Re: unsuccessfully install of printer brother hl-l2360dw

In article <865xmz46mk.fsf@antartida.xyz>,
Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> wrote:

Hi, John!  I was missing the package cups-filters-1.28.17_6.  After I
installed it, that error vanished and I've been able to print with CUPS
just fine, minus an issue with two-sided print outs (they're all coming
out with the flip long edge option, no matter what I choose).

I'm fairly certain your printer should not require the CUPS filters and
you should be able to spew PostScript and PDF directly:
$ nc BRWB052162167A6 9100 < example.pdf

I have not installed CUPS from the Ports Collection.  I pkg-installed
it.  To try the ipptool, I think I'd need to compile it and reset up
everything.  Maybe I will.  Maybe I should be using IPP, but it's not
clear what I'd be gaining exactly.

The promise of modern CUPS and modern printers, is to automagically
interrogate the printers capabilities and controls without loads of
dependencies to create and spew vendor specific print control languages.

I'm curious what ipptool(1) returns for your Brother printer so if you
have bandwidth to download ports and rebuild print/cups package with
ipptool enabled, I would like to see where things have gone sideways.

The handbook walks you thru fetching the ports tree and configuring
and building port package:
<URL:https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/ports/#ports-using>
John
groenveld@acm.org