On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 06:52:17PM +0100, karl@??? wrote:
> Hendrik:
> ...
> > DeviceURI dnssd://Brother%20HL-3170CDW%20series._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=e3248000-80ce-11db-8000-30055c5516df
>
> From what I can see:
> https://www.brother-usa.com/products/hl3170cdw
>
> that printer supports BR-script which is a postscript clone.
> Why not set it to BR-script mode on the front panel, run plain old
> lpr and be done with it. And tell your programs to always output
> postscript.

lpr is what I use to print. And it ends up going through CUPS. At least, it
did last time I successfully printed.

It turns out that there are several packages that provide lpr. CUPS is one of
them. Presumably it provided an lpr that passes everything through CUPS.

I had anther machine where I did not use CUPS an spent quite a while figuring
out how to find, install, and configure the 'plain old lpr'. Abd that involved
getting a print driver from the manufacturer. Of course, they provided an
'installer' which had to be run as root and changed an plastered whatever it
wanted around the file system (something I don't appreciate).

I no longer know how I accomplished that. But when I installed Devuan jessie on
my new computer a few years ago, it came with CUPS and just worked.

-- hendrik

>
> Regards,
> /Karl Hammar
>
>
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