Can't print on Brother DCP 1612W












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I would really appreciate some help as I have spent several days trying to figure out what is going on.



I have recently bought new printer Brother DCP-1612W and would like to use. Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. CUPS finds the printer as wireless printer:



Description: Brother DCP-1610W series
Location:

Driver: Brother DCP-1610W for CUPS (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
Connection: dnssd://Brother%20DCP-1610W%20series._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/
Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided



or as USB printer when the cable is connected:



Connection: usb://Brother/DCP-1610W%20series?serial=E74238J5N865607



But I can't print. Nothing comes out. I have MAC notebook where installation went paint free and wireless printing works fine.



I will really appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.










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    I would really appreciate some help as I have spent several days trying to figure out what is going on.



    I have recently bought new printer Brother DCP-1612W and would like to use. Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. CUPS finds the printer as wireless printer:



    Description: Brother DCP-1610W series
    Location:

    Driver: Brother DCP-1610W for CUPS (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
    Connection: dnssd://Brother%20DCP-1610W%20series._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/
    Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided



    or as USB printer when the cable is connected:



    Connection: usb://Brother/DCP-1610W%20series?serial=E74238J5N865607



    But I can't print. Nothing comes out. I have MAC notebook where installation went paint free and wireless printing works fine.



    I will really appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.










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      I would really appreciate some help as I have spent several days trying to figure out what is going on.



      I have recently bought new printer Brother DCP-1612W and would like to use. Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. CUPS finds the printer as wireless printer:



      Description: Brother DCP-1610W series
      Location:

      Driver: Brother DCP-1610W for CUPS (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
      Connection: dnssd://Brother%20DCP-1610W%20series._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/
      Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided



      or as USB printer when the cable is connected:



      Connection: usb://Brother/DCP-1610W%20series?serial=E74238J5N865607



      But I can't print. Nothing comes out. I have MAC notebook where installation went paint free and wireless printing works fine.



      I will really appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.










      share|improve this question














      I would really appreciate some help as I have spent several days trying to figure out what is going on.



      I have recently bought new printer Brother DCP-1612W and would like to use. Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. CUPS finds the printer as wireless printer:



      Description: Brother DCP-1610W series
      Location:

      Driver: Brother DCP-1610W for CUPS (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
      Connection: dnssd://Brother%20DCP-1610W%20series._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/
      Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided



      or as USB printer when the cable is connected:



      Connection: usb://Brother/DCP-1610W%20series?serial=E74238J5N865607



      But I can't print. Nothing comes out. I have MAC notebook where installation went paint free and wireless printing works fine.



      I will really appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.







      printing brother






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          Test this:



          Download the drivers:



          http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf101533/dcp1610wlpr-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
          http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf101532/dcp1610wcupswrapper-3.0.1-1.i386.deb


          Install the drivers:



          Turn on the printer and connect the usb, network or parallel cable.



          Go to the directory where the drivers are.



          Run it:
          sudo -i
          dpkg -i --force-all dcp1610wlpr-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
          dpkg -i --force-all dcp1610wcupswrapper-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
          nano /etc/printcap


          Edit the /etc/printcap file according to your connection.



          For USB Connection:



          Check if the parameter of :lp is :lp=/dev/usb/lp0



          For Network Connection:



          Replace :lp line to the following 2 lines:



          :rm=(ip address of your printer)
          :rp=lp


          Restart the PC.






          share|improve this answer
























          • Thanks lot. I purged the drivers and did it again from the scratch as you explained. I don't know what I have done differently but it worked this time. May be the order of LPR and CUPS driver or restarting PC at the end ....it works fine now.

            – CoderCoder
            Dec 26 '15 at 18:38













          • Hey. I've an opened question regarding something similar askubuntu.com/questions/814327/… I'm trying to re-install using dpkg using your commands but I get the following error: pastebin.com/76JEPJPm

            – iamatrain
            Aug 21 '16 at 10:25





















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          Under Ubuntu 16.04.1 x64
          I did the installation as instructed on the Brother site. Everything went well at first glance, but after looking back at the terminal I noticed this:




          Aucune version du paquet ia32-libs n'est disponible, mais il existe dans la base
          de données. Cela signifie en général que le paquet est manquant, qu'il est devenu obsolète
          ou qu'il n'est disponible que sur une autre source
          Cependant les paquets suivants le remplacent :
          lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0



          Sorry for the French version. Loosely translated it says: No version of the package ia32-libs available.
          So, after installing the 3 packages before mentioned, the printer is working just fine!






          share|improve this answer































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            I was able to print on a Brother DCP-1612W with my Ubuntu 18.04 using WLAN.



            After setting up WLAN for the printer and connecting my printer and laptop with the corresponding WLAN, I used the system-config-printer tool. I started adding a new printer. The tool detected the printer letting it appear on the list and suggesting an LPD/LPR and a AppSocket/JetDirect connection. I chose the latter. The driver wizard pointed me to a Brother DCP-1510 driver. Although not quite my printer model, using that driver, I was able to use the wireless printer as far as I needed it. Done for me!



            Hope to have helped.






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              Test this:



              Download the drivers:



              http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf101533/dcp1610wlpr-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
              http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf101532/dcp1610wcupswrapper-3.0.1-1.i386.deb


              Install the drivers:



              Turn on the printer and connect the usb, network or parallel cable.



              Go to the directory where the drivers are.



              Run it:
              sudo -i
              dpkg -i --force-all dcp1610wlpr-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
              dpkg -i --force-all dcp1610wcupswrapper-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
              nano /etc/printcap


              Edit the /etc/printcap file according to your connection.



              For USB Connection:



              Check if the parameter of :lp is :lp=/dev/usb/lp0



              For Network Connection:



              Replace :lp line to the following 2 lines:



              :rm=(ip address of your printer)
              :rp=lp


              Restart the PC.






              share|improve this answer
























              • Thanks lot. I purged the drivers and did it again from the scratch as you explained. I don't know what I have done differently but it worked this time. May be the order of LPR and CUPS driver or restarting PC at the end ....it works fine now.

                – CoderCoder
                Dec 26 '15 at 18:38













              • Hey. I've an opened question regarding something similar askubuntu.com/questions/814327/… I'm trying to re-install using dpkg using your commands but I get the following error: pastebin.com/76JEPJPm

                – iamatrain
                Aug 21 '16 at 10:25


















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              Test this:



              Download the drivers:



              http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf101533/dcp1610wlpr-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
              http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf101532/dcp1610wcupswrapper-3.0.1-1.i386.deb


              Install the drivers:



              Turn on the printer and connect the usb, network or parallel cable.



              Go to the directory where the drivers are.



              Run it:
              sudo -i
              dpkg -i --force-all dcp1610wlpr-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
              dpkg -i --force-all dcp1610wcupswrapper-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
              nano /etc/printcap


              Edit the /etc/printcap file according to your connection.



              For USB Connection:



              Check if the parameter of :lp is :lp=/dev/usb/lp0



              For Network Connection:



              Replace :lp line to the following 2 lines:



              :rm=(ip address of your printer)
              :rp=lp


              Restart the PC.






              share|improve this answer
























              • Thanks lot. I purged the drivers and did it again from the scratch as you explained. I don't know what I have done differently but it worked this time. May be the order of LPR and CUPS driver or restarting PC at the end ....it works fine now.

                – CoderCoder
                Dec 26 '15 at 18:38













              • Hey. I've an opened question regarding something similar askubuntu.com/questions/814327/… I'm trying to re-install using dpkg using your commands but I get the following error: pastebin.com/76JEPJPm

                – iamatrain
                Aug 21 '16 at 10:25
















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              Test this:



              Download the drivers:



              http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf101533/dcp1610wlpr-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
              http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf101532/dcp1610wcupswrapper-3.0.1-1.i386.deb


              Install the drivers:



              Turn on the printer and connect the usb, network or parallel cable.



              Go to the directory where the drivers are.



              Run it:
              sudo -i
              dpkg -i --force-all dcp1610wlpr-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
              dpkg -i --force-all dcp1610wcupswrapper-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
              nano /etc/printcap


              Edit the /etc/printcap file according to your connection.



              For USB Connection:



              Check if the parameter of :lp is :lp=/dev/usb/lp0



              For Network Connection:



              Replace :lp line to the following 2 lines:



              :rm=(ip address of your printer)
              :rp=lp


              Restart the PC.






              share|improve this answer













              Test this:



              Download the drivers:



              http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf101533/dcp1610wlpr-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
              http://download.brother.com/welcome/dlf101532/dcp1610wcupswrapper-3.0.1-1.i386.deb


              Install the drivers:



              Turn on the printer and connect the usb, network or parallel cable.



              Go to the directory where the drivers are.



              Run it:
              sudo -i
              dpkg -i --force-all dcp1610wlpr-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
              dpkg -i --force-all dcp1610wcupswrapper-3.0.1-1.i386.deb
              nano /etc/printcap


              Edit the /etc/printcap file according to your connection.



              For USB Connection:



              Check if the parameter of :lp is :lp=/dev/usb/lp0



              For Network Connection:



              Replace :lp line to the following 2 lines:



              :rm=(ip address of your printer)
              :rp=lp


              Restart the PC.







              share|improve this answer












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              answered Dec 24 '15 at 23:35









              kyodakekyodake

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              • Thanks lot. I purged the drivers and did it again from the scratch as you explained. I don't know what I have done differently but it worked this time. May be the order of LPR and CUPS driver or restarting PC at the end ....it works fine now.

                – CoderCoder
                Dec 26 '15 at 18:38













              • Hey. I've an opened question regarding something similar askubuntu.com/questions/814327/… I'm trying to re-install using dpkg using your commands but I get the following error: pastebin.com/76JEPJPm

                – iamatrain
                Aug 21 '16 at 10:25





















              • Thanks lot. I purged the drivers and did it again from the scratch as you explained. I don't know what I have done differently but it worked this time. May be the order of LPR and CUPS driver or restarting PC at the end ....it works fine now.

                – CoderCoder
                Dec 26 '15 at 18:38













              • Hey. I've an opened question regarding something similar askubuntu.com/questions/814327/… I'm trying to re-install using dpkg using your commands but I get the following error: pastebin.com/76JEPJPm

                – iamatrain
                Aug 21 '16 at 10:25



















              Thanks lot. I purged the drivers and did it again from the scratch as you explained. I don't know what I have done differently but it worked this time. May be the order of LPR and CUPS driver or restarting PC at the end ....it works fine now.

              – CoderCoder
              Dec 26 '15 at 18:38







              Thanks lot. I purged the drivers and did it again from the scratch as you explained. I don't know what I have done differently but it worked this time. May be the order of LPR and CUPS driver or restarting PC at the end ....it works fine now.

              – CoderCoder
              Dec 26 '15 at 18:38















              Hey. I've an opened question regarding something similar askubuntu.com/questions/814327/… I'm trying to re-install using dpkg using your commands but I get the following error: pastebin.com/76JEPJPm

              – iamatrain
              Aug 21 '16 at 10:25







              Hey. I've an opened question regarding something similar askubuntu.com/questions/814327/… I'm trying to re-install using dpkg using your commands but I get the following error: pastebin.com/76JEPJPm

              – iamatrain
              Aug 21 '16 at 10:25















              0














              Under Ubuntu 16.04.1 x64
              I did the installation as instructed on the Brother site. Everything went well at first glance, but after looking back at the terminal I noticed this:




              Aucune version du paquet ia32-libs n'est disponible, mais il existe dans la base
              de données. Cela signifie en général que le paquet est manquant, qu'il est devenu obsolète
              ou qu'il n'est disponible que sur une autre source
              Cependant les paquets suivants le remplacent :
              lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0



              Sorry for the French version. Loosely translated it says: No version of the package ia32-libs available.
              So, after installing the 3 packages before mentioned, the printer is working just fine!






              share|improve this answer




























                0














                Under Ubuntu 16.04.1 x64
                I did the installation as instructed on the Brother site. Everything went well at first glance, but after looking back at the terminal I noticed this:




                Aucune version du paquet ia32-libs n'est disponible, mais il existe dans la base
                de données. Cela signifie en général que le paquet est manquant, qu'il est devenu obsolète
                ou qu'il n'est disponible que sur une autre source
                Cependant les paquets suivants le remplacent :
                lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0



                Sorry for the French version. Loosely translated it says: No version of the package ia32-libs available.
                So, after installing the 3 packages before mentioned, the printer is working just fine!






                share|improve this answer


























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                  0







                  Under Ubuntu 16.04.1 x64
                  I did the installation as instructed on the Brother site. Everything went well at first glance, but after looking back at the terminal I noticed this:




                  Aucune version du paquet ia32-libs n'est disponible, mais il existe dans la base
                  de données. Cela signifie en général que le paquet est manquant, qu'il est devenu obsolète
                  ou qu'il n'est disponible que sur une autre source
                  Cependant les paquets suivants le remplacent :
                  lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0



                  Sorry for the French version. Loosely translated it says: No version of the package ia32-libs available.
                  So, after installing the 3 packages before mentioned, the printer is working just fine!






                  share|improve this answer













                  Under Ubuntu 16.04.1 x64
                  I did the installation as instructed on the Brother site. Everything went well at first glance, but after looking back at the terminal I noticed this:




                  Aucune version du paquet ia32-libs n'est disponible, mais il existe dans la base
                  de données. Cela signifie en général que le paquet est manquant, qu'il est devenu obsolète
                  ou qu'il n'est disponible que sur une autre source
                  Cependant les paquets suivants le remplacent :
                  lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0



                  Sorry for the French version. Loosely translated it says: No version of the package ia32-libs available.
                  So, after installing the 3 packages before mentioned, the printer is working just fine!







                  share|improve this answer












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                      I was able to print on a Brother DCP-1612W with my Ubuntu 18.04 using WLAN.



                      After setting up WLAN for the printer and connecting my printer and laptop with the corresponding WLAN, I used the system-config-printer tool. I started adding a new printer. The tool detected the printer letting it appear on the list and suggesting an LPD/LPR and a AppSocket/JetDirect connection. I chose the latter. The driver wizard pointed me to a Brother DCP-1510 driver. Although not quite my printer model, using that driver, I was able to use the wireless printer as far as I needed it. Done for me!



                      Hope to have helped.






                      share|improve this answer




























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                        I was able to print on a Brother DCP-1612W with my Ubuntu 18.04 using WLAN.



                        After setting up WLAN for the printer and connecting my printer and laptop with the corresponding WLAN, I used the system-config-printer tool. I started adding a new printer. The tool detected the printer letting it appear on the list and suggesting an LPD/LPR and a AppSocket/JetDirect connection. I chose the latter. The driver wizard pointed me to a Brother DCP-1510 driver. Although not quite my printer model, using that driver, I was able to use the wireless printer as far as I needed it. Done for me!



                        Hope to have helped.






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                          I was able to print on a Brother DCP-1612W with my Ubuntu 18.04 using WLAN.



                          After setting up WLAN for the printer and connecting my printer and laptop with the corresponding WLAN, I used the system-config-printer tool. I started adding a new printer. The tool detected the printer letting it appear on the list and suggesting an LPD/LPR and a AppSocket/JetDirect connection. I chose the latter. The driver wizard pointed me to a Brother DCP-1510 driver. Although not quite my printer model, using that driver, I was able to use the wireless printer as far as I needed it. Done for me!



                          Hope to have helped.






                          share|improve this answer













                          I was able to print on a Brother DCP-1612W with my Ubuntu 18.04 using WLAN.



                          After setting up WLAN for the printer and connecting my printer and laptop with the corresponding WLAN, I used the system-config-printer tool. I started adding a new printer. The tool detected the printer letting it appear on the list and suggesting an LPD/LPR and a AppSocket/JetDirect connection. I chose the latter. The driver wizard pointed me to a Brother DCP-1510 driver. Although not quite my printer model, using that driver, I was able to use the wireless printer as far as I needed it. Done for me!



                          Hope to have helped.







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