any way to remove this conflicting version?

Thanks for the time you dedicate for me.

Anil

Hello Marcobra...

Thanks.. That solved my problem.

Great.... I really appreciate your help.

Anil

Thanks marcobra, that solved my question.