![]() I chose the first option, which was just My printer's Name, and clicked Print. This time though, I opened a document, opened File > Print, selected my Brother Printer (it even listed one option as via VNC from Then I sent a Test page, and after a short wait (long enough that I almost sent it again) the printer started up and out popped a nice CUPS Test Page with a Debian logo.Īt the beginning of the year, I could get that far, but my Applications, like LibreOffice didn't show the printer, even after rebooting. ![]() Then I logged in to localhost:631 through the browser and used Administration > Add Printer and chose 'my' Brother model that said (driverless) in the description. So I installed CUPS, and made myself a user. I assumed I would have to mess around with it all again since the microSD card had been wiped and I no longer had the SSD I had used before. One of the first things I did when I got the 8GB Pi4 was install the latest RasPi OS, and get the VNC Server active so I could access it via a VNC Viewer from my main Linux Desktop machine.Ī couple of days ago I remembered I had some success sending a test page to my Wireless brother Printer at the beginning of the year. More recently I have been playing with connecting all my computers over VNC. Recently I bought the 8GB model, and set it up. ![]() ![]() There was a Beginners' thread on using the Pi with a Brother Printer, but things have changed.Įarly in the year I had a Pi4B 4Gig, which I gave away to someone.
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