Printing and scanning for porteus 5.0 rc2

Post#1 by **francois** » 02 Oct 2020, 16:18

Just installed porteus 5.0 rc2. Added the printing modules provided by blaze.

My printer is a brother mcf-7860-dw. As the driver did not appear in precedent editions of sytem-config-printer, I would use:
generic printer > pcl laser
There is no such choice available in the recent printing module.
Would there be some equivalent in the the generic printer list. My printer is a blak and white laser printer?

There is a universal printer install tool for brother printers:
Brother print and scan: universal Driver Install Tool
Would it be an asset to install it in the printer module? Or would it be more simple just to add specific printer driver one by one. For my printer:
https://support.brother.com/g/b/downloa ... &type3=559

Blaze: thanks so much for providing the printer module to the porteus community year after year. It is still a great asset.

Post#2 by **francois** » 02 Oct 2020, 16:33

It seems that I found the solution: pcl 5e would be the equivalent of pcl laser for the black and white laser printers, at least for my MFC-7860-dw brother printer. I will report if this not really the case.

Thanks.

Post#3 by **Blaze** » 04 Oct 2020, 07:16

francois wrote: ↑
02 Oct 2020, 16:18
Would it be an asset to install it in the printer module?

If it be universal driver with support x86_64 arch for a some Brother printers I will include this.

Thanks.

Post#4 by **francois** » 04 Oct 2020, 20:32

I know that it is. And it will cover both printer and scanning functions for brother printers.

Thanks for this printer module that you maintain thru the years.

Post#5 by **francois** » 10 Oct 2020, 01:58

Here is the generpcl.ppd for the generic pcl laser for my brother printer.
https://opensource.apple.com/source/cup ... .auto.html
I wonder how cups generates ppd for a given printer?

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