Success with Brother MFC-L2710DW 4 in 1

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 at 20:28, Brian <ad44 at cityscape.co.uk> wrote:

> It was also a reaction to the responses to the OP's post, which straight
> away leap into the "install the Brother drivers....." routine. Things
> have changed considerably in the last few years. Drivers are not needed
> for modern printers. In fact, CUPS will cease to support drivers a few
> years from now.
>

Despite having a working HP LaserJet (with scanner) and using the hp-setup
package, I am interested in learning this new (to me) way of handling
printers. Mainly because I run a Computer Refurbishment Project where
people donate old kit and I refurbish it and it gets given away to people
with mental health problems, their carer's or families.

A friend, DD, wanted a computer. She provided me with an old printer she
wanted it to work with and I had to use a really old lubuntu on it to get
the printer to work. Complete nightmare.

So, in the future, if I need to get a printer working with a computer, do I
just boot lubuntu / Ubuntu and then look at http://localhost:631 in a web
browser?

Thanks,


Ian

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