how to get a Brother MFC5460CN to work for network sharing

[NoOp]

On 01/01/2002 06:05 PM, Scott Berry wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> We have a Brother MFC5460CN here and we need to use it as a network
> share but the drivers are not available when you set up the printer from
> System/Admin/Printers. I know where the drivers are that are Linux based
> but how do you get the network side to see thisprinter.  The printer is
> a Samba share and Cups is able to see the printer fine and says that the
> sharing is okay.

1. Are you connecting using a USB or ethernet port? If using a USB I'd
recommend using the ethernet port & then have the remote machines
connect via ipp (port 631).

ipp://<ipaddress>:631/printers/<printername>
ipp://<target>.local:631/printers/<printername>
or from a Win Vista Win7 use http instead:
http://<ipaddress>:631/printers/<printername>

However it should work either way. From the remote machine:

$ findsmb

and see if the printer is showing.

2. Do you have all of the necessary drivers installed (open
System|Administration|Synaptics & search on 'brother'.
brother-lpr-drivers-bh7 & brother-cups-wrapper-bh7 includes your model).

3. For samba share; System|Admin...|Printing|Server|make sure that
'Published shared printers connected to this system' is checked. Also
right click on the printer and ensure that 'Shared' is checked.