Brother HL-2030 printer and openSUSE 11.3

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Hi all,

I just installed openSUSE 11.3 (Gnome GUI).
All hardware functions pico bello (Agfa SnapScan e42), card reader ACR038, but … I can’t get my Brother HL-2030 to print.

It is not on the list of Brother printers to be chosen from, so I went to the Brother site in order to get the correct driver, where I can download, after having clicked on the Brother 2030 rpm, a file called cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-1.i386.rpm.

So, this is the first thing that surprised me : 2040 instead of 2030 ?

I then tried to install it by right-clicking on the item and then choosing Open with package installer but it returns this error :

nothing provides brhl2040lpr needed by cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-1.i386

I remember I had the same problem after installing openSUSE 11.1 but I was able to resolve it rather quickly. So, with openSUSE 11.1 I could print what I wanted.

Any help will be appreciated,

W

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On Mon October 11 2010 11:36 pm, wba wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> I just installed openSUSE 11.3 (Gnome GUI).
> All hardware functions pico bello (Agfa SnapScan e42), card reader
> ACR038, but … I can’t get my Brother HL-2030 to print.
>
> It is not on the list of Brother printers to be chosen from, so I went
> to the Brother site in order to get the correct driver, where I can
> download, after having clicked on the Brother 2030 rpm, a file called
> -cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-1.i386.rpm-.
>
> So, this is the first thing that surprised me : 2040 instead of 2030 ?
>
> I then tried to install it by right-clicking on the item and then
> choosing Open with package installer but it returns this error :
>
> -nothing provides brhl2040lpr needed by
> cupswrapperHL2040-2.0.1-1.i386-
>
> I remember I had the same problem after installing openSUSE 11.1 but I
> was able to resolve it rather quickly. So, with openSUSE 11.1 I could
> print what I wanted.
>
> Any help will be appreciated,
>
> W
>
wba;

Did you install the LPR driver first? See these instructions from Brother:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/instruction_prn1a.html

–
P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green

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Thank you very much.
I did what you suggested and all is well now.

I had not very well understood that the correct procedure was :

  1. install LPR driver first
  2. then install CUPS

Thank you very much,

W

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On Tue October 12 2010 02:06 am, wba wrote:

>
>>
>
> Thank you very much.
> I did what you suggested and all is well now.
>
> I had not very well understood that the correct procedure was :
>
> 1. install LPR driver first
> 2. then install CUPS
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> W
>
>
W,

It’s good to hear everything worked out. Thanks for posting back. Enjoy your
printer.

P. V.
“We’re all in this together, I’m pulling for you.” Red Green