#Brother hl 2270dw driver for mac install
#Brother hl 2270dw driver for mac drivers

#Brother hl 2270dw driver for mac install

Install the rpmextract package, and extract both rpm packages using rpmextract.sh.

Warning: This should ideally be automated in a PKGBUILD.

#Brother hl 2270dw driver for mac drivers

Packaging Brother printer drivers covers creating PKGBUILDs from the existing RPM packages. For these printers, use socket:// printer_ip:9100.īrother provides custom drivers on their website, either in source tarball, rpm, or deb form. If not, try lpd:// printer_ip/BINARY_P1 instead. Please follow the instructions on the AUR page.įor network printers, use ipp:// printer_ip/ipp/port1 as printer address.įor some older printers, this might not work. Please look also at the comments section of the AUR package page. Use the ipp protocol as described in #Network printers. Use pcl_p1 for the printer's address when using the PCL-6 driver. This printer also works with the generic PCL-6 driver from the gutenprint package. Use the Generic PCL 6 Printer wide margin - CUPS+Gutenprint driver, with address ipp://hostname-or-ip/pcl_p1. Use the lpd protocol as described in #Network printers. Use the socket protocol as described in #Network printers Using the brother driver, only defaults are honored and print-specific settings are ignored. Or Brother's driver, which may result in failed prints with postscript errors.īrlaser-git AUR works better. Using the Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer - CUPS+Gutenprint ( gutenprint and foomatic-db-gutenprint-ppds). Use IPP and Brother's driver to avoid page-shrinking and endless blank printouts Install Brother's driver or brother-hl3040cn AUR. Select HL-2170W as the driver in CUPS admin when adding a printer. Should be compatible with any drivers for the HL-2030. Or foomatic - works mostly with hpijs-pcl5e.ppd. Use IPP driver as described here and here. Unofficial driver, may be compatible with more models

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